On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:12:11 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:


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I remember when Merc came out with that whopping 100 HP. My mother's
boss had to have one (1959-60?)
He had it on a 17' Lone Star down at Port Tobacco Md and it was the
baddest boat on the water at that time. I doubt it did much more than
40 tho.

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Sometimes it seems that 40 on the water feels like 90 on land...

Yup that is true. When we were at the Teamsters deal at LOTO there was
a guy with a 15' racing skiff with twin Merc 85s on it and that would
go about 60 with 3 people on board. We really thought we were flying.
These days that is any garden variety flats or bass boat.