Greetings! - I absolutely LOVE my Yamaha 9.9 High Thrust motor. It is extremely responsive. I used to joke that with my old motor, I'd shift gears forward/reverse and be able to go down and make a sandwich and come back up before my boat will have started to changed direction, LOL. I also love that in reasonable conditions, I hit top speed at about 1/3 throttle (in fact just a hair above the "Warm Engine" dot!!). This means quieter operation, allows for me to hear myself think, or hear dawn/dusk loon calls while running. It also means I have a lot of spare capacity for storms, weeds, getting muck stuck, etc - all real issues on Lake Ontario and Frenchman's Bay. I do find that top speed is just above 6 knots, which is below hull speed. I don't know if it is the high-thrust or just the boat design that would run it at that speed regardless of motor configuration. But the responsiveness is so awesome while in port and docking I gladly give up that extra knot cruising for the high-thrust response and control.
I believe my motor is a 2011 and have used it for 1.5 seasons. I just saw on the Yamaha site that they have just reconfigured it (for 2013?) with a smaller block and cowling - Almost like it was done just for us Kelt 7.60-ers [smile]. It looks to me that with the design change there would be no more issues with fit inside the motor well, with the exception of the prop not fitting through the hole. (I had to remove the prop and reinstall it in the water. Much less painful than it sounds. In fact with a friend handing me the parts, it went on quite easily, including being able to actually see [with swim goggles] the holes line up for the cotter pin!)
Thanks much on the foresail size experience! I ended up 140 - a psychological compromise between my hanked-on 150 and suggested 135. I was also advised by my sailmaker to go with the lighter white UV strips, as the (smaller) size of the Kelt-7.60 140, it would perform better than with the heavier (Sunbrella??) coloured material.
I did a Moon Chaser logo thing on mine - 12-inch lettering and logo, going vertically the entire height of the sail - Awesome!! (LOL). I should send in some pics, eh.
Take care! - David
David J. Wysocki, M.Sc., OT Reg. (Ont.)
1055 Dunbarton Rd
Pickering, ON L1V 1H1
Ph: 905-492-1915
Fax: 905-831-8798
From: David [via Kelt Sailboat Forum] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: April-16-13 7:46 AM
To: David - Moon Chaser
Subject: Re: Genoa Size for Foresail Furler
We fitted our furling system with a 135. It seems to have good shape and plenty of power. I just bought the same motor, but my 7.6 does not have a well, so a bracket will be installed on the stern. Was your 9.9 used last year? How responsive is it?
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