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Best repower for my 1972 Custom 16'-7"
jfdavies26	#1  Posted on 11/14/11 - 5:50 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 12 Comments: 0 Joined: 10/31/11	I am looking to repower my 16'-7" Whaler and I wanted to know opinions and feedback on the Yamaha F70, Suzuki DF70, E-TEC 75 or 90 and a 2004 90 HP 2 stroke. If anyone has these on a boat similiar to mine please respond. I will post pics of my boat another day, it has a different console, unsure if its original. Thanks. Edited by Tom W Clark on 11/15/11 - 8:14 AM
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 11/14/11 - 5:56 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Must be a Cohasset and there is no such thing as a 1972 Montauk. The Montauk was first made in 1973... http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=17 Look at our Current Engine Choices in the Articles section. Look at the weights of each motor.... http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...ticle_id=5 Here are my first 2 choices whether you prefer a 90 or a 70... E-Tec 90 Yamaha 70 4 stroke
jfdavies26	#3  Posted on 11/14/11 - 5:58 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 12 Comments: 0 Joined: 10/31/11	Yeah, I know there is no 72' Montauk, but isn't the Cohasset just another version of the Montauk with the exception of a different console. Everything else seems identical.
Joe Kriz	#4  Posted on 11/14/11 - 6:04 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	No, the Cohasset came before the Montauk... http://www.whalercentral.com/userphot...lbum_id=31 Then came the Montauk http://www.whalercentral.com/userphot...lbum_id=14 We need to call the model what Boston Whaler called it when it was made. Otherwise why have names for the different models?
jfdavies26	#5  Posted on 11/14/11 - 6:08 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 12 Comments: 0 Joined: 10/31/11	Thanks for the links on the different engines, whalercentral is great and I'm really stoked on fixing up my first whaler.
zappaddles	#6  Posted on 11/15/11 - 6:11 AM
Member Posts: 478 Comments: 2 Joined: 06/03/10	I have a 70hp 2002 yamaha 2 stroke on a 1970 smirkless hull. The lowest planing speed I can come up with is roughly 19 mph (sog per GPS). I'm told that a more powerful engine would allow me to plane at lower speed, though I'm not sure how much lower that speed would be. W/O a means to measure full flow I'm unable to adress fuel consumption with any degree of accuracy, however, I'm somewhat satisfied with its' rate of burn. I also would like the engine to be a bit quieter. While having a following wind at the same speed as the boat can be a bit annoying, oil consumption is remarkably low therefore there is very little smoke and the attendant fumes. Looking in the rear view mirror and if I had the $$ I'd have held out for a fuel injected newer 70 hp or 90hp 4 stroke. Hope this helps. Zap If you can't play hurt....stay home.