On-water toolkit for 50hp Yamaha?

[wild.coast]

Doing lots of remote multi-day exploratory trips in fairly remote areas, not a lot of other boats around. Sometimes landing/launching in surf and sometimes in shallow inter-tidal (i.e. breaking a prop is kinda likely ). I've had a basic set of tools onboard but thinking I should give what I bring a little bit more thought to make sure I can handle mechanical issues while out there!

Not a ton of room onboard with extra fuel, camping gear, food/water for a week+, so need to be mindful of what tools we're bringing. Curious if anyone here has put together a 'focused' on-water repair kit with the right sizes of sockets/wrenches and such for a Yamaha outboard?

I do all my own outboard service at home, thinking I should probably start only using my on-water toolkit tools to catch any gaps in tools!

Boat is a 19ft alu hull RIB with a 50hp Yamaha outboard (2014 F50 LB) in case that helps.

Thx in advance!!

 

[KJM]

Maybe a strap wrench to remove canister type water seperaters. Whatever you bring, be sure to protect against rust. I opened my supposedly water proof small tool box this fall and found all the tools inside so rusted as to be useless. Thankfully this was while in my back yard! I'm thinking about getting a set of stainless steel tools.

 

[99yam40]

1st you need to think about what you will try to do if stranded,
prop change out is simple as long as you can remove the prop.
something to keep the prop shaft from turning while you loosen the prop nut would be good.
spare prop, spark plugs, maybe fuel pump, and fuel filter.
and tools to change them out.
a way to contact help.
what else would you try to do?

 

[racerone]

A 9.9 kicker motor !

 

[brodmann]

Hey, it's a Yamaha! You just need gas and a good attitude! Spare fuse. Big screwdriver to manually release the motor if tilt/trim stops working (I didn't have one and took me 3 hours to return from a 30 minute outing because motor was tilted up to beach the boat and I was the last one to leave the island at the end of the day. Couldn't tilt motor down and boat wouldn't plane, so only could go 5 mph!). Several cotter pins for prop in case you have to remove it to clear out fishing line, weeds..... Couple of feet of extra fuel line. Zip ties, duct tape, WD-40. zip-loc freezer bags are great for small parts.

 

[Scott Danforth]

They make a small Honda weed whacker motor outboard in a carrying bag.

 

[wild.coast]

A 9.9 kicker motor !

I've thought about it... Just hard to justify the extra weight/space considering boat is usually already pretty full on a bigger/longer trip. But yes, some redundancy in your means of propulsion seems like a really good idea!

 

[wild.coast]

a way to contact help.

1st you need to think about what you will try to do if stranded,
prop change out is simple as long as you can remove the prop.
something to keep the prop shaft from turning while you loosen the prop nut would be good.
spare prop, spark plugs, maybe fuel pump, and fuel filter.
and tools to change them out.
a way to contact help.
what else would you try to do?

I think that seems like a good list. Definitely spark and fuel system stuff, prop; maybe some electronics diagnostics along with fuses, maybe injectors but not sure how much can be done in the field beyond carrying a spare.

Always have a VHF and an InReach satellite communicator so getting help if stranded is definitely an option, would just rather be self sufficient in the case of a mechanical.