I agree, and BRP using Yamaha's overated 225 in a comparison was a good marketing play.
I'm trying to find the article but somebody dyno'd several outboards at their first service interval and found hp ratings that dropped as low a 20%. It was a good test from an independent lab that took took them all to stall off the crankshaft output and not the prop shaft. It was a few years back but was really interesting to see how subjective rating were. For me the best comparisons are shootouts on exact vessels.... Nothing beats real world testing by independents.
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