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27 June 2005, 20:34
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Member
Country: Cyprus
Town: ayia napa
Boat name: pantemonium
Make: novamarine
Length: 7m +
Engine: honda 225
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 42
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200hp mercury optimax vs evnrude e-tec
thinking to buy a 200hp engine
what do you prefer ? mercury optimax vs evnrude e-tec ... price is the same here
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27 June 2005, 20:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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Very happy so far with the E-Tec if it's any help Marios!
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Happy New Resolutions!!! : RIBbing for the craic!!!
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27 June 2005, 21:09
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Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,364
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Purely a personal view - I think the greater simplicity of the etec design lends itself to better long term durability & reliability - but none are old enough yet to test that.
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27 June 2005, 21:14
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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We're getting there !
70 hrs and counting (the cost )
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Happy New Resolutions!!! : RIBbing for the craic!!!
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27 June 2005, 21:23
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Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,364
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Get back to us when you've done 700!
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27 June 2005, 21:25
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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Hopefully we'll still be smiling!!!
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Happy New Resolutions!!! : RIBbing for the craic!!!
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27 June 2005, 21:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ipswich
Boat name: Obsession
Make: ORKNEY PILOTHOUSE 20
Length: 6m +
Engine: SUZUKI 70
MMSI: 235024496
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 390
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Very pleased with my Optimax 225,getting better fuel return than a Ficht 150.I was thinking about getting a Etec myself earlier in the year but decided to stick with the Optimax as I felt the Etec 225 hadn't been about long enough to prove itself.
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28 June 2005, 13:34
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Member
Country: Belgium
Make: Osprey
Length: 7m +
Engine: 250 HP E-Tec
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 258
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A guy on an American fishing forum has 2 E-Tec’s 250HP on his boat with over 1000 hours. He had no problems yet.
I'll try to find that forum back.
Paul
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28 June 2005, 14:39
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Member
Country: Netherlands
Town: friesland
Boat name: smokkelaer
Make: revenger
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 279
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Remind that Optimaxes are avilable with DTS and Smartcraft system.
DTS stands for Digital Throtlle and Shift. It's a servo system. Together with the smartcraft it will give you lots of extra comfort like fuel conspumtion rate and digital cruise controll. :
No more gear grinding No more weared out cables
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28 June 2005, 16:36
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Member
Country: Norway
Town: Tofte
Make: Tornado 750
Length: 8m +
Engine: 250 Suzuki
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 164
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Had a 200 opti for almost 200 hours. Low on fuel on cruise speed( 32 ltr/hours in 37 knots, empty Narwhal 700 )very high on full trottle. Also very noisy esp on low rews. Ecu gave fake warnings so it was replaced after 15 hours. The kompressor ( ? ) on the fuelsystem broke at 120 hours. Very expensive, but mine was covered by warranty.
Used a fortune on special optimax 2stroke oil. (Had to use that type under warranty, Most people use std TC-W3 oil after warranty, much cheaper)
Very happy with the smartcraft system.
This season I have a 250 Suzuki. Never 2 stroke again for me.
Regards
Roy
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28 June 2005, 21:38
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Boat name: wizzard
Make: REDBAY
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 optimax
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Dont be fooled by TCW3, Etec requires xd, or ficht oil anyway, opti oil is fully synthetic, and its whats recomended, the Xd oil for instance has carb X additive to reduce carbon build up, you are also supposed to do periodic decarbs, with the Rudes, dont know about the Optis, for a couple of extra quid, and when you look at the price of the engine , use the right oil.Optis are noiser, obviously the belt driven Alternator and Compressor add to this, still sound good though, had a pair of Fichts over 1024 hours on em, with one replaced voltage regulator and two lower pump kits, anodes plugs filters etc.
Opti has only 70 hrs on it so its hard to say, but we are running Opti oil
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29 June 2005, 05:55
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Member
Country: Netherlands
Town: friesland
Boat name: smokkelaer
Make: revenger
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 279
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Originally Posted by gavin
Dont be fooled by TCW3, Etec requires xd, or ficht oil anyway, opti oil is fully synthetic, and its whats recomended, the Xd oil for instance has carb X additive to reduce carbon build up, you are also supposed to do periodic decarbs, with the Rudes, dont know about the Optis, for a couple of extra quid, and when you look at the price of the engine , use the right oil.Optis are noiser, obviously the belt driven Alternator and Compressor add to this, still sound good though, had a pair of Fichts over 1024 hours on em, with one replaced voltage regulator and two lower pump kits, anodes plugs filters etc.
Opti has only 70 hrs on it so its hard to say, but we are running Opti oil
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Glad that there's someone who is also glad with his 225 Opti.
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29 June 2005, 13:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,225
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Originally Posted by danny
Glad that there's someone who is also glad with his 225 Opti.
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We've got one on our demonstrator, and we added the SC5000 instrument (the one that comes with the Verados) and it is great, with no problems so far!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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29 June 2005, 13:09
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,364
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What was the problem at Ramsgate?
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29 June 2005, 13:45
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Member
Country: Netherlands
Town: friesland
Boat name: smokkelaer
Make: revenger
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 279
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMat
What was the problem at Ramsgate?
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What problem ?
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29 June 2005, 13:50
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,225
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMat
What was the problem at Ramsgate?
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Well you can't be talking to me either - we lapped the whole field except the other BananaShark in the race and a 9m diesel Pascoe!
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Cookee
Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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29 June 2005, 13:56
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,364
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Since when has the raceboat had an opti?
I'm talking about the "PleasureShark"
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Originally Posted by Cookee
Well you can't be talking to me either - we lapped the whole field except the other BananaShark in the race and a 9m diesel Pascoe!
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29 June 2005, 14:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMat
Since when has the raceboat had an opti?
I'm talking about the "PleasureShark"
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Wasn't aware of any problems with that either - it was bobbing about all day on rescue duty just off the harbour .............. they even had time for a "we are not worthy" type bow when we came past one time - Graham and I were in hysterics in the boat!
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Cookee
Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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29 June 2005, 14:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,364
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It appeared to be exhibiting characteristics similiar to a flat battery - except the gauge was reading 12 volts. I only took note cos we'd just suffered the same thing - kitten thought it might have had a bad earth?
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29 June 2005, 14:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,225
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMat
It appeared to be exhibiting characteristics similiar to a flat battery - except the gauge was reading 12 volts. I only took note cos we'd just suffered the same thing - kitten thought it might have had a bad earth?
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Sorry you're absolutely correct, I'd forgotten about that - it was a fitting error - no grease on the battery terminals and it was a bad earth - our fault and nothing to do with the engine!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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