On Oct 5, 2:10*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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Man, I forgot to report.

I got the chance to play boats last week - two bass boats and a 23
Steiger all repowers to Verados - largest was a 250 on the Steiger,
the others 150s - one on a Nitro and one on a Stratos.

I gotta tell you folks - I am getting more and more impressed with the
Verado series outboards. *Lots of power and extremely quiet.

I stumbled into a deal last week that I'm serously thinking about - a
Ranger 520 that needs a repower. While this may sound like heresy
coming from me, I'm considering Verado as my choice if I buy this
boat.

Anybody have Verado power on their boat? *I'm looking for a longer
term report form sombody who has had one for a while. *I haven't heard
anything super bad about Verados (other than the my engine is better
than your engine nonsense) and would like to know.

Was in Pt. Albernie, BC, Canada 2 weeks ago. *Looked at a new Fisheries BC
aluminum boat. *Nice boat, guy said I could have one just like if for $140k
loonies. *Powered by dual E-tecs. *Boat builder said government uses all
E-tecs and they are dual as you have a spare then. *He said they were having
lots of problems. *He suggested Yamaha's.

I have a new Yamaha 250 with about 100 hours on it, and it's already
had to go into the shop. Some little fuel line in it plugged up, and
it burned up the fuel pump. Sea Tow and a few warranty days later and
it's as good as new, but dealer said they have seen several of these
exact failures. Seems like they all have problems now and then.