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#430440 - 08/20/08 08:09 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: Justification]
seabuddy Admiral Registered: 12/15/02 Posts: 28862	The boat pictured is from the 1950's I think. The idea of twins back then was to get more power than was made in a single. Is there still a reason for twins with today's high Hp O/B,s that are now on the market?
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#430463 - 08/20/08 10:03 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: seabuddy]
deepv Safety Officer Admiral Registered: 03/17/04 Posts: 6639 Loc: SoCal	The same reason, I think. Plus if you're 50 nm off shore and you have an engine failure, you can still get back. _________________________ 72% of fatal boat accidents are caused by boaters that haven't taken a safe boating course. 2001 Sea Ray Sundeck 190 5.0 EFI Alpha I,Generation 2 2002 4x4 LB Lariat CC F250, 7.3PSD
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#430477 - 08/20/08 10:42 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: deepv]
seabuddy Admiral Registered: 12/15/02 Posts: 28862	You can get 300 plus Hp in a single now, could not back then. Does that make a difference?
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#430481 - 08/20/08 10:51 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: seabuddy]
deepv Safety Officer Admiral Registered: 03/17/04 Posts: 6639 Loc: SoCal	Or maybe you need 750 HP? _________________________ 72% of fatal boat accidents are caused by boaters that haven't taken a safe boating course. 2001 Sea Ray Sundeck 190 5.0 EFI Alpha I,Generation 2 2002 4x4 LB Lariat CC F250, 7.3PSD
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#430498 - 08/20/08 11:59 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: deepv]
seabuddy Admiral Registered: 12/15/02 Posts: 28862	So, only if you can not get your Hp needs in one motor, you would get two, or three, then.
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#430558 - 08/20/08 03:18 PM Re: Twins for you? [Re: seabuddy]
deepv Safety Officer Admiral Registered: 03/17/04 Posts: 6639 Loc: SoCal	For far off-shore, you want at least two no matter what the HP desired is. _________________________ 72% of fatal boat accidents are caused by boaters that haven't taken a safe boating course. 2001 Sea Ray Sundeck 190 5.0 EFI Alpha I,Generation 2 2002 4x4 LB Lariat CC F250, 7.3PSD
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#430644 - 08/20/08 09:32 PM Re: Twins for you? [Re: deepv]
trooplewis Admiral Registered: 11/10/06 Posts: 3398 Loc: San Diego	Quote: For far off-shore, you want at least two no matter what the HP desired is. What he said. The serious off-shore rod-n-reel boys almost always run twins. They would rather run 2x150 than 1x300.
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#430646 - 08/20/08 09:55 PM Re: Twins for you? [Re: ABoater]
etyppo Vice Admiral Registered: 06/25/07 Posts: 459 Loc: CA	Originally Posted By: ABoater Looks like a Thompson. Small twins (usually around 35 hp) were fairly common back in the 50's and 60's. Heck, I've even seen quite a few small (17' or so) Whaler's with twins on them. These days, you might see small twins on C-Dory's and Arima's. We had a late 60s vintage Larson with twin 18hp Johnsons when I was a kid. I was a happy 12 year old when we traded it in on a 21' Starcraft with a 165 hp Merc I/O. _________________________ 2006 Cobalt 263 Mercruiser 8.1 1999 Larson 206 SEi Volvo 5.0Gi (for sale)
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#430657 - 08/21/08 03:52 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: trooplewis]
StarFisher Admiral Registered: 01/03/07 Posts: 894 Loc: Maysville, NC	Originally Posted By: trooplewis Quote: For far off-shore, you want at least two no matter what the HP desired is. What he said. The serious off-shore rod-n-reel boys almost always run twins. They would rather run 2x150 than 1x300. yup _________________________ 07 Starcraft 2210/225 Optimax 05 Sierra 2500HD NCLakes.net
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#430696 - 08/21/08 09:08 AM Re: Twins for you? [Re: StarFisher]
seabuddy Admiral Registered: 12/15/02 Posts: 28862	Most commercial fish boats tend to run singles, though.
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