Noisy Helm ?????
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Captains Cat
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More noisy at the helm than in the cockpit? doesn't make sense... :disgust
Charlie
Charlie
Close the door? Wait! That may be the problem...no door. Actually the problem may be that the sound is being focused by an open cabin. Sort of like cupping your hand around your ear to hear better.
Besides ear plugs or an iPod several people have created seats in the well that might help cut down the sound. I suppose big cooler on a rack would also help some. I did see a picture of a fully enclosed structure build around the well but don't remember which album. I like the seat on Tortuga but I don't know if it helps with the sound at all.
Besides ear plugs or an iPod several people have created seats in the well that might help cut down the sound. I suppose big cooler on a rack would also help some. I did see a picture of a fully enclosed structure build around the well but don't remember which album. I like the seat on Tortuga but I don't know if it helps with the sound at all.
This topic has been discussed before but I don't remember the best solutions and don't have the time to re-read all relevant threads. However, a quick search using the term
noise angler
yielded the following thread that may be of interest:
cabin engine noise in 16 & 19 c-dory's
noise angler
yielded the following thread that may be of interest:
cabin engine noise in 16 & 19 c-dory's
Matt Gurnsey
New member
And the modern engines are so much quieter than the brethren of 10 years ago- imagine some of those old rattly engines in a 16 or 19.
Captains Cat
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Duh.... you think? 
I would hope so... :wink:
Charlie
I would hope so... :wink:
Charlie
The lack of back door makes the cabin like an echo chamber, and my 19 was pretty noisy. I took to using earplugs right away and then brought my aviation headset along pretty big difference. Engine trim and rpm will produce resonance also try moving power settings and trim angle to get an improvement. My 22 is a bunch quieter but at higher speeds and longer runs I'm using the earplugs and headset now also. I'm hearing challenged so want to preserve.
George
George
My 19 was also pretty annoying at certain RPM's. Chatting with other 19 owners, the problem varied significantly between different outboards. At the time I owned it (several years back), it seemed like Yamahas were the worst by a large margin (mine was an F80) Hondas were better, and the Suzukis the least annoying.
On mine, it wasn't so much the noise, but the resonance and harmonics. Certain RPM's would send a buzz through the air/hull, that was far more annoying than simply excess decibels.
If this description matches what you are encountering, there were three things I did that made a world of difference on my 19. A four blade prop, trim tabs, and a Permatrim.
The four blade prop performs much more smoothly than three, and was likely responsible for the largest reduction in noise. The Permatrim and trim tabs, allow you to fine tune things such that the engine RPM's are in a less annoying range for a given speed. This is particularly helpful at lower speeds, as the 19 typically requires you to throttle up to much higher RPM's/speed to get on plane, than a 22. It's these higher RPM's that were the worst on mine.
Even with the reduction in noise these items provided, I ain't gonna lie...much as I liked the open access to the cockpit and the fishability of the 19, I hated it every time I throttled up. The 22 is soooooo much quieter.
On mine, it wasn't so much the noise, but the resonance and harmonics. Certain RPM's would send a buzz through the air/hull, that was far more annoying than simply excess decibels.
If this description matches what you are encountering, there were three things I did that made a world of difference on my 19. A four blade prop, trim tabs, and a Permatrim.
The four blade prop performs much more smoothly than three, and was likely responsible for the largest reduction in noise. The Permatrim and trim tabs, allow you to fine tune things such that the engine RPM's are in a less annoying range for a given speed. This is particularly helpful at lower speeds, as the 19 typically requires you to throttle up to much higher RPM's/speed to get on plane, than a 22. It's these higher RPM's that were the worst on mine.
Even with the reduction in noise these items provided, I ain't gonna lie...much as I liked the open access to the cockpit and the fishability of the 19, I hated it every time I throttled up. The 22 is soooooo much quieter.