Subject: 20hr service for Yamaha F300
With some 33 engine hours on my F300 and some 358 cruising miles the 20 hr service check was due. I had scheduled this with my local Yamaha shop months ago and yesterday was the service day.
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The Yamaha service shop is adjacent to my Marina and only some 300 feet away from the haul out lift. This was the procedure to have the boat moved from my slip, hauled out, taken to the shop and serviced and then returned and lifted back to the water and moved back to my slip.
1) I drop of my boat key to the service manager
2) Next day the shop goes to my slip and moves it to the haul out lift
3) The boat is placed on the shop's trailer
4) They use a fork lift to tow the boat down the road to their shop
5) They perform the engine servicing
6) When all done the shop calls me and I goto shop, pay the servicing fee and assist them return the boat to my slip.
7) The lift is adjacent to my Marina's fuel dock and pump out, so I avail myself to top up fuel tank and pump out.
8) I take boat back to my slip.
9) All done.... easy peaseee. 😀
So what did this cost me
1) $185 for the shop to pickup boat, haul it out onto their trailer and return it to water after service completed.
2) Service cost was...
-Materials - $178.64 (Element Assy & Oil CL, Fuel/Water filter, Boat's Fuel filter, Lube outboard, 10w30 Yamaha 10x30 bulk & Misc)
-Labor - $202.50 for 1.5 hrs
-Tax at 10.3% - $58.31
-Subtotal $439.45 + $185 for the haul out and back
TOTAL $624.45
They also checked my kicker motor free of charge.
My next schedule service was setup for Sep 18, 2018.
I also requested a download sheet for the Yamaha F300 Diagnostic System. This was mentioned at the Yamaha Semina at Roche Harbour meeting this past week. It provides a look at all the engine parameters and the item of interest to me was the Data Logger for the engine's operating hours according to engine speed. This logger info shows how many hours the engine has been run at various RPM. This is what it showed
1000 or less - 11.7 hrs
1000-2000 - 4.9 hrs
2000-3000 - 1.3 hrs
3000-4000 - 2.9 hrs
4000-5000 - 8.7 hrs
5000-6000 - 2.4 hrs
6000-7000 - 0 hrs
Total engine hours = 31
Since having the boat in my hot little hands since Aug 16 I suspect the 1000 RPM or less 11.7 hrs was for the 2-day training and me messing around (three local crabbing trips) after that for first week. The 4000-6000 RPM for 11.6 hrs was quite likely due to my Maiden Voyage and the cruise to Poulsbo and up to Roche and back to Edmonds. The data showed the engine had been driven for 358 miles. I had used some 174 gallons (at $3.579 per gallon) of E0 fuel for this 358 miles so that gives me an average of 2.06 mpg. Cost of fuel for the 174 gallons came to $623. Thus $1.74 per mile. The fuel cost for the trip from Edmonds to Roche and back ( about 60 miles each way) came to $206.
I'm actually quite pleased with the average 2.06 mpg I'm getting with this R-27/OB as it compares reasonably well with what the R-29S with 300HP inboard diesel gets; a posting here reports the R-29S gets 2.2 mpg when it runs at around 15-17 kts.
So far I'm quite pleased with the fuel efficiency of the F300/R-27. As I get more used to trimming the engine I suspect I'll be able to do better.
With some 33 engine hours on my F300 and some 358 cruising miles the 20 hr service check was due. I had scheduled this with my local Yamaha shop months ago and yesterday was the service day.
See photo album here - https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0iGRMtznG1Pvt7
The Yamaha service shop is adjacent to my Marina and only some 300 feet away from the haul out lift. This was the procedure to have the boat moved from my slip, hauled out, taken to the shop and serviced and then returned and lifted back to the water and moved back to my slip.
1) I drop of my boat key to the service manager
2) Next day the shop goes to my slip and moves it to the haul out lift
3) The boat is placed on the shop's trailer
4) They use a fork lift to tow the boat down the road to their shop
5) They perform the engine servicing
6) When all done the shop calls me and I goto shop, pay the servicing fee and assist them return the boat to my slip.
7) The lift is adjacent to my Marina's fuel dock and pump out, so I avail myself to top up fuel tank and pump out.
8) I take boat back to my slip.
9) All done.... easy peaseee. 😀
So what did this cost me
1) $185 for the shop to pickup boat, haul it out onto their trailer and return it to water after service completed.
2) Service cost was...
-Materials - $178.64 (Element Assy & Oil CL, Fuel/Water filter, Boat's Fuel filter, Lube outboard, 10w30 Yamaha 10x30 bulk & Misc)
-Labor - $202.50 for 1.5 hrs
-Tax at 10.3% - $58.31
-Subtotal $439.45 + $185 for the haul out and back
TOTAL $624.45
They also checked my kicker motor free of charge.
My next schedule service was setup for Sep 18, 2018.
I also requested a download sheet for the Yamaha F300 Diagnostic System. This was mentioned at the Yamaha Semina at Roche Harbour meeting this past week. It provides a look at all the engine parameters and the item of interest to me was the Data Logger for the engine's operating hours according to engine speed. This logger info shows how many hours the engine has been run at various RPM. This is what it showed
1000 or less - 11.7 hrs
1000-2000 - 4.9 hrs
2000-3000 - 1.3 hrs
3000-4000 - 2.9 hrs
4000-5000 - 8.7 hrs
5000-6000 - 2.4 hrs
6000-7000 - 0 hrs
Total engine hours = 31
Since having the boat in my hot little hands since Aug 16 I suspect the 1000 RPM or less 11.7 hrs was for the 2-day training and me messing around (three local crabbing trips) after that for first week. The 4000-6000 RPM for 11.6 hrs was quite likely due to my Maiden Voyage and the cruise to Poulsbo and up to Roche and back to Edmonds. The data showed the engine had been driven for 358 miles. I had used some 174 gallons (at $3.579 per gallon) of E0 fuel for this 358 miles so that gives me an average of 2.06 mpg. Cost of fuel for the 174 gallons came to $623. Thus $1.74 per mile. The fuel cost for the trip from Edmonds to Roche and back ( about 60 miles each way) came to $206.
I'm actually quite pleased with the average 2.06 mpg I'm getting with this R-27/OB as it compares reasonably well with what the R-29S with 300HP inboard diesel gets; a posting here reports the R-29S gets 2.2 mpg when it runs at around 15-17 kts.
So far I'm quite pleased with the fuel efficiency of the F300/R-27. As I get more used to trimming the engine I suspect I'll be able to do better.