Tohatsu vs. Mercury

I've seen them having their carb rebuilt as frequently as Tohatsu's in the Bahamas. It doesn't matter what kind of filter is used. Their sh1t gas gums up everything.
But the Yammie's and Honda's are smooth running compared to the Tohatsu's at the lower HP ratings.
 
"OK guys.....Any opinions on the Yamaha's?"

We have owned Yamaha's at 8, 15, 115 and 150hp and they all performed extremely well.
I would recommend the Yamahas to anyone that is looking with the exception of some early model 225 4 strokes which had issues.
Yamaha had built a number of motors for Mercury which they added on their own lower units but that 'agreement' ended a number of years back.
The diesel outboards I am familiar with are Yanmar but they stopped importing them more than 10 years back - used to see them at BI on the pumpout boats as one example.

Hope this helps
 
Thanks. Helpful. Going tomorrow to look at two rigged dinks. Hence the reasons for my questions. One is 10" smaller and they typically rig with a 20 hp but I was going to go to a 30 hp Tahatsu. The other is a little bigger and 85 lbs heavier and that one is rigged with a Yamaha 25 long shaft. Both are rated the same at 20hp to 30hp min/max.
 
I have an 11 ft 6 in Achilles rigged with a 30 hp Tohatsu and a Euro helm. The boat is fantastic as rigged, I can tow the kids wakeboarding and it will do over 30 mph solo. I did add smart tabs and was careful choosing the location of the Euro helm for weight balance cause that's a lot of motor weight in back. It will plane with only me but needed the smart tabs to make this easy. Total weight is about 500 lbs.
 
Ok guys, one more question. New tender is rated for. 20 to 30hp. I originally went with the 25 Yamaha but could also choose a 30hp Tohatsu. Upgrade is $450. If I went to to 30 hp Yamaha it would be another $1,300 so won't do that. Surprised that the 30 hp Tohatsu is 25 lbs lighter then the 25 Yamaha. Flying down the river is not a requirement so I suspect the 25 would move it just fine but not sure which direction I should go.
 
Yamaha makes a great motor one of if not the best small motor out there! There is a reason the 30hp is $850 more the big question is would the 25hp motor do the job this is a tough question to answer! You last dink did fine with a 20hp motor but that one weight in at what 125lbs? the new one is closer to 500lbs this is a big difference in weight I'm not sure 5hp will make up the difference so this is something you have to decide I think you would be better off with the 30hp however this dinghy keeps growing in price so it's a tough call. I would hate to see you unhappy and looking to upgrade in a few months!
 
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I would hate to see you unhappy and looking to upgrade in a few months!

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That would never happen...
 
"Ok guys, one more question. New tender is rated for. 20 to 30hp. I originally went with the 25 Yamaha but could also choose a 30hp Tohatsu"
"Flying down the river is not a requirement"

I have found that the hull size and shape on the smaller inflatables affects the ability to utilize the hp well. Below about 17' they have a fairly small hull surface with not much lift aft which can make planing off a problem without less passengers or more hp. At 10.5' just about any of them can run pretty well with 25hp as long as you have two reasonably sized adults but as the weight grows past that the performance will suffer without a larger inflatable and a higher hp boat.
So the choice of boat and how much you intend to normally put into the boat will affect this answer greatly.
With that said here are a few general observations on the inflatables...
Any of the boats at 10.5 and above can carry up to 5 adults but will not be able to get on plane most of the time above 2.
The 10.5 boats with 25 hp may be able to reach 30 mph or so.
10.5 with 30 hp will give you another 5 mph and carry another adult on plane all things being equal.
Most of them at 12.5 and above with 25 will carry another adult.
At 12.5 and 40 hp you can expect to plane up to 4 adults and get to about 40mph.
At 19' and 115 hp you can easily lift 7-8 adults and reach into the 50's.
Above 19' they act much different and can reach into the 60's easily carrying 10+ adults.

We travel with a large group of boats and at some destinations have had up to 30 inflatables in the water at one time. We also have had an abnormal amount of various sized inflatables of our own for many unusual reasons over the years. They are a lot of fun so choose wisely and enjoy them exploring.

I will look for some pics of some examples and post them.
Hope this helps
 
"The is the last one. I swear."

Yes - we said that about one of our inflatables as well ... good luck with that prediction.
 
Thanks Smitty. This one is 12' and is rigged. Total weight is 500 lbs. I rarely have more then my wife and I plus our two dogs and I would say the total weight of passengers and dogs is 350 lbs.
 
10.5 Zodiac with 25 hp...

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10.5 AB with 30 hp ...

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12.5 Zodiac with 40 hp...

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19' Nautica with 115 hp ...

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Hank, you need that Nautica with the 115 on it!
 
"Hank, you need that Nautica with the 115 on it!"

I don't know Hogan - maybe he needs a 24' with 300 hp on it.

Here is a picture of our 9' inflatable airdeck with 3 hp near the bow and a 24' inflatable RiBCat with 300 hp near the stern....

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