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Show WOULD Ol TOOOJl TF YOU are planning to pur-chase pur-chase an outboard motor and boat, you can get the most for your money by being sure that you get the size and type of motor mo-tor and boat that will best suit your needs. The outboard was popularized by the fishermen, as a means of getting to distant fishing spots and moving from one good spot to another. Today, the outboard is used for a variety of water sports including water skiing, racing, and cruising. ' The first consideration Is size of both the boat and motor. Each year, lives are lost because someone some-one that didn't know any better put too much motor on too little boat. Selection of the motor is important. im-portant. Outboards range from those in the "fishing" class (from 3 to 22 horsepower) to the bigger jobs that go as high as 70 horsepower. horse-power. When you get into the higher horsepower units, the type of propeller used becomes Increasingly Increas-ingly important to the boat owner own-er who wants maximum economy econo-my In operation, as well as maximum maxi-mum speed and satisfactory service serv-ice life. Different propellers are made so one can be found to help the motor achieve Its optimum revolutions per minute on any particular boat and this Is necessary nec-essary if the motor is to develop rated power. Higher horsepower motors are sold without propellers, so the buyer can select from a large range to suit his particular needs. One outboard maker offers boaters boat-ers from two to ten propellers for each motor from 10 horsepower up. A 45-horsepower motor has ten different wheels, ranging from a 14-inch two blade prop for light loads and speeds up to 43 miles per hour, to an 8-inch-pitch three-blade three-blade propeller for pulling up to 4,000 lbs. on large cruisers. |