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Message: <blockquote data-quote="beagle" data-source="post: 516798" data-attributes="member: 25094">I've got a 1544 Alumacraft "Bass Pro" that was rated for 65, but that was two stroke era (1977). It was fine for an old guy with a 35 on it. A lot of the old Trackers were rated pretty high. A buddy had a early 80's Tracker Tournament TX 17, not sure how wide, but rated and mounted with an 80hp Mercury. It was ridiculously overpowered, scary, and prone to popping rivets. It would have been a great boat with a 50 I think. The 80 and teenage boy throttle settings kind of killed it. They are out there, but likely need a pile of labor to bring them back./edit - anything rated over 25 or so HP you might want to consider a console. Both of the boats I mentioned are console steering and that has a lot to do with their HP rating.</blockquote>