On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:10:46 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
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.

Didn't happen to mention what the myriad problems were did he?