Reply To: 1958 Johnson RDS-20 35hp

[David Stanton]

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Those old 25s/1956 30/1957-59 35s all would pull two skiers out of the water if they weren’t really heavy people.  Lots of low end torque.  the 35s and 25s from about 1976 on up will struggle to do that, and forget it with the 4-strokes, but all these newer models use less fuel.  When I was a teen, the neighbor and I at the cabin used to ski double behind their 1958 18HP on  a decked, 14′ Alumacraft model F.

Dave