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September 13, 2016 at 3:07 pm
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Not a hydro, this is a one-off home-built (1951) vee-bottom 8′ runabout made from two sheets of 1/4" marine plywood. Very stable and responsive on the turns.
Initial motor was a 1940 five-horse LT10 Johnson because that’s all I had. Lucked up on a Mercury KG7 Super Hurricane shortly thereafter, and ran it for fifty years, logging more than 7000 miles. Got a Merc 200 (22 HP) powerhead, put it on a KE7 tower with the original KG7 lower unit and have been running it since.
Lots of fun, cheap to build. I’m waiting for a cool morning to hit the water again, at 84. 😀
