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mnbasswhaler posted 08-30-2008 03:39 PM ET (US)
I need to repower my 1973 16' Whaler Bass boat. I had a 75hp Chrysler for 20 years and it worked fine. I use my boat for fishing, usually 2 200LB+ adults, a trolling motor, 2 batteries and 12 galloms of fuel. Mostly fresh water in Minnesota, but we sometimes take it to Florida and fish inshore and reefs close to shore. I am considering a 60hp Mercury Bigfoot. Is this enough power or will I be sorry?
What do you recommend?
Tom W Clark posted 08-31-2008 11:59 AM ET (US)
The Mercury 60 Bigfoot will be an excellent choice of power for that hull. It will equal or exceed the performance of your old Chrysler.
Use a 13-3/8" x 14" Mercury Vengeance propeller with it and expect to see a top speed of 30-35 MPH.
bloller posted 09-01-2008 11:28 AM ET (US)
I just repowered my 16' Whaler of the same vintage with a Mercury 60 HP Bigfoot. I have reached 34mph lightly loaded with the 14 pitch Vengeance SS prop. I went with this motor mainly because I got a good deal on it. I would have preffered the 70-90 HP Yamaha two strokes or the 90 HP Mercury two stroke if you can find one. I feel that any fourstroke over 60 HP is too heavy and too pricey. Those big fourstrokes don't look right on the back of such a small boat. Etecs are okay but too pricey. With the fourstroke and EFI, I got a much cleaner and easier starting engine and sacrificed nothing but 3-10mph on my top speed.
mnbasswhaler posted 09-01-2008 10:41 PM ET (US)
Thanks for your help
L H G posted 09-02-2008 06:03 PM ET (US)
I have the perfect engine for your 1973 Whaler, a 1974 Johnson practically brand new.
http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/016619.html .

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Author	Topic: Re-powering 16' Whaler Bass Boat 1973
mnbasswhaler	posted 08-30-2008 03:39 PM ET (US) I need to repower my 1973 16' Whaler Bass boat. I had a 75hp Chrysler for 20 years and it worked fine. I use my boat for fishing, usually 2 200LB+ adults, a trolling motor, 2 batteries and 12 galloms of fuel. Mostly fresh water in Minnesota, but we sometimes take it to Florida and fish inshore and reefs close to shore. I am considering a 60hp Mercury Bigfoot. Is this enough power or will I be sorry? What do you recommend?
Tom W Clark	posted 08-31-2008 11:59 AM ET (US) The Mercury 60 Bigfoot will be an excellent choice of power for that hull. It will equal or exceed the performance of your old Chrysler. Use a 13-3/8" x 14" Mercury Vengeance propeller with it and expect to see a top speed of 30-35 MPH.
bloller	posted 09-01-2008 11:28 AM ET (US) I just repowered my 16' Whaler of the same vintage with a Mercury 60 HP Bigfoot. I have reached 34mph lightly loaded with the 14 pitch Vengeance SS prop. I went with this motor mainly because I got a good deal on it. I would have preffered the 70-90 HP Yamaha two strokes or the 90 HP Mercury two stroke if you can find one. I feel that any fourstroke over 60 HP is too heavy and too pricey. Those big fourstrokes don't look right on the back of such a small boat. Etecs are okay but too pricey. With the fourstroke and EFI, I got a much cleaner and easier starting engine and sacrificed nothing but 3-10mph on my top speed.
mnbasswhaler	posted 09-01-2008 10:41 PM ET (US) Thanks for your help
L H G	posted 09-02-2008 06:03 PM ET (US) I have the perfect engine for your 1973 Whaler, a 1974 Johnson practically brand new. http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/016619.html .