[StevetheSkate]

Hi everyone, launched the "Sea Bandit" at Brightlingsea today, first trial since refit, never had a fast fishing boat before, always opted for the displacement style, so wasn't sure quite what to expect, started up the engine, a 70 hp Evinerude (ex RNLI) 2 stroke to let it warm up while I set up the electronics, vhf, f/finder & plotter and had a cuppa, it felt a bit lumpy but the technician who fitted it said that it would need a good run, so of we went, 4 knots & then 8 knots as the bouys demanded, into the deep channel so I thought I'd give it half throttle, well I wasn't expecting the result, I was doing 25 knots in what seemed a couple of seconds, there was loads of throttle left but to be honest I bottled it a bit and cut it back to around 18/20 knots, checked it all out while for around an hour and a quarter, I was pleased with the fuel consumption (12 ltrs), around 10 ltrs an hour, but it still seemed a bit lumpy at low speed, under 8 knots, a guy in the mariner said that most 2 strokes are the same, any suggestions as it is still under warranty, cheers Stevie.

 

[StevetheSkate]

 

[ESCAPE2]

looks like youve done a puka job nice looking boat hope to see you out there chaseing the cod

 

[Tiny01]

Loving your worK Steve & glad everthing went well !!

We have a 2/ Mariner 75HP & on tick over it also sounds lumpy / wrong , open her up a little & she starts singing , maybe it sounds rough as it's 3 cylinder ?

Also hope to see you out there soon :thumbs:

 

[aquabell]

We had a pilot 590, with a 70 evinrude, many years back, but it was a thirsty beast, 5 gallons from Bradwel Marina to Swin Spitway, we carried 20 gallons in four cans, Barrow 3 was our point of no return. No doubt the later engines are a bit more frugal, the reason we got rid was because of getting a bucketful of water in the face every time we stuck our heads round the (flybridge?) to see where we were going. No plotters in those days, all chart work. Hope to see you out and about from now on Steve good luck with her, when you get fed up of getting wet, I know were there is a nice Aquabell. LOL

 

[dicky]

we have the same engine on our commodore, ex rnli 1996 70hp evinrude.
doesn't paticulary like slow speeds low revs but open her up and sweet as a nut. shes quite thirsty also but a lot cheaper than replacing her.