Mercury Verado 500 hp

[Redloon]

If you want some serious boat and motor envy - take a look at the youtube videos of Haulover Pass in Florida by ZipZapPower. The guy has a whole series of videos just of boats going in and out of Haulover Pass in all sea conditions.

Thirty to forty-five foot center console boats with 3, 4, or even 5 motors of 250/300/400 Hp. He occasionally shows a few 60 to 90 foot yachts going in and out also.

You can spend a few hours just watching these videos

[bgreene]

Yeh I watch those videos ......ordering outboards like ordering ice cream flavors ...yeh I’ll take the boat, and stick four.....no make that five 400 hp outboards on it.

[phatdaddy]

I had an evinrude 235 in the mid 80 s. I thought no way can they get bigger than this, then the 300 came out. Looked like a refrigerator on the back of a boat.

235 was fast but i think it used fuel for cooling, i ve never seen an engine use so much gas

[steplift20]

I have a 150 merc and she pushes my baby about 35 mph,that's fast enough for me especially in and around raritan bay with all the flotsom floating around.I hit a whale two years ago going about 15 mph can you imagine what would have happened if I was going 80 ,I wouldn't be writing this today . I'm very happy with what I have.