It's a 26' Keywest with 2 x 140 Johnson 4 strokes. Top speed is 38 knots; at 26 knots it chews 42 litres per hour. I originally had a 250 hp Yamaha 2 stroke; that blew to bits at 320 hrs and 12 miles off Mindarie one Friday night, had to drag the Whitfords rescue out of the pub at 9 pm to come get us. I later discovered that big v6 2 stroke Yamahas are renown for braking cranks and seizing pistons. Yamaha wouldnt help in any way, which pissed me of considerably, they wouldnt even give me parts at cost. After a bit of serching on the net I discovered an Australian action group made up of unfortunates like me who also had blown v6's (Sydney water taxis was 1). They were taking on Yamaha. Anyway I decided to f%#@k Yamaha an went for these motors; they are Suzuki 4 strokes re-badged as Johnno's; about the same price and identical in every way. This is the second set I have had; the first ones were wiped out when a truck load of sand slammed into the back of me and pushed the boat onto the roof of my cruiser. Theres a story for ya's.
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danno
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nice boat mate cheers danno
nice boat mate
cheers danno
fishcrazy
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very nice
nice rig wreckless
wadetolley
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Very nice
Nice rig mate! How long is he and whats his top speed on the flat water?
kempy
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beast of a boat u got there
beast of a boat u got there
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Matt T
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Sweet
That is a fishing machine for sure! What make is it? Kinda looks like a Commodore
Paully
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Looks Like a Keywest hull
Thats one nice looking rig
Goodz
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its so prettttyyyyy
its so prettttyyyyy
Faulkner Family
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nice tub, plenty of deck
nice tub, plenty of deck space and some serious hp out back
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Paul G
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those motors would chew the
those motors would chew the fuel,nice boat buy the wat how long is she.
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Frank F
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Paul those motors are 4
Paul those motors are 4 strokes they are identical to the suzukis just badged differently
Paul G
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OK that makes a big
OK that makes a big differance ,yer they look like the old jono bomboras a mate had one and boy did it chew thw fuel.
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Wreckless
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The boat
It's a 26' Keywest with 2 x 140 Johnson 4 strokes. Top speed is 38 knots; at 26 knots it chews 42 litres per hour. I originally had a 250 hp Yamaha 2 stroke; that blew to bits at 320 hrs and 12 miles off Mindarie one Friday night, had to drag the Whitfords rescue out of the pub at 9 pm to come get us. I later discovered that big v6 2 stroke Yamahas are renown for braking cranks and seizing pistons. Yamaha wouldnt help in any way, which pissed me of considerably, they wouldnt even give me parts at cost. After a bit of serching on the net I discovered an Australian action group made up of unfortunates like me who also had blown v6's (Sydney water taxis was 1). They were taking on Yamaha. Anyway I decided to f%#@k Yamaha an went for these motors; they are Suzuki 4 strokes re-badged as Johnno's; about the same price and identical in every way. This is the second set I have had; the first ones were wiped out when a truck load of sand slammed into the back of me and pushed the boat onto the roof of my cruiser. Theres a story for ya's.
Mick
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Owww That would have been a horror moment Wreckless
I hope no one was hurt.
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