Take a look at some of the videos of boats going in and out of Haulover Inlet in Florida (Google search for Haulover Inlet videos). Forty and fifty foot boats with four, five, and even six 450Hp motors mounted on them. There is some real money down there - those are the people who will buy them.

Here is one example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgFc8TCnVI

I watch haul over inlet boats all the time , they all have 3-----4-------5------ even 6 outboards WTF How much money do people have, I have one older merc, and can't afford to repair that one jeez What jobs or buisnesses do they have , keeping them in the water and fuel --- not me

No state income tax

Crazy,
Do you know how many times that motor will malfunction? I bet a lot. I love Mercury outboards but yo change the configuration totally have the lower unit prop turn to steer the boat, I predict a lot of recalls ,