Hey all,
A friend came across this add on CL Miami for a 200224, Tomcat with 100hp Yamaha’s, asking $34k.
https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/d/ ... 63563.html
I am trying to build a trailer for my new Tom cat. I forgot to measure the distance between the centre points of the two sponsons when I had her out of the water. Can anyone provide this information other wise it looks like I have to go for a swim.
Well it looks like I'm going for it!!! Buying the boat that is. I spoke with a very knowledgeable person (my apologies I have forgotten his name) at E.Q. Harbor Services. He provided much information on the boat and based on the information I provided him he figures it's likely a prop issue...
A marine mechanic from Honda checked the motors out and gave them a decent bill of health. Aka there is nothing mechanically wrong with the motors that would cause the vibrations and resonance. He did suggest that it could be a result of not having counter rotating motors.
Should these be...
Motors are 2000 vintage 90 hp Honda's. One looked to be running a little rougher then the other. The other odd time was that the throttle controls were wrong, the left starboard control controlled the port motor and vise versa.
Hi Bob,
The sounds only occurred while under power and not at idle. Closing the door definitely helped but the cause is my concern. I will be having the hull and motors surveyed next week and will hopefully get some professional options, though the surveyor will likely not have any experience...
Hello all,
I've been looking forward to this day for sometime, becoming a C-Brat that is. Well I'm hoping to. I sea trailed a 24 Tom Cat over the weekend and found that at lower RPMs a loud resonating sound was coming from the transom area. In fact there were two. One sounding like the boat had...