Mercury Marine Invitation to the Registry

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Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

13' Whalers w/50 Mercs and a good 2 blade on them were a fun ride but had a tendancy to
go over backwards! More airplane then boat...

Not to hijack, but.... I never flipped mine but I did crack the transoms at the corners in two. We used to jump them on large waves--got the bow about 8' out of the water and the stern about 4'. When it went back in there was a fair amount of torque on the transom. Since the boats were new on the market Whaler gave us new boats the first two times but said a third was on us. So I built and bolted up some "elephant" braces in the transom corners and never had the problem again. --Bob