225 hp Mercury outboard

[Eric B]

Very happy for you Don! The Lewmar is an amazing add on. Can't say enough about mine

[Capt Terry]

My 1985 Merc 150 lasted 28 years with the first half in salt water followed by second half on SC lakes. The Seafari ran the fastest ever on the day the Merc died! Mechanic told me I got twice as much life out of it as I should have. Admittedly not as many hours on it as some of you.

[rcnight]

Don - good to see you coming off your wallet. What prompted the purchase? What do you see the fuel burn will be compared to the Mercury?

[DonV]

Rest assured Casey when I got off my wallet it was a very small step down!!

It's been a really great engine, however after 15 years is time to move up. Don't want to wait until it's pretty much useless to sell or trade. I'm expecting fuel burn numbers twice as good as I'm getting now. Told the story before, when I was in the Keys a year ago it was 4-6 footers with a normal heavy load for fishing and it was one of those 3000 to 3300 rpm up and down the waves not to kill my passengers. We had been going for out for what seemed like quite a while, looked back and land was still visible, checked the GPS and we were at ten miles out and I switched the fuel flow meter to total and I was at ten gallons.....that's when I was sure I was going to be getting a new engine. Now for just running around the Bay looking for beer and a sandwich I would not be buying new.