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.

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:02:04 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Anybody have Verado power on their boat? I'm looking for a longer
term report form sombody who has had one for a while.

No, but there are a lot of them around and Merc has always made decent
engines.

On the down side we had to tow a Verado powered bass boat out of the
Everglades a few years ago. He looked kind of comical behind our 12
ft RIB dinghy.

"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.

On 10/5/09 2:10 PM, CalifBill wrote:
"Tom Francis - 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.



Uh-oh. Lots of problems with E-tecs, suggestion of using Yamahas.
Uh-oh. Change your phone number and address!

I'd still love to see a photo of Tom's Grady with the triple E-tecs.
That's the way to do it...two E-tecs can fail and you still can get home!




--
Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

On Oct 5, 2:10*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
messagenews:2vqjc55a6ltok2cdo9m7nojq0kthnll5a1@4ax .com...





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.

On Oct 5, 1:37*pm, Jack wrote:
On Oct 5, 2:10*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:





"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
messagenews:2vqjc55a6ltok2cdo9m7nojq0kthnll5a1@4ax .com...

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.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

hmmm,


I'm surprised there isn't some type of recall on them to rectify the
problem.

On Oct 5, 5:18*pm, Tim wrote:
On Oct 5, 1:37*pm, Jack wrote:





On Oct 5, 2:10*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
messagenews:2vqjc55a6ltok2cdo9m7nojq0kthnll5a1@4ax .com...

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.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

hmmm,

I'm surprised there isn't some type of recall on them to rectify the
problem.


The dealer told me that they had called Yamaha to find out if this
particular line should be a replacement item, but I haven't talked to
them since. I'll have to drop by one day to ask about the status.

Oh, and when I say they "all" have problems, I meant all
manufacturers, not all Yammies. :-)

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?

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

Did not ask. Was leaving to have a great lunch overlooking the harbor and
silver salmon jumping.

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:55:33 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


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

Did not ask. Was leaving to have a great lunch overlooking the harbor and
silver salmon jumping.

Uh huh.