Niiice, i got one after i saw how much that made your kids happy, my kids will go nuts for sure.. thinking of trolling motor as it is quiter, how loud are your 6 and 8 hp yamaha if trolling?
Guys, the electric inflator that you used in the video as opposed to the pump thst comes with, do you have any links? And does it come with the right adaptor for the inflating socket?
No I’m not going to bother with launching wheels. I’ll be getting a boat trailer for it in the next few weeks tho. I’ll make another video of that and few upgrades I’ve made.
I'm a new owner. I decided against the wheels. Glad I did, as I don't think I need them. Basically I unload my gear near the boat launch, put it all together, get boat in water, drop engine on back and away we go. So I think it depends on where you plan to launch.
One more question, if you remove the floor and the pump from the pack, can you get the weight down to 32 kilos? Hoping to take it as excess baggage on a flight!
It’s 11’ long and that’s with myself and two boys. I can get 28km/h with my new 8hp. Check out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KjAnkzu2Py4.html
@@newfoundland-adventures nice! Did it work ok? Too much stress on the transom at all? How big were the people you towed. Thanks a lot. Bancroft On Canada.
I bought an auxiliary tank and strap it in the bottom of the dingy. It works great. Don't forget to flip the tank switch if you do use the auxiliary tank.
@@v.crawford620Hi, how does an auxiliary fuel tank actually work, does the motor automatically pump the fuel from the auxiliary tank or do you need to manually fill the motor?
@@markweatherall7437 A plastic auxiliary boat fuel tank that has the correct fitting to plug in to whatever motor you have. You plug it into the motor fuel intake fitting and the fuel is sucked out of the tank instead of the motor reservoir. I have never put any fuel in to the motor tank. Remember to change the intake switch so it will suck from the tank.
That motor has a hook up for an auxiliary tank and the motor should have came with the required hose connector. Mine came with everything I needed except the external tank
Short shaft eh? I just bought a new mercury 6hp short shaft and all I get is cavitation when tryna go on plane any little wave I hit juts trows everything off
plane is also limited to weight... it planes for me with 2 people that are not heavy including my self. Alone I do put my weight to the front of the boat until it planes
If it’s just you a 6 will do nicely two adults and gear (450lbs) you MIGHT struggle to get on plane but I’ll confirm that in a couple weeks. 3 adults you’ll definitely want a 9.9
@@newfoundland-adventures Within USA, these days any propulsion on inflatable needs to be registered. Exceptions are non-federal waters in the state of Washington and Florida. If you are not in these 2 states, you have to register. Boat or Kayak doesn't matter.
If you have more than one person in the boat and want it to plane out, a 6hp barely gets the job done. And won’t get the job done on windy or choppy days.
I just purchased the same boat and motor. When I operate it the prop seems to get air and the boat slows. Do you experience this with your short shafts?
@@v.crawford620 I took my Tobin out yesterday for the first time with my Nissan 5hp short shaft. Motor would ventilate as soon as I went more than 50% throttle. I have to do some more research on this and see what my options are. My short shaft worked great on my old zodiac but Constantly ventilated on this boat. As a last resort I may consider modifying my transom to drop the motor lower. Let me know if you found a fix!
@@ericscott7589 No fix yet. it seems that because this zodiac does not have a hard shell base it captures air in a pocket under the vessel and that air goes back to the prop rather than washing to the side. I am going to make sure that the base is inflated to the max pressure recommended to see if that helps.
@@v.crawford620yeah I was going to try that as well. I saw some comments mentioning that the keel needs to be max inflated. Also the inflatable floor seemed to bend down the middle caused by the keel. I think if I could somehow get the inflatable floor flat so it could put pressure down on the keel this may tighten up the hull material which might help. My old zodiac was a soft bottom but had a wood floor so it seemed to do a good job on pushing the keel down which probably made the hull more rigid.
You can definitely get away with a long shaft because the transome is 18" if I remember. Otherwise with a short shaft you need to make sure the trim is at its lowest setting. If I was to do it again I'd buy a long shaft and put a 1" spacer under it.
