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I was in the classifieds and came acroos this mold for sale. Has anyone heard of this Merrill Co. To me it looks alot like an old Cary mold. Thanks Jeff


http://merrillpowerboats.com/ultima53.htm

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Wow, I could have sworn I counted 4 drives on the back of that thing! :eek:

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How much gas is that going to eat? :(

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Cary 50?
Cabin pics look just like a Cary 50
Looks like a platform was added.

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Thats what I thought, but only have seen Cary's by pics, I like them big boats. Diesels/surface drives would be better suited for this applications, I was shocked to see Barvos on such a heavy boat. Jeff

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I have been to Chris shop, Sean Stinson was working out of there from time to time, rigging some of Chris's cats. Chris is a great guy and been in boats forever. He was surposed to be in on the Chief Power Boat deal, but something must have happened.

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That has to be a Cary copy or? Even the dash matches Hotrodders Cary 50. His takes $400 to run from Muskegon to Holland and back if you're not pushing it. It has 4 454's with TRS's. I thought all of the molds were in Florida.

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Not real sure, but I believe it's called Merrill Marine owned by Chris Merrill located in Granger, Indiana which is right on the border of Michigan about 5 miles east or so of South Bend, IN. I believe it was years ago that Chris bought one or two of the Cary molds. The shop number is 574-272-9716.

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Why?

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That sure looks like my Cary, but the diamensions are differant. 53' long 14' wide, maybe they changed it and must have really lightened it cause mine is 32000 plus,and 50'x15'.
Its an awsome thing that anyone would put 4 gas engines in any boat now-a-days, as Ratickel said it is really bad on fuel milage. But what the heck, ya can't take it with ya.

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I believe Noretch has sold a few 52x9 with 4 625's.

BTW what is your top end. thanks Jeff

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Where is the slam? The guys at Chief are friends of mine,as well as some of the guys that were at Chief. I don't think any of them would disagree with what Nykamp said.

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who's molds were the 30 and 35 cats are they building?

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There is no edit. Unless I or Steve delete's the thread. From my information Boatme was being rather polite. He is entitled to his comments as are yours, especially since he was involved from the get go. To much smoke and mirrors from certain parties. I would let it die at this point. Thank You. Jeff

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I was thinking the 53 was a Scarab Meteor splash but don't know the hull dimensions well enough to make the call.
There was also a Maltese Magnum 53" in the early 80s, could be that.
I was told once what the cat molds were splashed from, chriscats or excalibers, I forget which, I just remember they aren't Shadows

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Scarab Meteor was alot narrower.