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I've heard the Verado is Sooooo fast!
you and your wife are going to be so Happy...Happy....enjoy your new boat and outboard....Grump....post after your first outing..
Quote from: Grump on Mar 21, 2006, 08:16 PMyou and your wife are going to be so Happy...Happy....enjoy your new boat and outboard....Grump....post after your first outing.. Grump, I had it on the water for a few hours yesterday breaking it in. It's a very quiet outboard when idling and WOT doesn't seem to be any louder than my I/O was. My son and I could carry on a conversation easily when it was wide open. As far as the Verado is concerned, my son said that when you open it up it's like someone lit the fuse. It has good acceleration and ran 6,150 RPMs at 50 MPH wide open. It should get better at 20 to 25 hrs according to other owners. Break in is easy, after 2 hrs the only restriction is no wide open throttle for more than 5 minutes for the next 8 hrs. Early next week my 9.9 kicker will be in and I can start breaking it in. ICE was wondering how your first time out turned out. sounds like the new motor is great. saw al linder bragging up the verado on tv sat morn. he had a big old grin on his face as he motored down the lake. was going to send a pm to see but this is easier. good fishing I'll get back to you later on the vacation from hell.
How's the new boat treating you thus far Dawg? Sounds like you're already well on track to getting it broken in, and so quiet too even!!! I hear the lakes are finally starting to open-up up north! Next weekend and I'll be up .