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Congrats on your Dauntless purchase. Mine is a 1998 15 footer and, as Dauntless in Miami knows, I love it, . Mine has a 1998 Mercury 60 2 stroke and if I don't let it get good an warm before I punch it, in runs ragged for the first few hundred rpms, but then cleans up, jumps on plane and is good for the remainder of the day. After the warm up the motor starts with just a bump on the key. Mine idles at about 700 rpm and never quits on me.

I'd check the fuel as has been mentioned and you might try adding some Mercury QuickKleen fuel additive, it helped clean my Merc up when I first got it.

Welcome,

Gary