I recently inherited a super clean 14ft Starcraft aluminum boat, (SF14) with a short transom.
All of my current motors are long shaft or remote control only so I've been keeping an eye out for clean short shaft motor.
We have a 9.9hp limit on the only big lake around here so that's my limit in...
I've been looking around for a few months for a good used 14-15ft aluminum boat and trailer to make use of a 9.9hp Mercury four stroke outboard I've got. The motor requires a 15" transom.
A buddy and I went to look at a few over the weekend, the one I liked the best was a 1995 model, no motor...
Over the weekend I picked up a super clean, and likely low hours 1990 Yamaha 9.9hp 4 stroke motor.
Someone threw is away in the trash, a neighbor who trash pics gave it to me.
The thing looks great but its got two broken off spark plugs, both broke off flush in the head, and both holes have some...
As the title says, I have this boat and its developed a ton of leaks all of a sudden. I've owned it for four years, it was garage kept and freshwater run before I got it. The last time out I drained out about 40 gallons of water after a day on the water, event though the bilge pump was working...
