- Location
- Djibouti Africa Camp Lemonnier
Hello,
I picked up a older Yamaha FX1 stand up with the 61X engine as a way to kill some time in my deployment to Djibouti Africa. I paid $300 for it not running and hull trashed. After working on it for a while I got it back up and running. The carb is not functioning half right from sitting but feeding it I can make it run. Now I have a new project for the motor. We are installing it into a 1970s half cab boat. I salvaged what I could from the cracked hull. It looks like the section for the motor mounts is OK and will re enforce the section with fiberglass.
I've been doing as much searching on your site as I can to try to locate answers and I'm finding that I may not be using the correct wording. Because the boat is a bit heavy I'm looking at adding twin carbs to the 61X to assist in better fuel at high load and high RPMs. However I'm also looking at maybe converting to a 1100 or bigger if I can find adapter motor mounts. I know drive angle is everything so I dont want to try to re-engineer the shaft to pump. We are hoping for 25+ MPH. Everything here is such a task because the Djibouti-ans do not know proper mechanics. Everything must be sourced from Ebay or from my friends back in Texas. I've already shipped out a bunch of tools. If you guys can offer recommendations on cheap reliable power it would be appreciated. We are not looking to sink a ton of money into the project as when we leave it will be handed down to the next crew with instructions to keep it going and they will hand it down. Just a MWR type of thing. I got the boat from a scrap yard for $250 and am willing to dump about 2K more into it for fishing or to take the guys snorkeling.
I picked up a older Yamaha FX1 stand up with the 61X engine as a way to kill some time in my deployment to Djibouti Africa. I paid $300 for it not running and hull trashed. After working on it for a while I got it back up and running. The carb is not functioning half right from sitting but feeding it I can make it run. Now I have a new project for the motor. We are installing it into a 1970s half cab boat. I salvaged what I could from the cracked hull. It looks like the section for the motor mounts is OK and will re enforce the section with fiberglass.
I've been doing as much searching on your site as I can to try to locate answers and I'm finding that I may not be using the correct wording. Because the boat is a bit heavy I'm looking at adding twin carbs to the 61X to assist in better fuel at high load and high RPMs. However I'm also looking at maybe converting to a 1100 or bigger if I can find adapter motor mounts. I know drive angle is everything so I dont want to try to re-engineer the shaft to pump. We are hoping for 25+ MPH. Everything here is such a task because the Djibouti-ans do not know proper mechanics. Everything must be sourced from Ebay or from my friends back in Texas. I've already shipped out a bunch of tools. If you guys can offer recommendations on cheap reliable power it would be appreciated. We are not looking to sink a ton of money into the project as when we leave it will be handed down to the next crew with instructions to keep it going and they will hand it down. Just a MWR type of thing. I got the boat from a scrap yard for $250 and am willing to dump about 2K more into it for fishing or to take the guys snorkeling.