They are worth the money....you save on the limited use of gas. In 2000 I paid 11K for the Honda.........It starts up first crank without a choke.

 

Nice toy pat!!

 

one of my aquatic toys the day i sea trialed it.. 2005 23ft proline 200hp yamaha.

 

just one motor???

The 4 strokes make alot of power!! and they are fucking huge compared to the 2 stroke engines. They are also so quiet. I remember when I first got mine....i was drift fishing and left the motor running...well i wanted to move and decided to strat the engine up again.............it was already running....and we all know the noise it makes. So habit is now to look back to see if the engine is pissing water before I crank it.

 

im gonna have that problem with the flats boat Pat. There is a brand new 60hp suzuki 4 stroke with a jet foot going on it and they are suposidly quieter then ever.

 

We paid $4500 to upgrade from the 225 2stroke Honda to the 150 Yamaha.

We went on a test drive in a 26' walk around cabin boat with twin 150 Yamahas. ONE 150 Yamaha got that heavy boat up to high 20 something or low 30 somethign MPH...to prove that one motor could get us back to shore. I was impressed.

We ended up with a center console, and insisted on that motor.

We can run almost 60mph in our 21' Pro Line with the Yamaha. And gas..man, I think we've filled up 3 times in 2 years. Cranks up first try and nobody knows it's running.

 

Okay since Uncle Pat admitted it, I've done that, too..with the cranking when it's already running.

 

gas useage is amazing. It just sips............