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    6 HP Evirude fuel consumption

    I bought my first boat, a 14 footer, in 1975, with a Mercury 50, four cylinder. An article in Consumer Reports suggested that at cruise it would burn about 3 U.S. gallons per hour. Since my boat was relatively light, at 400 pounds plus motor and gear, I seemed to average around 2.1 U.S. gallons...
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    Outboards vs Stern Drive (Mercruiser)

    Back in the 1970s, I had a serious case of footitis. I bought my first boat in 1975 with an outboard, but after taking it to a "rock concert" by the second weekend, (and getting towed back by a boat that had a stern drive) I fell in love with the quiet operation, and soon moved on to stern...
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