Mula
Super Nomad
Posts: 1655
Registered: 8-16-2011
Location: San Nicolas y Lopez Mateos
Member Is Offline
|
|
Input Please: Looking at a Baja Bayrunner 20' with 40hp motor
The good, bad, the ugly, please.
Considering buying one for Sea of Cortez - June, July and August.
Mag Bay for Sept., Oct and Nov. - not outside the bay.
Thanks for your time and considerations.
|
|
|
bajaguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
Member Is Offline
Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
|
|
Ask 24baja, he has a similar one:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=67111
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
Could there be two? 
|
|
|
J.P.
Super Nomad
Posts: 1673
Registered: 7-8-2010
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
Mood: Easy Does It
|
|
Bay Runner
There's someone that lives here in Rancho Packard that has one for sale but it has a much bigger Motor
|
|
|
woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15939
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
Member Is Offline
Mood: Everchangin'
|
|
FWIW, the local boyz in the central coast use a 40 hp on their 23' panga. it's plenty of motor for getting around.
|
|
|
Mula
Super Nomad
Posts: 1655
Registered: 8-16-2011
Location: San Nicolas y Lopez Mateos
Member Is Offline
|
|
The one we are thinking about is in Loreto.
|
|
|
merlin
Junior Nomad
Posts: 87
Registered: 2-22-2007
Member Is Offline
|
|
40hp is a little undergunned for a 20' Bayrunner. It really depends on how it's set up and how much weight you want to push around. If it's completely
empty then in might be fine. I had a 17' with a center console, T-top, bait tank, cooler with ice, a couple of guys and the 60hp would push it just
about right. My 23' had a Honda 130 on it - super nice ride. I still miss her.
|
|
|
chuckie
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
Member Is Offline
Mood: Weary
|
|
Make sure it doesnt leak...A LOT of those tin boats have cancer..electrolysis..and it cant be fixed...40 horse is just fine...
|
|
|
fish101
Nomad
Posts: 132
Registered: 7-2-2011
Location: Loreto BCS
Member Is Offline
Mood: energized
|
|
Hey Mula, if your looking at the 20ft Baja Bayrunner in Nopolo it has two 4 stroke motors on it..Merc 90 and Kicker 15 Hp... Is that the one for
9000??
Look it over good, several of us have looked at it, needs some work. There was another 20 ft for sale a few months ago, but the transom is not in good
shape, so be careful..The one in Nopolo may not leak , but I think that is the one that was flipped over a year ago...
|
|
|
KaceyJ
Nomad
Posts: 391
Registered: 10-7-2011
Location: there
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Mula
The good, bad, the ugly, please.
Considering buying one for Sea of Cortez - June, July and August.
Mag Bay for Sept., Oct and Nov. - not outside the bay.
Thanks for your time and considerations. |
Mula ,
If it's an older model , it will have gunnels that are about 1 1/2" wide.
These were known to crack ribs and the only way you'll know is to pull the floor boards..
Later models were made with 10 or so inch wide gunnels that added much rigidity to the hull. They don't flex and thus fatigue anywhere near as easily.
As far as power , a 40hp will do fine if you don't overload it. For cruising the bay it will be great and when it gets choppy outside , everyone has
to slow down anyway. ( Except the PAngeros of course)
We've had a 17' with 50 merc
a 22' with a 115 Honda
and now a 19' with a 50 Honda.
The last one is my favorite , handles easily , one person can launch and retrieve it if its not insanely rough and gets about 5-6 mpg.
As far as electrolysis , disconnect the battery when not in use.
|
|
|
Mula
Super Nomad
Posts: 1655
Registered: 8-16-2011
Location: San Nicolas y Lopez Mateos
Member Is Offline
|
|
The one we are looking at is in Loreto and has been in storage for 5 or 6 years.
It runs fine but needs a new battery.
Guess we will see it Friday.
|
|
|
mulegemichael
Super Nomad
Posts: 2310
Registered: 12-24-2007
Location: sequim,wa. and mulege
Member Is Offline
Mood: up on step
|
|
i think i'd want just a little more power...like most of the guys said, "it'll be fine empty" but then throw the wife in, fill the gas tanks, coolers
with ice full of dorado, i would have to say it would be a bit sluggish at that point.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
|
|
|
SFandH
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7084
Registered: 8-5-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
I had a 50 hp on a 17 footer and thought it was under powered. I have a 40 hp on a 14 footer (max rated hp) now that I use on bahia concepcion and I
like it.
The following link says the max rated hp for a 20 foot Bayrunner is 140 hp.
http://boatspecs.iboats.com/Bayrunner_by_Valco_Boats__Bayrun...
If this is your boat, 40 hp is small so you'll be running at or near full throttle a lot, especially on calm water, or you'll just be putting along
enjoying the slow ride.
All depends upon the condition and the price.
Take it for a test run!!
|
|
|
Mula
Super Nomad
Posts: 1655
Registered: 8-16-2011
Location: San Nicolas y Lopez Mateos
Member Is Offline
|
|
We have a new Yamaha 60 HP 2 Stroke on the panga that we could put on this other boat.
We are fair weather fishers now - having spent years in Alaska on rough seas.
|
|
|
chippy
Super Nomad
Posts: 1715
Registered: 2-2-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
I hope you have tough knees and backs. I had an 18 for a few years. It pounded hard in any kind of chop thus cracked alot of welds. I think the
Gregors are a better built boat.
|
|
|
Martyman
Super Nomad
Posts: 1904
Registered: 9-10-2004
Member Is Offline
|
|
20' with 40 caballos is definately underpowered. 50-60 would be minimum. I have a 40 hp on a 16' bayrunner.
|
|
|
Cypress
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7641
Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
Member Is Offline
Mood: undecided
|
|
Will a 40hp be enough motor for a 20' skiff? Not unless the skiff is very light, in which case it will beat you to death in any kind of chop and fall
apart in the process.
|
|
|
Mula
Super Nomad
Posts: 1655
Registered: 8-16-2011
Location: San Nicolas y Lopez Mateos
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thanks for all the great info and links.
We are not going to be able to see it until Friday so are twiddling our thumbs for now.
|
|
|
Floatflyer
Nomad
Posts: 311
Registered: 2-15-2009
Location: Whidbey Island, WA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Wet & Cold
|
|
I join those that say 40 hp is not enough. I have a 19' Bayrunner Baja with a 50 Honda. With me alone it is just ok. With anybody else in the boat
it is definitely underpowered, IMO.
I bought it new in '98 and the horsepower is about the only thing I wish I had done differently. At that time the next larger Honda engine had the
same size block as a 90 hp Honda and was HUGE and it looked like it would sink the stern!! The Honda 50 and 40 hp models share the same size block.
I should have considered a Yamaha. FF
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
