halmc
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Feb 27, 2008
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The lake where I keep my pontoon boat closes to the use of motors >10hp for more than two months, including Nov and Dec, two of the best months for boating in North Florida.
The rational of the closing is interesting: the lake is important to migratory birds that rest there and important to duck hunters who pass innumerable grocery stores on the way out to blast 'em. Go figure. I think that my motor running at quarter throttle would be less annoying to the birds than the hunters blasting away at 'em and, occasionally, blasting away at each other.
Ayway, I have an '88 classic fifty (45hp) I'm thinking of getting a smaller motor for those two months but doubt that there is any Mercury/Mariner engine of less than ten hp that is compatible with my existing controls, and even less chance that one might have electric start.
Am I right?
It also occurs to me that what I really need is decals from a 10 hp mercury.
The rational of the closing is interesting: the lake is important to migratory birds that rest there and important to duck hunters who pass innumerable grocery stores on the way out to blast 'em. Go figure. I think that my motor running at quarter throttle would be less annoying to the birds than the hunters blasting away at 'em and, occasionally, blasting away at each other.
Ayway, I have an '88 classic fifty (45hp) I'm thinking of getting a smaller motor for those two months but doubt that there is any Mercury/Mariner engine of less than ten hp that is compatible with my existing controls, and even less chance that one might have electric start.
Am I right?
It also occurs to me that what I really need is decals from a 10 hp mercury.