Ok, consider me impressed.

Well, make that moderately impressed.

First off, they were pushing a 28, not a 23. I've got 23 on the brain
as I'm thinking of buying my nephew's 23 Hydra-Sports CC for use down
south.

Anyway, back to the subject.

The first thing you notice is how quiet they are - vewy vewy qwuiet.
You can certainly tell they are running just from the vibrations on
the floor of the boat, but you can hold a decent conversation standing
right next to them at idle and not notice them. Like my ETEC
actually.

They started quick and idled quick which was somewhat of a surprise -
I had heard that Verados take a while to light off, but it wasn't the
case. They didn't light off as quick as the ETEC, but it certainly
wasn't a long cranking session.

Idling out of the mooring field, we were talking conversationally and
hardly noticed the engines. I noticed that I could hear an annoying
high frequency sound like a whistle which I could hear but no one else
could hear. Chalk that up to acute hearing. It was probably related
to the super charger, maybe not. It went away once we upped the speed
a little.

Acceleration is about what you would expect with 500 horse power off
the stern - smooth with no stumbles like you can occasionally get off
a two stroke. You certainly noticed the engine noise more as the speed
increased and when we put the hammer down, you knew the engines were
running full throttle. But, much like the ETEC, you can hold a civil
conversation behind the wind screen which is a plus.

Considering that they are super charged and four strokes operating on
the ends of the HP curve, they are reasonably efficient, but they do
suck big time gas WOT. Mid range performance was a pleasant surprise
keeping the boat on plane with very little trim adjustment.

Over all, I liked them. Not as efficient as my engines were, but
still - I don't think I'd turn them down if I were offered a deal.

Even if they are four strokes. :)