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Westwind?

Anybody know if a 1973 Westwind XR16 is a splash.....I have a powerboat magazine article with one running a V6 Mercury top speed 94 MPH..........might be an interesting formula to apply to an MX15 or MX16..............
 
Here's some info sent by Don:

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Not wanting to thread drift, but this has caught my eye because my boat back in Ireland is a 1973 "Avenger 16" that has always been called West Wind since my grandfather bought it in the late 70's.

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I went to see it today (in Ireland for last 2 weeks) and decided this is the year I'm shipping it out to the US to do a complete restoration. Breaks my heart to see it just sitting there.

Anyway - back to this piece of history on the Checkmate clone......
 
that is a 1971 checkmate mx15 deck. they made those for one year and one year only. baja made a pop off of it and so did cobra, and maybe some other people as well. many checkmate pop offs out there. there is a 71 mx15 sitting just down the street from me, rotting away
 
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