On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:29:47 -0400, HK wrote:

It's impossible for me to give an up close and personal opinion on any
of the etecs because I have never seen or heard one on a boat. We seem
to have two kinds of outboards on the fishing boats around here...newer
four strokers from Yamaha, Honda, or Suzuki, or old technology two
strokers from Mercury and Yamaha and occasionally Evinrude and Johnson.

I get to ride in a lot of them with friends and when doing on-water
training - which, admittedly I don't do much of any more, so I've seen
a lot of 'em.

The one that surprised me was the Verado - that is quite the engine.