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DavidCrosby
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Initially Posted - 07/17/2023 :  12:12:52  Show Profile  Visit DavidCrosby's Homepage
We were in Charlevoix, Michigan for the past week. There were many motorboats with multiple outboards. The largest combination, I saw was 4 x 600hp. Anyhow, I was feeling a bit inadequate, so needed to do something about it to fit in.
David Crosby "Small World"
'02 C250 WK #614
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/17/2023 :  12:42:58  Show Profile
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 07/17/2023 :  21:37:14  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
How bout fishing rod holders ?
Larry
'89 Robin's Nest#5820, Potomac River/Quantico, Va
http://catalina25.homestead.com/olarryr.html
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 07/18/2023 :  19:36:58  Show Profile
I saw a You Tube video yesterday where the guy was walking along a dock and there was a 47' center console with six (6) - 600 HP Mercury outboards!

I looked up the price of those outboards - $77,000/ea. plus installation. $462,000 just for the motors!

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GaryB
Andiamo
'89 SR/WK #5862
Kemah,TX
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 07/19/2023 :  08:17:08  Show Profile
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Originally posted by OLarryR

How bout fishing rod holders ?
You mean "rocket launchers." The most hp I've seen around here was three 600s (V-10s where only the lower units turn--the power heads stay in a fixed position). Makes my single 225 look about like the H-8 I had on my C-25.

I wanna see some Ferrari V-12s lined up in bright red casings (to match the boat, of course)!
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 07/19/2023 08:18:30
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 07/19/2023 :  15:06:06  Show Profile
The Mercury 600R is a 7.6L (464 cu.in.), 4-cam, naturally aspirated 600 HP V-12 that burns approx. 50/gph at full throttle and 18/gph at 3,500 RPM cruise setting.

Way outta my operating range! LOL

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GaryB
Andiamo
'89 SR/WK #5862
Kemah,TX
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  08:03:29  Show Profile
woah--I forgot it was a 12... Basically two Yammie 300 V6 blocks bolted together--similar fuel burn I suspect. Wait--what forum is this?!?
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 07/20/2023 08:04:09
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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  10:27:05  Show Profile
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Originally posted by Stinkpotter

woah--Wait--what forum is this?!?

¢¯¢¯MacGregor??
Buzz Maring

~~Freya~~
C-25 SK/SR #68
Lake Dallas, TX
Edited by - Buzz Maring on 07/20/2023 10:28:48
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  12:47:14  Show Profile
Ya--let's try a Merc 600 on a Mac 26! (...just 12 times the spec.) Probably do a wheely and flip over backwards!
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 07/20/2023 12:48:49
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  14:24:53  Show Profile
The owner of that 50' catamaran I used to crew, put a 15 hp merc on the 9'inflatable. Every time I opened the throttle I thought the bow was coming over my head...
Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
Previous owner of "This Side UP"
1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  15:48:47  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Derek Crawford

The owner of that 50' catamaran I used to crew, put a 15 hp merc on the 9'inflatable. Every time I opened the throttle I thought the bow was coming over my head...
A friend of mine actually did that. He suddenly opened the throttle on his inflatable and a gust of wind lifted the bow and blew it over backwards, and upside down. He actually called me on his cellphone while he was treading water and asked me to come out of the marina on my boat and get him. Unfortunately, I was 40 miles away in my car at the time. Luckily, someone else came out of the marina and "saved" him.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
Past Commodore
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islander
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  16:25:31  Show Profile
Motoring out of my marina today to go sailing We past the fuel dock....$5.25 a gal.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 07/20/2023 :  18:41:28  Show Profile
In billiards the old saying was "speed kills" so is the case with outboards on dinghies. Meanwhile controlling a sailboat under any power requires skill. I like skill!!
Peter Bigelow
C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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