Skeeter -- This motor was on a 23' all alunimum doubble wide with a self bailing hull and center cockpit (one extreamly heavy boat !!).
The company bought this and several other (25', 19' and two 16's ) boats for boom deployment/containment around ships ... It was obvious on my driving it that it needs a 9.9 Yama High Thrust kicker to help and assist steer the boat against the ripping current that was taking us into the docks as that boat can not manoeuvrer at low speeds and is sort of dead in the water when in trouble against the ripping tide. (two man minimum is the requirement at all times-- but needs three realistically for this job with everyone working togther)
After the drill was done -- I ran the boat out to the Mothball to show some people that have to train as well for the upcoming strike in Feb '09. The tourque on that motor -- the top end -- the quietness .....
Frickin' AMAZING !! I trimmed it up all the way to the Fleet on the way out, to show them there is life outside of behind a desk and figuring out numbers all day.
-- Trimmed down comming against the increasing rollers making as smooth as possible for their drawers. The motor was so smooth and was very responsive to the hand throttle for such a big boat as well.
I don't know if they make a shaft short enoufgh to put on a bass boat -- and I have never had the pleasure of running in a Merc Verado .... But that Yama 250 was very eye opening to say the least !!
You know, we always called each other goodfellas. Like, you'd say to somebody: "You're gonna like this guy; he's all right. He's a goodfella. He's one of us." You understand? We were goodfellas, wiseguys.
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