[Fr. Frank]

The 300 Mercury Verado has incredible torque. One review I read credited the 2.6L 300hp Verado with just 8 lbs less torque than the 5.3L 350hp Yamaha V8 and 32 lbs more torque than the DF300 Suzuki and 41 lbs more torque than the 300 Yammie.

Of the 300 hp models, Mercury has the lightest and heaviest. The 30" Verado weighs in at 653 lbs, compared to the 30" 300 Optimax 3.2L, at 532 lbs, 578 lbs for the 30" Yamaha 4.6L 300 Offshore, and 619 lbs for the 30" 'zuke DF300, with the Yamaha 30" 5.3L V8 350 weighing in at 822 lbs. The Mercury 350 hp Verado 350SCi weighs in at 637 lbs, less than the 300hp version.

The Mercury I6 Verados all weigh about the same: 630-655 lbs, whether its a 225hp, or a 350 hp version. Currently here in Destin, there sits at BassPro a new SeaCraft 23TE (actually 26') with twin 250 Verado's on it for just over $80K asking price. The saleman says it has about 35 hours of demo time on it, and they'd probably take less to get it off the lot. Top speed is a claimed 62 mph on GPS with a T-Top. (Now imagine that puppy with twin 350SCi motors.)

Now imagine the boat below with just one 350SCi