Boat House Bulletin

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Boat House Bulletin

Mercury Outboard Motors

Kiekhaefer Corporation

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

For many years, the Kiekhaefer Corporation scientifically tested the performance of their Mercury outboard motors on the wide variety of recreational boats available to the buying public. This information was a valuable sales aid to their dealer network who could then advise potential buyers of the likely performance of a Mercury outboard motor on their boat. Thus, Mercury published and distributed the Boat House Bulletin series of single-sheet flyers which listed the results of a controlled performance test of a certain boat and motor combination under different loads. Oftentimes a boat was tested multiple times with different single motors or twin motor installations. A listing of known Mercury Boat House Bulletins by year and number is available below. If you have a Mercury Boat House Bulletin not listed below, please contact us so that we may have a more complete list.

1956

No. 56-24 Crosby Deluxe Cruiser (Vagabond)
No. 56-30 Grumman Fisherman
No. 56-31 Yellow Jacket Runabout (Molded Plywood)
No. 56-32 Scottie Craft Cruiser
No. 56-33 Admiral Deluxe Runabout
No. 56-34 Carter Craft Runabout
No. 56-35 Feather Craft Deluxe Runabout (Rocket)
No. 56-36 Skimmar Fishing boat, Mercury Mark 6
No. 56-37 Skimmar Fishing boat, Mercury Mark 25
No. 56-38 Tennessee Runabout (Aluminum)
No. 56-39 Tennessee Fisherman (Aluminum)
No. 56-40 Barbour Runabout
No. 56-41C Morgancraft Runabout, Mercury Mark 55
No. 56-42C Morgancraft Runabout, Mercury Mark 30
No. 56-43C P-14 Runabout, Mercury Mark 25
No. 56-44C P-14 Runabout, Mercury Mark 30
No. 56-45C P-14 Runabout, Mercury Mark 55
No. 56-46C Wizard Utility
No. 56-53C Burchcraft Cabin Cruiser
No. 56-54C Burchcraft Cabin Cruiser (Catalina)
No. 56-56C Glasspar Cabin Cruiser (Del Mar)
No. 56-61C Westerner Runabout (Chief)
No. 56-62C Westerner Hard Top Cabin
No. 56-75C Glasspar Runabout
No. 56-77C Bradley Fisherman
No. 56-79C Dillabaugh Runabout
No. 56-80C Dillabaugh Cruiser
No. 56-81C Premier Runabout
No. 56-82C Endura Craft Runabout (Plastic)
No. 56-83C Arrowcraft Runabout Ski Master
No. 56-84C Arrowcraft Walk Thru Ski Master
No. 56-85C Rockholt Runabout
No. 56-86C Speedliner M-116 Tropicana
No. 56-87C Raveau High Speed Runabout
No. 56-91 Albright Runabout, Mercury Mark 55
No. 56-92 Albright Runabout, Mercury Mark 25

1957 (Scan Needed) No. 57F-6 DuCraft Waterbug Open Cruiser (Scan Needed) No. 57F-7 Crosby Capri (Scan Needed) No. 57F-8 Glass Magic Runabout (Scan Needed) No. 57F-9 Crosby Hydrodyne II (Scan Needed) No. 57F-35 Penn Yan Seagoer (Scan Needed) No. 57F-36 Correct Craft Utility Runabout (Scan Needed) No. 57F-38 Starcraft Runabout