Twin 50's

[tee-boy]

Has anyone ever seen a boat with twin 50's or lower hp's? I'm curious. I've never seen such a thing; however, it seems that it would be more common on smaller boats used inshore saltwater.

 

[phatmanmike]

Re: Twin 50's

i saw a 19 foot carolina skiff with twin honda 45hp.... not really sure what the point of that would be

 

[JB]

Re: Twin 50's

There are a lot of Boston Whaler 16/17s in the Bahamas that run twin OMC 50s. At least there were 20 years ago when I was last there.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Twin 50's

I used to see a small aluminum runabout with twin Johnson 25's.

 

[youngboater]

Re: Twin 50's

On the Colorado River in Laughlin Nevada the river taxis use twin Honda 4-Strokes. I think the HP is about 50 HP each. These are Pontoon Boats also.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Twin 50's

I have recently see a boat with twin 70 HP Johnsons, but it is rare. Twin 50HP motors was probably used when the highest HP you could get was 50HP. (circa 1958)<br /><br />Mercury actually sold twin outboards in the 1950's as a combo. The combined HP was the name of the outboard. It seems to me that model number was Merc 35, which meant two 17.5HP motors.