Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 04-29-2017, 07:05 PM

200 HP OptiMax SportJet

**FUJIMO** · 04-29-2017, 07:06 PM

...and the 250...

**FUJIMO** · 04-29-2017, 07:13 PM

Mercury Diesel TDI 3.0 Litre 230-260 Horsepower

**FUJIMO** · 04-29-2017, 07:16 PM

New 2017 Mercury 5 Horsepower Sailpower

**Capt.Insane-o** · 04-30-2017, 07:44 PM

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**FUJIMO** · 05-10-2017, 03:56 PM

**FUJIMO** · 05-17-2017, 01:29 PM

...English 38 Cougar Pleasure Catamaran "CATMAN" - Four Mercury Hi-Performance 3.4 Litre E.F.I. Offshore V-6's...

**bernie** · 05-17-2017, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

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!

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**FUJIMO** · 05-17-2017, 06:34 PM

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

**bernie** · 05-18-2017, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

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

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

**FUJIMO** · 05-18-2017, 02:27 PM

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...

**JFL** · 05-18-2017, 04:04 PM

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.

**bernie** · 05-18-2017, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by JFL

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.

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!