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  • November 22, 2017 at 1:29 am #8722
    andy
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      Hello fellas, A friend alerted me today about a ’54 Feathercraft for sale locally. It a 13′ Skipper I one I’m planning on looking at has a steering wheel and controls. I want to run my ’54 Fastwin on it but the boat is rated for 12hp max. Is that a no go? Has anyone here run a 15 or 18 on one of these? Speed? The ad says 4 adults capacity. How does it run with 2, 3 or 4 adults?

      Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!,
      Andy

      '48 Zephyr, restored '06, runs great
      '54 Fastwin, restored '09, runs great
      '57 Fastwin, unrestored, locked up in 2018

      November 22, 2017 at 3:09 am #67783
      outboardshed
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        That Merc in the ad pic is at least 16 hp. (rated).

        Sean

        November 22, 2017 at 7:30 am #67793
        westwind
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          Might be a Mark 15, it’s rated at 10hp, a 1953 motor on a 1954 ad seems possible? Can you put a bigger motor on? Of course. Should you? You and your insurance company will have to decide…..

          November 22, 2017 at 2:39 pm #67800
          melugin
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            Some of the smaller FeatherCraft boats will exhibit hull flexing at planing speed. Examine the stringers for cracks across them. This has been a structural problem until design changes in the later fifties.

            November 24, 2017 at 3:01 pm #67873
            rapier
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              There used to be a table / chart from the Outboard Industry Association to calculate safe horsepower, i.e length in ft x transom width in ft and read off on a scale gave you an (approximate) max hp. As westwind says anything higher than rated might negate your insurance policy, even if lighter than the original motors of the time. As an aside, I did run a ’65 Merc 200 on a 12ft Starcraft Sea Scamp (12ftx52in beam 44in transom, factory rated at 1-12hp) and it was very scary..

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