Honda 90 - whats it worth, ball park figure?

[bigNeil]

Thanks John!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Mollers! - Don't those Ribtecs go well with 90hp down your way?

With due respect to BigNeil, the boat sounds like it's getting a bit tired, so resale value probably isn't that high, in any case.

Yeah, but that's a 5.3. He's running a Johnson 90 V4. I think it's the 'Seahorse' model as seen on 'Flipper'.

[Kernow Buoy]

Originally Posted by Mollers

Yeah, but that's a 5.3. He's running a Johnson 90 V4. I think it's the 'Seahorse' model as seen on 'Flipper'.

Actually its an Evinrude, simple mistake to make though, they look very similar,
from BEHIND

[randski]

Originally Posted by Kernow

Actually its an Evinrude, simple mistake to make though, they look very similar,
from BEHIND

Wicked

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Kernow

Actually its an Evinrude, simple mistake to make though, they look very similar,
from BEHIND

Ah, right. Actually, i think it was more a case of the O/B being obscured by your BEHIND.

[Kernow Buoy]

Originally Posted by Mollers

Ah, right. Actually, i think it was more a case of the O/B being obscured by your BEHIND.

you saying it makes my bum look big

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Kernow

you saying it makes my bum look big

No, I'm saying that your arse makes your Rib look small.

[mhb100]

Originally Posted by bigNeil

Thanks for your thoughts Chris. Don't want to hijack the thread.

The current 135 is too much for the boat. At 43 knots WOT 5300rpm, the boat feels very skittish even 4 up. Don't do waterskiing or anything that needs that amount of grunt.

I mainly use the boat for low speed sailing and marine wildlife photography, and cruising the west coast of Scotland. Hence would be looking for an ultra reliable, economic, second hand (the hull is almost 20 years old, silly to put a new one on for poss resale value) 4 stroke that can cruise at about 25 knots 3-up, and is happy to idle all day.

The transom is the weak point, a previous repair along the top edge is failing again, so plan is to redo the transom over the winter and slap a not too heavy 4 stroke on (also, transom is quite low anyway, so lighter engine = better).

Hi bigNeil

not sure if I'm selling the honda or not at this stage; Its also very heavy 174kg; so if you transoms a bit on the weak side then your might want to look at other models.....

M