SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Thanks Trev, you are a star!

We will be following your advice, and getting in touch with Mercury.

I'll keep you posted!

Many thanks,

allie

Hi Trev,

Thanks for your input....and you are right, we haven't had much help from the dealer. I think one more email to see if they are intending to have another look at it, then get in touch with Mercury. The insulation, as you say, is only masking the problem. Time to get tough! Thanks for the ...

Thanks Paul,

The engine is a long shaft, and we did think the transom height might be the problem after doing some research, but we measured it and it is a 20 inch, despite the boat being an older model (1974), so that doesn't seem to be the problem.

Last weekend we insulated around the rear ...

This chap actually is a mercury dealer, and I don't know of any others in the area. Bit stumped!

Many thanks to everyone who has posted messages.

Bloke says he tried a different engine on our boat and it had the same problem.

Anyone got any ideas what it could be on our boat that is causing this?

Thanks

Thank you all for your suggestions and help, much appreciated.

Not getting too much joy from the boatyard. Don't think he's even looked at it!

Anyone know any good engineers in the Beccles/Oulton Broad/ Lowestoft area?

Thanks, we will look at your suggestions. The thing which is baffling us is that vibration was not an issue with the old engine, which was a 30+ year old bone shaker.
There must be a solution, still hoping to find it!

Hi all, we are fairly new (second year) owners of a 535. We had a brand new Mercury 15hp 4 stroke engine fitted to the boat earlier this year. Unfortunately, it has made the boat vibrate very badly. The engineer who fitted it has tried and so far failed to get to the bottom of the problem.
Has ...