South Florida was and still is the Mecca of powerboats! They're designed and built and raced here!

1962?! Wow! That's the year I was born! And yes, I too am from South Florida!

Wont go in gear huh? Well, at least them ol Mercs sound good. Look good too....

Wow great video bsuch wonderful boats. What pleasure we get from them too. I have to say my favourite is the cat with the twin red band towers of power. They were really something else in their day.

2 towers of power. So cool.

Great video. A cherished piece of history.

Nice 👍👍👍

I have a 1967 Merc 500 that would fit in nicely as a TROLLING MOTOR

Love those mercs

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZOWiK2CiLiqb5I For those asking to see it run, check out this video of it under way.

Great sound.

this was our 7th year of this event in 2015. We got up to 11 years in 2019 and then Covid came along, and we have not had one since. This 2015 year was the best turnout year.

What a shitty and boring video!!!

Waht good are 2 ideling Mercury's?

Put it on open water

my dream come true

exellent

Imagine all the small boats from your local marina head out to race each other

Where would powerboat racing be today if it wasn't for regattas like this!:

aaaa yes those where the days gasoline spilling out the carb when flooded gear oil seeping out the bottom foot sheer pins points for ignition Marlboro's a plenty and yes brill cream

This is one my favorite vids of all time. Just crazy. Can't believe there's no comments

I've got one of these 1500xs on my 1977 checkmate vmate, and still rips to this day! love the way they sound over 5000rpm!

WOW! Thank you so much for posting this! My Dad is Dave Craig in U1. I thought I had seen everything from this era!

My dad is E99 Richard Stephan. Happy Father's day!

Funny that a river ski boat took them all down, all the KZbin experts say that they're useless...

holdup .......twin bridgeports on a powercat? killer !!!!

would think that twin 105 would go better than 70

Would of loved to hear the engines instead of music

What year? Engine's? Speed at wot?

What⚓ wake Zone....🚤😲

Sweet.

I was lucky to be able to run this race in the time frame of this video and recognized a number of my friends. I finished in the top 8 or so a couple of years on borrowed equipment. I borrowed a pair of Mercury outboards on Friday the day before the start. One was frozen up and I completely rebuilt it that evening replacing the crankshaft. Got a few hours sleep and started the next AM. Neither engine missed a beat the entire race!

The Black Bandit rides again. Loved it my boat.

Loved this race! Ran and won Class 2 outboards many years. #207

that's one fast boat and rides like a Cadillac while doing it not bad for a 1959 model boat

these boats where made back when they made them to last not throw away boats the reason I know this is i own one with a v6 and the one with the twin v6s would give most modern boats all they want and more like danny said there made for speed

The old inlines are fine up to 60 mph. Beyond that it takes a v6 to get the extra speed. These boats have all been modified for speeds above 80 mph

They are built to take it, no need to worry!

After watching i can say the old inline merc. Is all they need. The set up looks sketchy with a v6

The twin mercs are gonna break that poor boat or get you wet at least.

World class driver and boat.

OMG Mercury 150's

Man I want an old Powercat. Saw my 1st one on KZbin a few months ago. Thanks for posting

So awesome!

let's hear em sing!

Remember this race from my teenage years ! Too bad they stopped it - but South Florida was sure fun back in the 60's !

Now that looks like fun!!