Horsepower over the years

[bgreene]

So when I was a kid.....a 100 hp outboard was considered large.
I believe Evinrude used the same block for their V4 85 -125hp .

A run about with 35 mph top end was fast.

Now here we are with so many outboard options, and a 55 mph top end on large CC’s is considered kind of slow.

Interesting where we’ll be 20 + years from now.

As for the V’s .....I’ve commented with silliness about rigging, but I do believe the V21’s
should have continued a 225 max.