Re: Reminiscing
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Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1
13 foot Whalers with a 50 Merc are/were crazy!!!
Rated for 40hp, they’d go over backwards on occasion!
Wake jumping can be fun but you better “stick” the landing...
Merc outboards sound great when at full throttle and airborne!
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You know your boats and motors. I spent my teenage years living on the water of Long Island Sound. On a calm day I could hear outboards running out in the Sound and could always differentiate between an Evinrude or a Mercury. With the 50 I could hit 40 mph--a big deal back in the '60s. On a rough day or in the wake of a big ship we could get the bow about 10' up and the prop about 2 feet out of the water. If there was a headwind you could definitely flip. I never flipped but came close a few times. Lots of fun for a teenager. Now they probably put 200 hp motors on a 13' foot Whaler! We also played around with a Merc 20H on a small hydro and on a 9' Skimmar dingy. Once tried a 35 HP Johnson on the Skimmar and it almost sank from the weight in the rear. Those were the days... --Bob
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