By my count it takes about six or seven seconds to reach top speed with my sweet, never-rebuilt 1989 Evinrude 200XP, but you be the judge. I shot this little video at last year's launch:
http://toplaw.com/page10/files/Boat%...20-%202015.m4v
[For unknown reasons I can't upload that video to the V20 site, but for anyone who can get around the problem, feel free to do so.]