Horsepower over the years

[cfelton]

You all are talking some crazy horsepower there! My Dad and I started with a 16 ft. juniper flat bottom boat with a 3hp Evinrude. I could paddle as fast as it ran. Got us to the fishing hole every time and used about a gallon of gas a year. Somebody gave me a 18hp Mercury, got it running and I thought it would fly. I have a 16ft Carolina plywood boat with a 25 Evinrude that will scoot along pretty good, can't wear a ball cap wide open! A friend of mine had a 18 ft fiberglass boat with a nasty built Mercury OB that ran 96 top end, Scared the crap out of me! I've watched the drag boat shows , that looks fun!