New Mercury Outboard

Joe Jarl wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>B-man wrote:</div>
Kudos to Mercury again raising the bar.

You guys have to remember, the world is 2/3rds water……our Midwest puddles are just a tiny fraction.

Mercury has been gaining a foothold in the saltwater market, and this new outboard will be an awesome option for a lot of big boats out there.

It literally blows the competition out of the water lol

Some newer big boats have an outboard weight rating, not a HP rating.

Yep. Heading down to the mecca of big boats, S. Florida & Keys, on Saturday. It’s crazy and cool to see the horsepower hanging off the back of some of those boats! Why have 6 450’s when you can get by with 5 600’s?

Yes the boats down by the keys make me drool a bit. Have even caught myself grunting under my breath over the HP on some of those boats.

I’m guessing they are adding a 500 to the lineup. Along with upgrades across the board like weight reduction etc. The only thing I’d bet 100$ on is that the price isn’t going down at all lol. My chin hits the floor when I see the prices they’re getting for these new motors. Warrior came out with their 23 foot boat, they hang a lot of 400 and 450s on the back of them, but wouldn’t a 500 look cooler?! What’s another 20k when you’re spending 120k on a boat already lol

600 Verado

Joe Jarl wrote:

600 Verado

What’d I win?!?

Amazing to see a 600hp outboard, but i think the really interesting part is that it has lower unit steering and a 2 speed transmission! It really is a lot of cool engineering! Curious to see the reliability of the transmission and steering mechanism

I seen that it has a 2 speed transmission and a steerable gearcase. The steerable gearcase is a pretty cool feature. The attached link gives more deets.
https://fb.watch/3B6FLBWAsM/

luttes wrote:

Amazing to see a 600hp outboard, but i think the really interesting part is that it has lower unit steering and a 2 speed transmission! It really is a lot of cool engineering! Curious to see the reliability of the transmission and steering mechanism

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I am more impressed by the transmission and steerable lower unit. Very cool to see.

luttes wrote:

2 speed transmission

Unless it has an 11speed transmission I won’t be interested!

Id be interested when the tiller model becomes available

Ok, I peeked at the performance data. 3 of these on the back of a 42′ Boston Whaler at WOT moved the boat at a respectable 63.7 mph. At that speed, they sipped gas at 156 gallons per hour.

If they were giving them away for free the fuel bill would still hurt. I will stick with what I have.

ptc wrote:

Ok, I peeked at the performance data. 3 of these on the back of a 42′ Boston Whaler at WOT moved the boat at a respectable 63.7 mph. At that speed, they sipped gas at 156 gallons per hour.

If they were giving them away for free the fuel bill would still hurt. I will stick with what I have.

If you can afford 3 of these on the back of a 42 foot boat, you’re not concerned about the fuel bill

I’ll never know what it’s like to own one, but it’s pretty awesome engineering. Basically an I/O in an Outboard.

This could be the reason seven marine quit making outboard. My friend in Missouri has a 627 hp seven marine on a 21 foot yarcraft that thing flies

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

so guests don’t have to “Minnetonka it”

That got a literal LOL!

Quad 600s in action

http://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158894517899337&id=102064259336

Good gravy. 48 cylinders pumping on that beast. And I thought I got poor gas mileage.

So let me get this straight – an engineer designed an outboard that is simple to service. I guees I’ve seen it all now.

I bet that quad has some slam ya back in the seat power.

Dang, that’d be fun to pin that throttle at least for a while.

Going to be fun to see where this goes. Not that long ago Rangers flagship 621 maxed out at 300 ponies. Now it’s 400.

Hope fishing doesn’t continue to trend where golf went. Mostly for the wealthy…

Eelpoutguy wrote:

So let me get this straight – an engineer designed an outboard that is simple to service.

Until the steering mechanism goes out, then….LOL!!!

I see a mandatory seatbelt, helmet and shin guard law coming with that many ponies.

and maybe a parachute…

One facebook group I am in has a few of these bigger boats one guy put up a post filling his boat came to $2,800 and said it might get him thru the weekend.

Tom P. wrote:

One facebook group I am in has a few of these bigger boats one guy put up a post filling his boat came to $2,800 and said it might get him thru the weekend.

I believe it. My FW’s cousin used to have a 40′ cig boat with twin 502 ci I/Os and told similar stories. It was loud and fast, though.

matt wrote:

Id be interested when the tiller model becomes available

LMAO!!!

Want a little perspective? Twin 600s on the back of a 40ft SeaRay.

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Wow. I’d hate to thrash one of those props.

Ralph Wiggum wrote:

Wow. I’d hate to thrash one of those props.

You thrash one, you’ll likely thrash two, and more likely all four.

I know Bravo3’s are similar to those and they are around $1000 each.

I am betting a thou won’t put you in the right ballfield for one of those props. Bet you could take one home for 1800 or more tho.

Makes me feel better about new one I just “had the opportunity” to buy. 😂

Adam Steffes wrote:

I am betting a thou won’t put you in the right ballfield for one of those props. Bet you could take one home for 1800 or more tho.

Pretty close

“An average propset for the Verado 600 will cost about $3,300.”

http://www.soundingsonline.com/features/mercury-unveils-innovative-600-hp-verado-outboard-its-largest-ever