JimH wrote:

Good grief. I knew the motor was, uh, large, when I saw one on the back of
a Grady a few months ago, but to see one on a stand, fully extended, as it
were, so the skeg was just a few inches off the floor...holy tamale!


You aren't kidding! Yikes!

http://i6.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/ba/5d/b00a_1.JPG

"SUCK THAT GAS-S-S-S-S!"

Tim wrote:

JimH wrote:
Good grief. I knew the motor was, uh, large, when I saw one on the back of
a Grady a few months ago, but to see one on a stand, fully extended, as it
were, so the skeg was just a few inches off the floor...holy tamale!

You aren't kidding! Yikes!

http://i6.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/ba/5d/b00a_1.JPG

"SUCK THAT GAS-S-S-S-S!"

No one needs an engine that big or a boat that would hold that engine.
They should tax it out of existence. Heck, they should tax most boats
out of existence, that way there would be less boats on my waterways.