Mercury Through The Years...

200 HP OptiMax SportJet https://mercurymarine-gsdesign1.netd...-2_upscale.jpg

...and the 250...http://www.greenhulk.net/forums/atta...3&d=1262747628

Mercury Diesel TDI 3.0 Litre 230-260 Horsepower https://mercurymarine-gsdesign1.netd...-2_upscale.jpg

New 2017 Mercury 5 Horsepower Sailpower https://cdp.azureedge.net/products/U...2000000002.jpg

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...English 38 Cougar Pleasure Catamaran "CATMAN" - Four Mercury Hi-Performance 3.4 Litre E.F.I. Offshore V-6's...http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...0&d=1250668776

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200 HP OptiMax SportJet Back in the day I was king of the Sport Jet installers. Besides the switchover at Whaler, I myst have done 15 OEm's that went nowhere - they would build a few boats and disappear. Two of the nicest were Packard in Sarasota and Velocity - I had Velocity's proto over 60 mph first time out - was an old 13 Allison mold if I remember right. Just before we glassed the tunnel in I added a bit of "up" at the back of the pump - the boat loved it. Two things I always wanted to do - a pontoon application and also stick the pump in a box on the outside of the transom - not my ideas, have to credit JFL for those. He did a pair of 90SJ's in a pontoon boat - one in each tube - boat looked like it had no visible means of propulsion!https://mercurymarine-gsdesign1.netd...-2_upscale.jpg

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Don't know how you got the name FUJIMO on that quote Bernard, its not mine...(?)

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Don't know how you got the name FUJIMO on that quote Bernard, its not mine...(?)

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No idea - the world of modern day Internet I guess.

I can think of at least a half dozen reasons, just off the top of my head, why the pair of 90SJ's in pontoon tubes would not be a good idea...

It worked great and accelerated great, safety was my main concern, fall of the front of a pontoon and you have no chance. It also was easy to dock, wish at the time there was something other than a 90sj.

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It worked great and accelerated great, safety was my main concern, fall of the front of a pontoon and you have no chance. It also was easy to dock, wish at the time there was something other than a 90sj.

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I had Palm Beach Pontoons this close to ordering an engine - we were going to stress the safety aspect of no propeller - that grandpa could take the kids out tubing and they could get back in the boat without a fear of an exposed prop. The had a MCM powered pontoon engine pod that would have worked great!

...Not to mention, the concept was/is already patented. But there are ways around those silly little things...https://patentimages.storage.googlea...012-D00000.png

Matchless Maelstrom Triple Mercury Hi-Performance 2.5 EFI Offshores...http://www.mwmarina.com/millerraceboat.jpg