Spashed the 21

[DonV]

How true!! It's amazing how far outboards have come in power, size and dependability over the years. The old 50hp Johnson we had was the size of a new 150 hp and would run only when it was in a good mood.....heck it even had an emergency starter rope, for a V4?? I can remember many times while water skiing behing the boat it would run out of gas and we would have to change the 6 gallon tanks. Concrete boat ramps?? No way, half the fun was trying to launch and reload the boat without getting stuck in the dirt. That always provided some really good Mom and Dad blow ups! Good memories.