Recent content by Kapili

Mahalo Potomacbassin’ for your kind words, My service manual just arrived, and the location of the YDS port is detailed in the electrical section. Take care, and God Bless you, Kapili

I just did in water 20 hour service on my 2020 Yamaha VF115 SHO. But I was not able to find the Yamaha Diagnostic Port(YDS) location on this motor, to hook up a Candoo Pro Vehicle Diagnostic System Box for Yamaha Outboards. Anyone know the location of the YDS port on this motor? Mahalo in advance

Give Ken a call@Prop Gods: (941) 735-5808; he is very knowledgeable concerning props.

Give Ken a call@Prop Gods: (941) 735-5808.

Give Ken a call@Prop Gods: (941) 735-5808.

Partybarge, youʻre right. Retirement can get very busy and overwhelming, unless you plan your day accordingly (it works for me). Great to hear from you again. Mercury slip calculator gave me an unbelievable 4% slip: 13P gear; ratio 2.15; 5850 rpm; 32 mph (gps); 4% calculated slip. Ken...

Praise the Lord! I was able to find someone to help me change the prop, here are the results for: 2021 Godfrey 2286 SBX Tritoon; 2020 VF115 SHO, Talon SS Pontoon 14 x 13P. Wind 20-25 mph, 3 people, 1/2 tank gas (15 gal), With trim into the wind: 5600 rpm @27 mph(GPS), Following sea, with...

PartyBarge; I would be honored to have your help. I have a Hydrosteam HST that I bought from Howard Pipkorn in 1990, with a 2.4 Bridgeport Mercury racing engine with 57 hours on boat and motor. Itʻs been sitting in my yard since my stroke, because I cannot fix it (rewire) nor run it. My...

Mahalo Vikingstaff for your response; and a BIG mahalo to Partybarge for your propeller wisdom (greatly appreciated!). I only been on fire once in the F-15 Eagle, it flies great on 1 engine. The TalonSS Pontoon prop is scheduled to arrive in Hawaii on Friday 5/7. Hopefully, I can find some...

My saga continues: Just spoke with Ken from Prop Gods, and he recommended the Talon SS Pontoon prop 14 x 12, but this prop is on back order until August, but Sim Yamaha had 1 Talon SS Pontoon 14 x 13 in stock, so I pulled the trigger. PartsVu was kind enough to give me a Return Authorization...

Mahalo Party Barge for your informative response. I thought spinning a 135/8 x 14 @ 6450 rpm, and 26.6 mph with a gear ratio of 2.15 where the WOT range is 5500-6300 that I would have to increase the pitch by at least 2 ", not decrease the pitch. But I guess the shape of the blades makes a...

Facts: 1) Godfrey 2286 SBX Sweetwater tritoon boat, 2) Yamaha VF115 SHO, 3) 4 people/30 gal gas, 4) boat came with Yamaha 135/8 x 14 K series, 5) tritoon ran 6450 rpm @26.6 mph (rpm range. 5500-6300). Hereʻs my update on the Talon SS4 13.25 X16 prop. We did a sea trial on 5/1/21. 3 people...

PartyBarge is right on with is post (above). Seems that we have the same motor: Yamaha VF115 SHO. The WOT range is 5300 ~ 6300. You must establish the max rpm with your current prop, then you can use either the Mercury or Yamaha prop selector (I like the Mercury prop selector). The key, I...