New Quintessence43 from Midnight Express has Five Verado 400Rs

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07-29-2015, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation

Marina I used to frequent had a beautiful 39 Midnight with quad 275's......boat was always there for repair. The two outside motors ate gearcases like crazy when the boat was under hard acceleration and turning one unit would basically go dry! That was 4 engines driving the mechanics crazy, 5 would really send them over the edge!

I'd stick with triples.......going uber fast in a CC isn't really that fun anyway!

Very good points, not only go dry, the prop might not even be in the water with the motor bouncing off the rev limiter. Maybe they are aware of this issue and are set up to feed water to both outside motors?

07-30-2015, 06:25 AM

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There was a 42 huntress at the Miami boat show with 5 400's on it...

07-30-2015, 09:22 AM

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That's what I was trying to remember. It seemed that I remember Derek Wachob replacing his first huntress with one that had five 400's on it. Correct me if I am wrong please. My memory isn't all that great these days. :-)