Verado 300 and 325HP to debut in Miami
01-26-2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: Verado 300 and 325HP to debut in Miami
Get ready to see quad 350's on the backs of Midnights, Fountains, Intrepids and all the other builders who are jumping into the 38-40' CC market. SeaVee's got one now. Jupiter.... I remember when 33' was a big as you could get. That's now small by comparison.
Exciting times ahead in the outboard market!!!
Exciting times ahead in the outboard market!!!
01-26-2007, 03:26 PM
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Re: Verado 300 and 325HP to debut in Miami
With triple 350 eggbeeters, a boat like, say, a 34 Yellowfin ought to come pretty close to 80 ?? That's as fast as most CC owners would ever want to go. Unless you compete in SKA.
One things for sure, with that kind of HP I will be tearing out my leaning post and installing wrap around bosters!! Yeah baby!!
01-26-2007, 04:45 PM
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Bombardier has a 350ish HP V6 out there right now running. They will not be releasing it at Miami though, they are waiting till they have a full production run ready to ship. It will be by far the lightest around, run on 87 octane and have a BIG warranty.
As far as the verado, I suppose it has it's place. But the 2 strokes out perform it, burn considerably less gas...... and are LIGHTER. I recal when OMC came out with the V8 and merc laughed and made fun of it for being to heavy....... the Verado is 100lbs more!.
It would be nice to see the steering and fly by wire on the Opti and for other mfg to pick up the concept.
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As far as the verado, I suppose it has it's place. But the 2 strokes out perform it, burn considerably less gas...... and are LIGHTER. I recal when OMC came out with the V8 and merc laughed and made fun of it for being to heavy....... the Verado is 100lbs more!.
It would be nice to see the steering and fly by wire on the Opti and for other mfg to pick up the concept.
RT
Actually when you figure in the cost of the oil burn with 2 strokes you come out ahead with Verado 4 strokes.
There are 2 Fountain 31 CC in my neighborhood. 1 has 225 Opti's the other has 2-250 Verado's. Both boats get around 2mpg at cruise however the Verado boat does not have the cost of oil. Also the Verado boat is a tade faster, quieter and easier to steer.
01-26-2007, 04:47 PM
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01-26-2007, 09:10 PM
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01-27-2007, 09:12 AM
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Re: Verado 300 and 325HP to debut in Miami
Actually since the Concept boats are extremely light weight the 300xs will be a great choice for Marks Concept. I'm sure 275 Verado's would be a nice package too with there ease of ownership and the whole Verado package but the 300xs will give Mark the ultimate in performance which I believe is all he is after.
01-30-2007, 05:44 AM
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Re: Verado 300 and 325HP to debut in Miami
How much longer before your boat is finished, can you post pics as well, Thanks Jeff
