I am trying to remove my defective Lemar electric motor, wihtout success: there are 4 screws, top down on the uper flange (inside poriotn) : when removed, I assume that by pulling to nthe motor it should slide form the axle, but it does not, event when pulling hard with an extractor: any other flange to be removed, that I cannot see? or just the metal is stuck ? thank you

“A lot of people will tell you, a good phony fever is a dead lock. But, you get nervous mother, and you could end up in a doctors office”

Hi , I recently found your videos and I really like them. Good job! On your video Yamaha vs Suzuki, the dinghy debacle E51 in the part were you advertised for the vacation planning there was an image of a sandbar in the shape of a horseshoe. Where is that place? Thanks for your help and keep making wonderful videos.

Whats happened to this channel??

Fleming Key includes a dolphin research center, marine corrosion testing facility and bunkers where the Navy stores weapons and ammunition... can you say BOOOOM!!! The bunkers have "explosive safety arcs," or areas that could be blast zones in the case of an accident. Sailing and especially anchoring within those areas is prohibited.

No More videos??

this should have been a verbal warning like a cop telling a rv to leave a walmart parking lot.. been there done that... never a ticket, just a verbal, get the hell out. kinda thing.. respect just dropped two notches.. if ya gunna play cop ..at least be a friendly one..

I hate to be a naysayer. But. I suspect the positive comments are from folks who are just browsing and not actually installing a ket an needing some details. You jumped over the only places where detail is needed to show HOW a piece fits in. So pretty much useless. Which way does the part that holds the Pawls go? Which end is up? How does the collar under the deck connect. You show it already done but not HOW to do it. Does it bolt down through the base plate - in to the gear plate? Does that require two people? My installation requires the optional extension. Does it bolt to the gear plate? Or do the bolts go through the motor/gear unit up thru the extension? (Btw,,, the optional extension is a simple spacer with five holes. It cost $500 and order lead time is over three months! That is typical for lewmar parts and the reason I will not buy another lewmar product. ) How do you place the bolts that hold the motor/gear unit in? Are the heads on the top - making reaching to them nearly impossible? Or do the bolts go through the base plate? Solution? You skipped this entire process. Your first try, the winch turned the wrong way. Why? How did you solve that? So you skipped all of the questions where I needed help. Sorry.

Does the boat have a water maker or generator?

Nice video

Hi there, I just subscribed to your posts and have a question. We live in Miami but keep our 423 Beneteau up north for the summers. I’m thinking of bringing it down next year and would love to get your local knowledge of sailing the keys and anchorages for a 5’ 7” draft. Possible to connect? Craig Miller

when in unfamiliar waters....there are TWO WORDS < SeaTow > always there, always helpful, keeps ya outta trouble generally! Advice from a power boater to all that may be inclined to nav safely

When you mentioned a TDC meter is that the same as a TDS meter?

Hey man, what a beautiful video of my abaco Bahamas.. Enjoy the cheeseburger but don't forget the dolphin fish.. Abaconians are doing what they do best, rebuilding

W O Gs in the USN

Do not cooperate - force their hand, if they arrest you you will be a multi-millionaire. They have no legal authority over any civilian if you are not on base.

Worst review of motors I’ve ever seen. Your comparing apples to oranges. The Yamaha can be bought with an electric start and remote controls to connect to a console. You ham get it with electric tilt too. And I’d rather have a little vibration in the motor than an undiagnosable gas issue. I’d wager you get a kickback from Suzuki after watching this obviously biased review.

I know that bald dude.

Then what motor do you recommend? None?

30 ft tsunami came over the ridge 0n the north side of the harbour

Ms Flo is a trip. Love her.

We stayed in the green house across from where you were at in august of 2021 and although they were rebuilding, we had a great time and really enjoyed the island! Although it was sad to see the homes destroyed! I never got to see the Abaco before Dorian unfortunately.

Marathon city marina has the nastiest people working their. I was told it's the trailer park of the keys and they were correct. 50 dollars for 2 days of parking my tender. I anchored out and would never go again.

Why did they change the boat, because the engine didn't work?

whats the purpose of the through hole that was added?

Just looking for a fallow up now how it’s been for you Sir

Miss you. Any content would be good content with you two.

Nice. You going this year?

I feel your pain with pos equipment. It’s so frustrating you almost get so sick of dealing with it, that you don’t even care about the money anymore. My wife and I live in Nebraska, and are putting a 10hp on our white water raft. Mostly to be used on rivers, and lakes etc. Which would you choose? Yamaha, Suzuki, mercury, etc? We will not have a battery, and will only manually start the motor.

Congratulations guys this is my dream boat as well. Im from Cape Town South Africa and I was also shown the 53. The led lights are just a must!! Enjoy her!

Are you still sailing ? It's been over 5 months with no upload !

After diving in a little deeper, there’s a substantial difference in design quality of the water pump impellers. The Suzuki impeller has tall blades, each only 1/2” wide. The Yamaha has short blades, nearly 2” wide, leaving them prone to shearing off the impeller body, and clogging the narrow passageways. The Yamaha impeller looks eerily similar to the early 90’s Mercury two stroke 15hp, with long, skinny, and fragile blades.

Wow 👌 My favorite yacht and you guys did the lights .. BADASS

I have a 2001 DF15, bought used, for $900, in 2010. It now has countless hundreds of hours on it, with half being at full throttle, for 25 miles at a time, and the other half bouncing off submerged obstacles. That engine has never missed a lick, and will idle all day long, unattended, if I so choose. I recently picked up a 2008 Yamaha 15, but I’m a little hesitant to swap them out, even tho I stand a good chance to sell the Suzuki for the price I paid for it, after 12yrs of hard use. The thermostat, on the Suzuki, is so readily accessible, I flush the engine via the thermostat opening/housing, allowing inspection of the still original thermostat, every time. I’ve done one timing belt, two sets of plugs, many impellers, and lower unit seals, once. I run a water separator, but standard pump gas. I’m a little leery of the EFI models, but only because after owning nearly every type of outboard, from Hondas, to a built Mercury 2.4,L, Ive never had another serve me better than our trusted little Zuke. I brazed up my own nose cone, mounted it on an adjustable jack plate, with a 9.25 x 12, and it’ll move my son and myself in a wide 14’ Jon boat, at 25mph. Found this video, because I’m debating going with the Yammy.

I see Nauti-Nites is already up for sale. What brought on that decision?

The Yamaha cylinders don’t fire at same time. One at a time.

Treasure Cay, probably never be back to the way it was. There used to be a hotel across the street from the marina. It had a really sweet beach bar and a bar on the second floor. I had my first drink of my life at the beach bar. The bar in the hotel freakin rocked every night.

Here's an odd question: Does the ship go back to SA empty or do they load containers on it?

Matthew hit Hilton Head hard. We had trees down everywhere. I spent days using a chainsaw after that.

Just crazy to see. We are planing to go in July this year do you feel like it is built back enough in Abaco to enjoy the trip still? We will probably be in hope town as Treasure looks like it not there yet.

Great meeting you tonight at West Marine

How do you do flush fresh water through it?

Great segment!!! Thanks for sharing!! You ought to build these on a board or in a box and sell them.

Wow i have read so many bad reviews of Boot Key. Glade to hear something positive

When you're not intelligent, Harbour seems very different from Harbor. You would pronounce the word Har-boo. What an irredeemable woman!

I LOVE IT!

Gotta love that 3m5200!

Did you seal the inside edge of the holes ?

When was this filmed? Curious if our boat was on there, I think it came in around August.

If that ship was the SilverFjord then our Leopard 50 was on her! Any idea how long it takes to offload all those boats??