1986 Stratos Nashville

[Stetson Turner]

I've been looking at this 1986 Stratos Nashville with a 115 hp outboard. I have searched the internet for any info I could find on the boat and motor with no luck at all. Mostly just pictures and videos is all I have found. I just had questions on performance of the engine. gas mixture. It also came with another prop. Stainless prop to be exact. Beins that I fish 80% of the time by myself should I have the stainless prop installed? he said the prop on it isn't for hole shot? its a fairly affordable price at $2800 books for almost double that. I am new to the fiberglass world as I have only had aluminum until this point. love the way the look and feel on the water. My biggest concern is the fuel mixture he said it is a 2 stroke but I was wondering if I have to mix the gas or if it has an oil pump? I had someone tell me it does? any info will be awesome. just want to have some knowledge about the boat before I get it and go out on the water

 

[GA_Boater]

Welcome.

Will you tell us what 115 HP Merc motor is on the back? It helps!

 

[Stetson Turner]

sorry it says 115EL on the title. MAnufacturer id is 6441045. hope this helps

 

[GA_Boater]

6441045 is 1984 motor, so it's older than the hull.

From what I can tell, it's a pre-mix motor at 50:1. It doesn't have an oil pump and mixing system.

 

[Stetson Turner]

awesome thank you. as far as the boat goes, does it have internal tanks or removable tanks? I read somewhere that a guy was restoring one and he said he had to remove part of the hull to get to the gas tanks? that's odd to me. my main concern really is if this is a boat I can run by myself. I'm an experienced boater but the seller informed me that on take of the bow of the boat raises really high and will stay that way for several yards before planing out. and he said he has to have someone else sit in the front to get it to plane out. is this where I should install the stainless prop for better hole shot? the motor has electric trim so I would think that you could control that a lot more. At least that was the case with my 16ft bass tracker. aluminum with a 40 hp. This Stratos is also 16ft so I would think getting up on plane with 115 should be no problem. I probably sound like an idiot with al these questions. I just want to be safe and knowledgeable with the boat because as I said in op that 80% of the time I will be going by myself