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saying it right up front, I am not a fan of Mercury outboard motors .... I've owned 2 and had way too many problems with both .... all that being said, they have come out with a Mercury V12 600HP Verado outboard that has some amazing technology .... no clue what they sell for .... I'd sure love to drive a boat powered by one or more of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eomT3S622XQ

Have you ever driven a boat with the twin counter shaft props Jim

no, I never have

I owned a Glastron. XL205 for about 10 years. It was an inboard stern drive. Stern drive was a Volvo twin countershaft. The out if the hole power and quickness to plane of the boat with that set up is pretty amazing. Never was a Merc fan either. Johnson and Evinrude were always my favorites. Wonder what kind of gas consumption that 600 has.

My dad had a 24' Sea Ray with a Merc inboard outboard in it. Boat ran nice once you got it up on plane. But the real fun was when I was a kid and the 10' cedar-strip boat with the 18 hp Evinrude outboard motor. I thought I was king puttering around in that. Lots of fishing.

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:14 am

Wonder what kind of gas consumption that 600 has.

per their website ===> https://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/eng ... /#overview

"Test boat: 43-foot, 22,000-pound day boat

The result is 20% better fuel economy at identical cruise speed and 24% better fuel economy at top speed with two 600hp Verado outboards versus triple 425hp outboards from the leading competitor."


all that being said, I'm sure the number would be given in gallons per mile

How are these newer Mercurys for major servicing? Do they require valve adjustments, does that require removing the cams? Do they have belt or chain cam drive? Are they owner friendly, or do you need to be on a first name basis with the local dealer? I guess this also applies to Yamahas....

I don’t own a boat, and the biggest outboard I ever operated was 8 bhp, but this would be the last motor I would choose, give me an Evinrude 2 stroke, but unfortunately they are now gone.

https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/tech/ev ... be-retired

I did own a Mercruiser Alpha 1 V8 in a 1988 SeaRay 270 Sundancer. What a complete POS boat that was, the engine was just OK. I had lots of problems with the boat and the power plant.

John Davies
Spokane WA

RanchRoper wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:33 am

My dad had a 24' Sea Ray with a Merc inboard outboard in it. Boat ran nice once you got it up on plane. But the real fun was when I was a kid and the 10' cedar-strip boat with the 18 hp Evinrude outboard motor. I thought I was king puttering around in that. Lots of fishing.

Your post pushed a memory button in my head. I well remember those 18hp Evinrudes. They were a solid outboard and ran really good. I use to patrol boat at outboard races when I was a kid. It was a blast. Had one of those 18HP on the patrol boat. That boat was smaller and light so it would run pretty good. We also use to run 10HP on the back of some 10 and 12 ft aluminum boats up and down Puget Sound in Washington. That was alot of fun.

JEBar wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:54 am

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:14 am

Wonder what kind of gas consumption that 600 has.

per their website ===> https://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/eng ... /#overview

"Test boat: 43-foot, 22,000-pound day boat

The result is 20% better fuel economy at identical cruise speed and 24% better fuel economy at top speed with two 600hp Verado outboards versus triple 425hp outboards from the leading competitor."


all that being said, I'm sure the number would be given in gallons per mile

Im betting if one can afford one of those engines his gas worries are none at all. Im probably way off base but I bet thats a 30K engine

Some research shows I was way off. These engines will cost 80000.00. Thats more than my RV. Its only money

Years ago, my BIL raced the offshore cicuit and was sponsored by Mercruiser. He broke what was the speed record back then on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.
He ran the unlimited class. Boat name ' Miss Maxon ' ( a 37 ' Catamaran ). Competed against 'Popeyes' owned and driven by Al Copeland, ( founder of Popeyes' chicken. Al has since passed.
Sorry...just thought I'd throw that in. The thread brought back memories.

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:28 pm

Some research shows I was way off. These engines will cost 80000.00. Thats more than my RV. Its only money

can't say I'm shocked .... on UTube and other sources we've seen some boats with 4 of them

Loved boats as a kid and still do but Colorado isnt a place to own one. To many people and not enough water for all the boats. If I still lived in the PNW Id have a boat and no RV

we still own a boat but neither of us has been in it for several years .... our kids use the heck out of it .... when the time comes that we can't travel like we do now, we are considering parking our camper on water of some type and getting another boat

I've spent most of my money on my wife, guns, and boats...the rest I've just wasted.

My wife and I spend 10 years being boat owners, the first six mooring on Lake Coeur d’alene just across the border in Idaho. The next four years were with a trailer boat and after we bought a pickup camper to use with the boat we found we had so much fun with the camper we sold it and the boat and bought a travel trailer. Back then I used to run around the lake and watch “old men” drive their pontoon boats around and made constant disparaging remarks about those “old man” boats. Hmmmmmm now I’m thinking they look pretty cool and I would love to have one. What happened?

My wife and I spend a lot of time on the Upper Mississippi River on our Sea Ray 300 Sundancer cruiser. At 20 + years of boating lifestyle, we have watched pontoon boats morph from "canbotes" to high performance luxury go-fast "tooners" with stereo systems that rival concert sound. We frequently see tooners with high performance I/O's and twin outboards that are at speeds compared to the sleek performance hull boats. With the new propulsion options available, the family day-boat has changed immensely, and so has the price tag!

Very true!!

My wife and I spent 45 years navigating the tidal waters of the CT River, Long Island Sound, Fisher's Island Sound, and Gardner's Bay in a variety of boats, including three SeaRay's with Mercury I/O engines. All of our boats were named St Ann, which is a combination of our names: Stan and Ann and, not having children, we spent many happy hours in and on the water. We sold our last boat shortly after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. These are precious memories for me now. God! I miss her.

Sea Ray made a gorgeous boat. Maybe still do.