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I love it. Hopefully in a week or so I'll be re-hanging a 1982 70 MERC on my newly restored 1965 Sakonnet. I'll be following this thread for sure. I had the 70 in for service while I was re-doing the boat and they said it checked out, good compression, etc so I'll give it a whirl with what's left of the season and see where I stand after that. I bought everythingtogether and haven't used it once yet. I have been eyeing a 90 Yamaha myself. So I imagine the 70hp won't be good for skiing a 14 yr old and wakeboarding, etc either?