Re: [omc-boats] New guy - OMC Boats

Mike...

Originally it was built with the individually anchored seats but all of them
are totally rotted. This boat was last used in 1979 and sat uncovered
outside in a cottage driveway on blocks since then. When I came across it
last fall it was full to the gunwhales with leaves and water. I got the
boat and motor for the price of removal, cleaned it up and had the engine
running same day. Only the seats could not be salvaged. The floor/hull are
in amazingly good shape considering the number of brutal Canadian winters it
endured like this. It will serve very well as a work boat. I do cottage
and property maintenance on a lake with 300 miles of shoreline so the "old
girl" will be seen a lot around the area this summer.

Dan

>From: Mstvsnd@...
>Reply-To: omc-boats@...
>To: omc-boats@...
>Subject: Re: [omc-boats] New guy - OMC Boats
>Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:51:40 EDT
>
>Yeah, it's a 3 cylinder, the same design that OMC made for many years -
>it's
>a tank and parts are everywhere and everybody's worked on it. The 90S was
>only made for one or two years, and parts and experience are hard to come
>by.
>The electric shift compounded the problem - the solenoids were shot and
>they
>weren't exactly laying around either.
>
>In retrospect I think the 90S was already beat when I got it and I'm not
>sure
>I was seeing its best. It pushed the boat about 30mph and so does the
>70hp,
>but it takes a little longer to get there. I would have gone bigger if I
>could have (the boat's rated to 130hp), but it was June and I wanted to get
>in the
>water and larger outboards were hard to find and expensive. But I did want
>an Evinrude. This one fell into my lap for $675.
>
>Does your 16 have the individually-anchored seats? I like that feature for
>fishing because I can mount only one or two depending and still have all
>the
>back for casting.
>
>Mike

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Received on Wednesday, 17 May 2006