CONGRATS MARK *** FAVORITE BOAT & MOTOR COMBO ***

[Michael]

Post 1 photo of your current boat and Mercury Motor combo


CONGRATS MARK  

Only 1 entry per member
Submission  deadline  Feb 12


winner wins choice of JOMS T shirts click image to enlarge



not in the contest:
My 59 Crosby Capri Corvette Runabout & Mkk55's

[S.B.Marsden]

First time running this set up

[BJuby]

1969 SidSon D/F Alky hydro with modified Mark 78A on a 1961 speedmaster gearfoot.

[ctpdsr]

1952 Switzer Craft 13'6" D Marathon Runabout with an unrestored MK40H. All original wood above the waterline.

Chuck

[dave bernard]

15ft Aristocraft Avalon merc 450 one of my favorite boat combo  I ever owned.

[chuckw]

20h conversion. Started racing with one of these in 1977.

[dannynagasaki]

1967 Humber Jewel and 1955 Mercury Mark 55E...

[BillW]

Our current boats:   Ace,  '79 Seaswirl,  and Glen-L Squirt.
Wife Linda says this is about 2, too many....

[208rooster]

1956 Rich Line with a Merc 300

[Fingerlakeskid]

Here's my 1960 Duratech Deluxe 14 with restored Merc 300. This was a fun little boat and blast to drive. Great on fuel too.

[Yellowjacket]

Been posted on some of the other contests, but the Whaler is in the garage and it's 20 degrees outside, besides, it's not a pretty or neat as this rig..  Need to get some more pic's on the water..   On the list for next year...

[Four Sons]

My son with our family's 1956 Barbour Vacationer & '58 Mark 55 on Lake Champlain, VT

[Kiekhaefer]

2016 East Barriere Lake. BC

[buzzerbaits]

Our 2001 Triton and a 225 Mercury.  " GET THE NET "

[daveh]

[zul8tr]

I did a complete inside and out restoration several years ago on this Karelsen hydro and brought it back to life and run my 25SS on it a 65 mph fun boat    I run the same engine on the Wetback hydro. Ed Karelsen designed and built it in 1982 specifically for the APBA Merc 25ss class.

[Toby Hall]

56 mark 55E   1955 Penn Yan Swift CUTM - 14' Mahogany deck - "Zeke"

[twostroke]

"58 Swift "Big Dee" and '59 55H-1.

Jim

[Wally]

Dad bought this Sande Ace with a Mark 35A 60 years ago when I was 15.  The current motor has a Merc 450 powerhead but other earlier parts.  Mark 58A wraparound and LU, Merc 400 faceplate, etc.  Perhaps you can tell authenticity comes second to looking good on the buoy.

[Deep C]

My 1954 Alumacraft Deep C with a Mercury 400 on the back. I call her Silk Purse.

[jdub47r]

60" Quincy Looper on my 1987 DeSilva (Now Brandon Juby's), and a Fueler Mark75H on my 1976 DeSilva in the background.

[mercules]

Baja 16' with 1975 850 on a rare calm day.

[JW in Dixie]

My home built fun boat with Merc rat motor, 1948 - 2017. Put about 8000 miles on it, KG7, Mark 25 and Merc 200.
The motors still run fine, presuming the rat that stole this motor was able to start it!       Was fun.

Guys, spend as much time on the water as you can because that time is NOT deducted from your allotment! What Dad said, anyway.

Cheers

[Dave Wilson]

1956 Yellow Jacket Catalina and 1958 Mercury Mark 58, on display at the Rockford (IL) Boat Show last weekend.

[Mark]

1949 KF7
10' Crandall Midget Flyer built from plans published in the January 1938 issue of MotorBoating magazine.

[Four Sons]

Mark, what a great boat/motor combo, and excellent picture... now you made it hard to make a choice for my vote!

[74vector]

58 Hiliner 62 FGS 700   Exactly like our family boat in the 60’s.  I restored this to be an exact copy.  These were built in Ipswich MA two towns over from where I live now.  I also restored a 1958 mark 78 like it came with originally (dad got shifting when it became available) I switch from time to time, something very charming about the DR’s but risky business on an easily dinged woodie!
Randy

[Michael]

CONGRATS MARK    Nice Ride

pm me your size color and mailing address

[Kiekhaefer]

Well deserved. Congrats!

[creekrunner]

Mark, I hope you post the "build " description and process.......and also the hand crafted hardware build ....nice job  

[Mark]

Thank you.   Thanks for the votes and the nice compliments.  

Here is the information that Buzz "creekrunner" mentioned above.  The Crandall Midget Flyer Runabout was completed in June 2018 after 18 months of spare time work.  The plans for it were published in the January, 1938 issue of MotorBoating magazine.  It was designed by Bruce Crandall.   It features beveled chines and is 10'-4" long x 46" wide and weighs 130 pounds.  It will seat two people in a roadster-style cockpit.  Construction is of traditional batten-seam construction fastened with silicon-bronze slotted screws.  It was built from Pennsylvania grown hardwoods.  White oak was used for the keel, chines, bevel chines, transom knee, inner transom frame, spray rails and gunwale rub rails.  Sassafras was used for the frames, outer transom, battens, aft deck planking and steering wheel rim.  Paulownia was used for the outer planking, floorboards and seat back.  There was no plywood, epoxy or fiberglass used in its construction.  The forward deck is covered with aircraft fabric.  The steering wheel, bow handle, deck fitting and transom tie down rings were custom made using brass and bronze, joined by fillet brazing with a silver brazing alloy.  It is powered by a restored 1947 Mercury KF7 Super 10.  I have a nice KG7Q  that I need to go through and I'll try that next.  The performance and handling are great and the boat has been used on many lakes and rivers in Pennsylvania and Maine.  Attached is a link to an article on the process that I used to make the various fittings.

https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/silver-brazing/


Mark Kaufman
Lancaster, PA

[dave bernard]

Mark. NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Toby Hall]

Beautiful!