Need some recommendations

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by frozenpod » Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:55 pm

I have both, 130Hp Yamaha 2 stroke on the 520 and 200hp zuk 4 stroke on the 650.

I would not hesitate to have a 2 stroke at the right price for every application except for trolling.

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by Kimtown » Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:53 pm

frozenpod wrote:I have both, 130Hp Yamaha 2 stroke on the 520 and 200hp zuk 4 stroke on the 650.

I would not hesitate to have a 2 stroke at the right price for every application except for trolling.
2 boats?
Bit greedy mate.....


Give me one ;-)

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by frozenpod » Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:46 pm

Lol you are planning to buy a second boat.

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by Kimtown » Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:16 pm

frozenpod wrote:Lol you are planning to buy a second boat.
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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by PJ72 » Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:54 pm

frozenpod wrote:
bowl wrote:Something like thus
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600F is a small 6m boat. They handle and ride well but they are touch small for the size rating.

Also fitted with a 2 stroke (nothing wrong with a 2 stroke IMO) although the OP was pretty clear on wanting a 4 stroke.

I prefer the 575 which has a self draining deck.
Frozen, just curious, what makes the 600F 'a small 6m boat'?
For around the 40-45k spend you could get a mid 2000 model 600F that should handle the offshore easily

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by cobby » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:05 am

PJ72 wrote:
frozenpod wrote:
bowl wrote:Something like thus
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600F is a small 6m boat. They handle and ride well but they are touch small for the size rating.

Also fitted with a 2 stroke (nothing wrong with a 2 stroke IMO) although the OP was pretty clear on wanting a 4 stroke.

I prefer the 575 which has a self draining deck.
Frozen, just curious, what makes the 600F 'a small 6m boat'?
For around the 40-45k spend you could get a mid 2000 model 600F that should handle the offshore easily
The hulls are fine, they have a smaller useable deck space footprint than most other 6m boats. It suits some but not others

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by frozenpod » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:35 am

When a boat is advertised as a 600F that doesn't mean it is exactly 6m in length. For example bar crushers 560 (5.6m boat) was sold as a 560, then 610 and now 615. Yet it is a 5.6m boat.

The 600F and 575F are very similar hulls. Same length with the 600F on paper being slightly (5cm) wider.

The 575F and 600F given how close the specs are might be the same hull with a different top deck.

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by PJ72 » Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:31 am

Thanks for the clarification Cobby and Frozen, didn’t know the 575 had a self draining deck, i might have looked at them a bit more if I had known that

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by smile0784 » Mon Sep 17, 2018 5:07 pm

If your looking at 6+ my I would go with a 4 stroke over 2 stroke just going buy fuel economy.

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Re: Need some recommendations

Post by bowl » Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:03 pm

smile0784 wrote:If your looking at 6+ my I would go with a 4 stroke over 2 stroke just going buy fuel economy.
That would apply to just about any 4stoke size over 2banger any size motor or boat.
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