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    Tohatsu or Yamaha

    Looks like I'll be putting one or the other of the two outboards below on my Starcraft 16 foot utility: Tohatsu MFS 30 CL 30 hp @5,750 rpm? _ ?__compression ratio gear ratio 2.17:1 pull start only 3 cylinders fuel injected (no battery needed) 526cc around 160 lbs 5 year warranty $3,500 new or...
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    Will A Yamaha 25 Be Too Heavy For My Boat?

    I have a 1977 Starcraft 16 foot long, 5 foot 2 inch beam "V"-shaped aluminum utility and am thinking of purchasing a 25 hp tiller-controlled Yamaha for it. My question is whether the 175 pound Yamaha will be too heavy for the boat, especially if operated alone with no human ballast to move...
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    How Fast Will She Go?

    I now estimate that my 16' Starcraft Open Aluminum Utility weighs only about 300 pounds hull only not the 550 pounds I pulled off some ignorant website. I supported the hull at both ends and used a 300 lb capacity bathroom scale to measure weight, first at bow, then at stern. 300 pounds makes...
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    Who made this boat?

    I'm told it was made in 1970. I'm about to buy it if it checks out OK. LOA is 12' 11".
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    Would a new 20 HP Honda Outboard Be Sufficient

    Would new 20 HP Honda outboard be sufficient to adequately power and plane a 1977 Starcraft 16' long, 5' 6" wide, 550 lb (empty hull only without engine, people and gear)? Most of the time there would be less than 400 lbs of people and gear in boat, so total weight would be around 1,000 lbs...
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    Increase Transom Height? Your opinions please.

    I recently purchased a 16' Starcraft utility. Very good condition. Solid. However, this boat has a 15 / 16 inch transom height. Had the transom been made such that it's top was at the same height as the gunwales, it would have been a 20 inch transom. I intend on putting a new outboard on...
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    What Model Starcraft Is This; How Much HP Sufficient?

    Just purchased this 1977 / 78 Starcraft deep aluminum utility. It's 16' to 16' 3" long with a beam of about 5' 4" and I'm going to guess weighs about 260 lbs. The cut out transom is 17 inches high at center. Two questions: What model is this boat? Will a 25 hp outboard be sufficient...
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