Help w-Outboard ID

Diver1111 · 10-09-2019, 02:47 PM

Hi All,

This wreck is in 104 feet in Moultonboro, next to at least one other wreck about 20 feet away. Vessel design suggests possible commercial use not recreational-especially with what appears to be heavy-duty railings.

As my ear drum problem persists I have not been able to dive anything this summer but I did fly it with an ROV-screen shots attached. Conditions on the bottom were awful-the snow storm of particulate matter in the water column was really tough. Silt is always a problem.

The OB engine is of a design I don't recall seeing before with some sort of odd handle-bar in front of it. Just strange to me.

Can anybody help me date this OB engine or ID its manufacturer?

Marker flag line weight (this time a small anchor) landed in the boat next to the steering wheel. I note that the wheel is fairly large like a commercial vessel might be and is also vertical not tilted. Does this tell us anything useful?

More to come about this wreck and other wrecks found in Meredith Bay this summer.

Thanks.

coltgov101 · 10-09-2019, 03:51 PM

Looks like an old Merc. To me.

DesertDweller · 10-09-2019, 03:57 PM

Old Mercury. Let me see if I can pull up an example for you.

DesertDweller · 10-09-2019, 04:09 PM

Something along of the lines of one of these

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10-09-2019, 02:47 PM	#1
Diver1111 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Exeter NH Posts: 602 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,032 Times in 227 Posts	Help w-Outboard ID Hi All, This wreck is in 104 feet in Moultonboro, next to at least one other wreck about 20 feet away. Vessel design suggests possible commercial use not recreational-especially with what appears to be heavy-duty railings. As my ear drum problem persists I have not been able to dive anything this summer but I did fly it with an ROV-screen shots attached. Conditions on the bottom were awful-the snow storm of particulate matter in the water column was really tough. Silt is always a problem. The OB engine is of a design I don't recall seeing before with some sort of odd handle-bar in front of it. Just strange to me. Can anybody help me date this OB engine or ID its manufacturer? Marker flag line weight (this time a small anchor) landed in the boat next to the steering wheel. I note that the wheel is fairly large like a commercial vessel might be and is also vertical not tilted. Does this tell us anything useful? More to come about this wreck and other wrecks found in Meredith Bay this summer. Thanks. Attached Images

10-09-2019, 03:51 PM	#2
coltgov101 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nj now. Spindle point in the past.(35 yrs.) Posts: 87 Thanks: 106 Thanked 10 Times in 4 Posts	Motor Looks like an old Merc. To me.

10-09-2019, 03:57 PM	#3
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 363 Thanks: 24 Thanked 84 Times in 70 Posts	Old Mercury. Let me see if I can pull up an example for you.

10-09-2019, 04:09 PM	#4
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 363 Thanks: 24 Thanked 84 Times in 70 Posts	Something along of the lines of one of these