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May 8, 2018 at 12:56 am
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend anyone by running down Mercurys. I have several of them and will likely accumulate more as time goes by, but for a first time father-son project, I would not recommend them. I love running them on hydroplanes and I think the newer ones (1980’s – on up) are really good motors and helped OMC go bankrupt due to some issues their later motors had. What I said is my one persons "2 hp" on the subject. Whatever motor you end up with for a boat like that, I strongly recommend a gearshift and an external gas tank that holds 4 to 6 gallons.
Dave