Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 09-28-2020, 10:31 AM

**FUJIMO** · 09-28-2020, 11:00 AM

**2us70** · 09-28-2020, 11:01 AM

Look at the date on that one! 73+ in 1960 is amazing.

**largecar91** · 09-28-2020, 01:25 PM

And the Raveau w/ twin 55H's in 56 ran "well over 60 with just driver". I miss the Boathouse Bulletins

**2us70** · 09-28-2020, 05:17 PM

My son's father in-law grew up on Long Island and was well acquainted with Marcel Raveau. I owned a Raveau for a short time and tested it several times. Unfortunately it was pretty used up and I never got to race it. I recall going to a race at Miami Marine Stadium and seeing the E class start with 11 Raveaus and a MadCap. A year later you couldn't find a Raveau.

**bernie** · 09-29-2020, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by largecar91

And the Raveau w/ twin 55H's in 56 ran "well over 60 with just driver". I miss the Boathouse Bulletins

It took forever but as a Mercury Field Engineer we finally got a BHB template for our laptops and could do BHB's right while testing with our OEM customers. I have two BHB's I did - one using my son as a driver and one using my wife - good drivers were hard to find sometimes!
I think it was 2005 for the Lund dealer meeting in Alexandria MN I had 24 boats to test and BHB prior to the meeting. The Merc Tech Manager for MN and Dn Simonsen, then retired, made runs and got information while I did photos and finished the bulletins, then down to a local Staples store to get everything printed and laminated in time for the dealer show - 2 AM the day of the show I finally hit the sack - but I had 24 beautiful bulletins in place on the docks the next day. plus DVD's for the dealers to take away.

**FUJIMO** · 09-29-2020, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by bernie

It took forever but as a Mercury Field Engineer we finally got a BHB template for our laptops and could do BHB's right while testing with our OEM customers. I have two BHB's I did - one using my son as a driver and one using my wife - good drivers were hard to find sometimes!
I think it was 2005 for the Lund dealer meeting in Alexandria MN I had 24 boats to test and BHB prior to the meeting. The Merc Tech Manager for MN and Dn Simonsen, then retired, made runs and got information while I did photos and finished the bulletins, then down to a local Staples store to get everything printed and laminated in time for the dealer show - 2 AM the day of the show I finally hit the sack - but I had 24 beautiful bulletins in place on the docks the next day. plus DVD's for the dealers to take away.

...and then, what did you do with them? where did they get filed?

**bernie** · 09-29-2020, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...and then, what did you do with them? where did they get filed?

Damn good question - Sales Dept. took some DVD's so that means they probably fell into the famous Black Hole in FDL. We also did thousands of boat audits - which I have no idea where they went. These were done at the OEM and listed S/N's of hull, engine, and internals like steering, fuel tank mfr., instrumentation, prop, etc. Turned them in X amount a month to get our peanut commission check. These went to someone in Stillwater believe it or not 'cause at that time the field guys at OEM level reported to Stillwater. A make work program - and since most OEM's did not use our part numbers, they meant nothing to them unless someone took the time to convert to their in house numbering system - that didn't happen. Then like one time at model year an OEM of mine started buying fuel tanks from another vendor so everything I had done was out dated.
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