Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 12-26-2022, 07:54 PM

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**2us70** · 12-27-2022, 11:14 AM

I got to see Stover Hire run B Runabout a couple of times. He was truly amazing in those little boats.

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...the infamous stover hire in his hedlund...power by kiekhaefer...

**peterse90** · 12-27-2022, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by WaterZebra

How did you manage to get all the way to St. Louis to become a victim of bait (#286) and switch (SE hull)?

Absolutely not. Bill Seebold was beyond helpful and excellent to deal with. You have to remember this was 1978 - no cell phones, no e-mail.
Every time I called Bill took the time to talk with me and I was well aware that the #286 may or may not be available and there was another less expensive SE hull that was available for sure

Absolutely no regrets with the hull I ended up with. Had plenty of fun in 1978 & 1979, made several good friends that I still have to this day and sold my boat, motor and trailer in 1980 for virtually what I had invested. SE was a great class back then, we often had 10 to 15 boats and I was very competitive once we got the set-up right. The person who bought my boat ran it for another few years and he also did very well with it.

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**FUJIMO** · 12-28-2022, 09:20 AM

...stover won a lot of championships with his 20h motors. he only owned two old motors...

**JFL** · 12-29-2022, 07:32 AM

R.I.P. Chuck Mapes

**FUJIMO** · 12-29-2022, 09:34 PM

...r.i.p. chuck. chuck was an engineer with mercury for many years & held a design patent with regards to mercury's original black max v-6 development, among many other things...