TOPIC: My $200/64 mph boat.

She goes pretty good.

Looks great out there Neil, good for you!

wow,i would like to know your secret!,john

Part of it John is I am always on the hunt, and I always tell the truth, there is less to remember!!
Neil

Now that IS a deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again great find Neil, she looks great on the water! Now if I can just get back to hot rodding my motor so I can get more than 26 mph!

Bob

Hi Neil that worked good for everybody congradulations Bill

Neil, Looks good. You sure have a keen eye for deals. here is what I found for $200.

What type of boat is that Neil ?? You got that with the motor for $200 ?? Youve been kind of quiet on here lately now I know why .. Your out on the Lake enjoying the sound and the kick in the bottom of that Merc ..

Thanks guys.
Bill thanks again.
elgindave I recognize that photo, but can't place it?? $200 for a black and white and red Merc, you bet, grab it up.
Larry The tag says Sunset Boat Co. Silverton, Ore. Model-Chetah
someone posted here saying a Sidewinder clone. All I know is the whole package was $200.
I ran in the second to last hole for tilt, turning a Solas 21 pitch aluminum 3 blade, 5000 on the tach, 64 GPS. I also had in the boat an extra battery and a electric trolling motor. My buddy with me weighs in around 195 and I had 12 gallons of gas.
If I shed some weight and spin a 21 stainless maybe I could get to 70. It is a pretty light little boat so I gotta watch out, if I sunk the boat, oh well, but if I lost a 1350 Tower in 275 feet of lake, well that would be NOT good at all.

Sweet ...I told you yould like those outboards .. Can I go shopping wih you sometime ? ...L.O.L..

Geeeeese Larry, you went and let the cat out of the bag.
Now these guys here are gonna think I was an I/O guy. Well, maybe they won't read this post.
I actually, on Saturday, had my 115 on this boat at the lake. I lost compression on the #1 hole and had to take it home and put the 1350 on. Tuesday I was back on the water. My buddy hates outboards and he was poking fun at me for smoking a piston. I explained to him that the boat he was riding in was back on the water with another engine. If his I/O would have lost a piston, he would not have been back on the water quite so quickly. I was gentle, we are still friends!
I am going to come to your neck of the woods and we will go round up some Mercury iron. I would think there are lots of them there since they are made in your back yard.
But I am not coming in the winter, I did two winters in Wisconsin and that is enough. Cold is not the correct word. It takes a whole sentence to describe what that feels like.

No Neil I know you were ALWAYS a Merc Man (( Wink , Wink )) Put a sign on back of your boat for your I/O Buddy .. Please excuse my Rouster Tail ..It will give him something to read when the Merc Blows past him ..WI Winters arent that bad . Only went 20 below a handfull of days last year .All ya gotta do up here is go out to the shop , Throw another log in the old wood stove and work on Old Boats and trucks .. Winter goes right on by ya !! We got NO poisonous snakes or Spiders . No fleas , Locus ,Cock Roachs , Huricanes and only a RARE Tornado .And we got the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers ..(( Hopeing for a season this year ..)) So a Little Cold and what we got up here is better than the things we dont have .But hey I was born a Chease Head so maybe Im Partial ...L.O.L...

Neil, after getting the rig for $200, you just put it on the water and it ran that well? Or did you rebuild the motor first?
Thats amazing!

Jim
When I got this boat and motor I took it home and went over it.
New plugs. New gearcase lube. I pulled the lower unit and checked the water pump. I checked the timing, it was at 21, I left it alone. I pulled the dist. cap and cleaned everything up in there. I did not pull the carbs. I ran it in a tank at home and got the idle screws close. I then went over all of my fuel system and made sure it was all up to par. I let it set over night to see what the cold start was going to be like and I then hooked up the muffs and ran it. My choke button in the control is shot so I have to pull the hood to choke but I will have that working by the weekend of the Fourth.
I took it to the lake and ran it with the 4 blade composite 19 that was on it. Pulled like a tractor, but nothing up on top. I changed to the 21 aluminum, tilted the beast back and gassed it.
You could see me grinnin' from Tampa Bay!!!!!!!
Neil