Re: Considering buying 1990 Bass Tracker With 40HP Johnson 2 Stroke-Want Opinions
I am considering buying a 1990 Bass Tracker V17T with a 40hp Johnson 2 Stroke. I have been told it doesn't come out of slow mode but runs fine. Don't know what I am getting into.
Also is a Johnson 40hp 2 stroke a good engine? Is 2 stroke common on boat motors. This will be my first boat. I no next to nothing about boats. I just wanting something nice to fish from.
from your questions and your admission, you are not the right candidate to start with a broken down motor. A starting-out boater doesn't need new or fancy, but he does need reliability, ande you have to pay for it.
Yes, the 2 stroke outboard is the work horse of the boating world and the place to start--but start with one that is running well, and running well according to someone who knows and who can be trusted.
For a relatively small basic fishing boat, focus on the outboard, first. Then you need a hull that is safe, so stick with boats that are made to handle age and weather--aluminum, or solid-hull* fiberglas, or "no wood" or self-bailing decks, especially around fresh water where there is risk of rot in the hull with boats that hold water in the bilge (under the floor).
A free boat never is, and a cheap boat usually costs more, especially for the inexperienced.
Welcome to boating and iboats! be safe and pay attention. when the time comes, take a boating safety course.
*a boat with no air space between the floor ("deck") and the outer hull, such as a Boston Whaler--actually there are two hulls, inner and outer, filled solid with foam in between ("core"), so practically speaking to a layman, it's a "solid hull."
