Our new inflatable Takacat inflatable boat. Suzuki 20hp motor. The latest step in our fishing season. We take trips to Strawberry Reservoir, and Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
My Takacat is rusting! The transom tubes of the open transom are made of stainless steel 304 (V2A) (also for cost reasons). The tubes show ugly rust after a short time in a salt water environment. From my point of view, the maintenance is very time-consuming and is not reasonable for me. Unfortunately, I only found out about this disadvantage of the high maintenance effort after the purchase. For me, this product is not recommended for salt water environments. I am very dissatisfied and disappointed with the Takacat 340 LS for the above reasons. It does not meet my expectations and, in my opinion, is only partially suitable for my application as a full time yacht tender. I quote from Takacat's care instructions: 1. A first care step when driving in salt water is washing the transom tubes at the end of a trip with fresh water (fresh water) including thorough drying. 2. The insides of the transom tubes can be pulled through with an extra-long bottle brush. 3. If corrosion has formed, it can be removed with a stainless steel cleaner. 4. If you drive permanently in salt water, it is advisable to spray the transom tubes and optional slip wheels with a seawater-resistant stainless steel protector. Did you experience similar issues? Best regards Xaver
Interesting thought! And weirdly enough, I feel the same way! I watch the fish we catch, and they range from bewildered, to terrified, to murderously angry. But over all it's a very bad experience for them. And I don't like to eat fish. And after all this, I've dedicated TONS of time to fishing this past year.
I wanted the Tohatsu! But I couldn't wait. 20hp will send that thing like a rocket. It's a lot of fun. And it's great to be able to access any point on the lake comfortably.
Nice. When I was in the Navy, in the middle of the Mediterranean, we ran across an empty Zodiac. We fished it out of the water and just kept it. We reported it but as far as I knew, we never found the owners.
Mantua is not that big... and Holy COW... you have a 20HP motor on that thing!!! It must take you a whole 45 seconds to get from one end of the lake to the other. LOL Nice review, and nice boat too. I need a bigger motor on my small inflatable boat. 6HP barely moves it.
Funny story: The motor wasn't working well that day. One of the spark plug wires wasn't connected. When we fixed that, it FLEW! Sometimes I worry that it's too much motor for that boat. I want to buy a 6hp so that I can take the boat out alone.
My Takacat is rusting!
The transom tubes of the open transom are made of stainless steel 304 (V2A) (also for cost reasons). The tubes show ugly rust after a short time in a salt water environment. From my point of view, the maintenance is very time-consuming and is not reasonable for me. Unfortunately, I only found out about this disadvantage of the high maintenance effort after the purchase. For me, this product is not recommended for salt water environments. I am very dissatisfied and disappointed with the Takacat 340 LS for the above reasons. It does not meet my expectations and, in my opinion, is only partially suitable for my application as a full time yacht tender.
I quote from Takacat's care instructions: 1. A first care step when driving in salt water is washing the transom tubes at the end of a trip with fresh water (fresh water) including thorough drying. 2. The insides of the transom tubes can be pulled through with an extra-long bottle brush. 3. If corrosion has formed, it can be removed with a stainless steel cleaner. 4. If you drive permanently in salt water, it is advisable to spray the transom tubes and optional slip wheels with a seawater-resistant stainless steel protector.
Did you experience similar issues?
Best regards Xaver
I'm sorry, I haven't had my Takacat in salt water. So I haven't seen any rust.
My kids hated fishing, they thought it was very cruel😊
Interesting thought! And weirdly enough, I feel the same way! I watch the fish we catch, and they range from bewildered, to terrified, to murderously angry. But over all it's a very bad experience for them. And I don't like to eat fish. And after all this, I've dedicated TONS of time to fishing this past year.
Great video with some nice fish, I have had a Takacat 380 now for 8 weeks, but still waiting for the 20hp Tohatsu, which is driving me mad lol.
I wanted the Tohatsu! But I couldn't wait. 20hp will send that thing like a rocket. It's a lot of fun. And it's great to be able to access any point on the lake comfortably.
Nice. When I was in the Navy, in the middle of the Mediterranean, we ran across an empty Zodiac. We fished it out of the water and just kept it. We reported it but as far as I knew, we never found the owners.
They were probably scuba diving.
@@rockstar170 Haha! Hopefully someone didn't notice it missing after a rope broke or something.
Mantua is not that big... and Holy COW... you have a 20HP motor on that thing!!! It must take you a whole 45 seconds to get from one end of the lake to the other. LOL Nice review, and nice boat too. I need a bigger motor on my small inflatable boat. 6HP barely moves it.
Funny story: The motor wasn't working well that day. One of the spark plug wires wasn't connected. When we fixed that, it FLEW! Sometimes I worry that it's too much motor for that boat. I want to buy a 6hp so that I can take the boat out alone.
@@darrellmangum4239 You just need a really BIG dog to hold the bow down...
So what have you done to fix the water spray on each side of motor going faster? on my 480 it sprayes up in the air along getting me wet?
Soon I'm going to try a hyrofoil, and also I'm going to try a couple props with different pitches.