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Anyone remember the Bearcat outboard? I remember a few Foster Lake in Sweet Home Oregon around 1972 https://everythingaboutboats.org/bearcat/
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You bet!
I remember seeing a couple in the 60s. They were a huge beast and never caught on.
Do you remember the Italian made diesel outboard? Ruggerini or some such sold by a guy in Anchorage
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My dad had a 5 horsepower monkey Wards with a horseshoe-shaped fuel tank ....it would run then it wouldn't then .... lol
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Bearcat had a tie with Boston Whaler
I am going to have to scrape the memory a bit
But maybe were owned by them for a while and when you bought a Whaler it’s what you got
Quite a long time ago
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The linked article lays out the relationship with BW. I thought it was an interesting read.
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My dad had a 5 horsepower monkey Wards with a horseshoe-shaped fuel tank ....it would run then it wouldn't then .... lol That would be a Sea King motor. They were quite common in MN. Like most outboards of the day, they were quite unreliable. Reliability in outboards improved greatly in the 50s with OMC Johnson and Evinrude twin cylinder engines.
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My dad had a 5 horsepower monkey Wards with a horseshoe-shaped fuel tank ....it would run then it wouldn't then .... lol That would be a Sea King motor. They were quite common in MN. Like most outboards of the day, they were quite unreliable. Reliability in outboards improved greatly in the 50s with OMC Johnson and Evinrude twin cylinder engines. I spent a lot of time dockside keeping those motors running for folks in the early 70's
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