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New Mercury Motor! MATURE ONLY!, powerboat shown
CAUTION MATURE ONLY!! A Powerboat is shown!
I've been thinking of buying some axillary power for the boat and liked this motor.
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I looked at some in the store but they didnt look as good as the one pictured. (typical of advertising)


All joking aside. we bought a Merc 8hp 4 stroke for the 25 footer and a 3.3 two stroke for the dink.
the 8hp runs very smooth and quiet but i think is a bit of overkill for the boat, plus it weighs in at around 80 lbs.. the 3.3 on the dink runs nice too but smokes (as two strokes do) and i think is a bit underpowered. not much but a little. if i had to do it again, i would get a 6hp for the 25' as well as the dink.
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