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Posted by member Simon Kidd on Monday 8 October 2012

This all sounds normal to me with an outboard - my Yamahas and Mercury's all do the same, but check that your idle speed isn't set too high - a high idle makes things sound much more painful..

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Posted by member Barry Dean on Wednesday 11 July 2012

My 50hp Yamaha does the same.

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Posted by member Barry Dean on Tuesday 10 July 2012

Mine does this as well any ideas folks,altho i don't reverse very often should it do this? sounds awful.

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Posted by member Maurice Millen on Friday 3 February 2012

Last March we bought our first boat, a Hardy Bosun. It is fitted with a 90 HP Mariner outboard – which is large but apparently not unknown. The only significant issue we have with Skipjack is selecting gear. Moving into forward is something of a clunk but selecting reverse is more of a clunk plus a crunch. I have had this briefly looked over by an engineer and have checked that the motor is idling at the correct speed. It makes low speed manoeuvring a bit painful but I wondered whether Bosun or Pilot owners had experienced anything similar? An unusual point worth making is that the control unit functions as you would expect with reverse engaged with the handle moved aft, and forward the other way. However, the factory fitted markings on the remote control box show R at the front and F at the rear. This may be irrelevant – but certainly caused some hilarity on our first outing!

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