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Spuds - I agree that a modern 2015 Mercury 4-stroke would not look good on your beautiful, classic boat show quality, 1961 Whaler Nauset. That is a mighty fine boat you own, and 1961 was the introductory year of the center console and the nauset model. Very nice.

If I had your boat, it would have one of these 275lb 1962 in-line 6 Merc 1000's on it (about 90 HP at the prop)! They cost about $7K, completely re-manufactured, from this guy, as shown.

http://classicmercuryoutboards.com/homes.com/home

Many people, particularly those at these classic shows, like to see the classic outboards on these old Boston Whalers.