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http://www.yamaha-motor.com/assets/p...-26-10_bay.pdf

Check out the gas mileage on that yamaha! :*****:

Love it.

never seen a cape horn like that anyone here ever?

Its the 23 cape bay.....look it up, its beautiful!!!! There's a YouTube video of it taking off showing he no bow rise.......cool boat......there's a thread on it in the boat discussion area.......

3 sec holeshot with a four stroke on a bay boat that size is impressive.

YAMAHA, need not say more.........this motor will run the OPTI-OBAMA MAX IN THE GROUND NOW........LOL.......

i was just reading the spec sheets on this motor today, very impressive the have the same cynlinders as the vmax sho , sleeveless . its a coating i forget what they call. i all i know is i will proballly put one on the next boat

All newer motors have there own problems,period. Good thing is they come with a great warranty. Mercury is scratching there heads trying to make something to compare to this engine.

The only reason the OPTI Obama Max is on the market is because it is a cheaply priced motor and due to the weight. A Yamaha 150 four stroke cost more than the the Obama-Max 200 Hp. Also, you can put it on boats that you could not put conventional strokes based on the same HP due to the weight of the motor. With all things now equal,+maybe+besides+price+why+go+with+a+2+stroke+ over+a+4+stroke.++I+bet+the+Opti+Obamas+have+recen tly+dropped+in+price....LOL....

I disagree,optimax is a great motor even though I prefer yamaha. We see wildlife and fisheries opti's with ALOT of hours still running great. I will run a carb 2 stroke as long as possible,most reliable.

Not saying the OptiBama is a bad motor.....just stating the fact of why you see them.......in the end if the 2 motors are priced closed to the same......which one would you pick????? I will not lie, I have an Aluminun bay boat only because I wanted a 22' foot boat......with tax new I paid 28K. You will not pick up a 22' glass+boat+new+for+less+than+36k+or+more........++

You could have found a super clean used glass boat for 28k. :spineyes:

Ill ask again......got any charts with the opti or verado?

Not on a cape horn....http://www.mercurymarine.com/engines...party/?ID=150& http://www.mercurymarine.com/engines...letin/?ID=343&

Likely I could of. But I had a boat to trade in so it was one of those kind of deals....love my boat but would I rather a glass boat...yes......
Also, I am not one to buy used stuff unless I know the exact history of the boat........that is just me......most of the time you buy used.....especially a boat you get screwed quickly......

You can say that again!!!! Case in point right here!! Renee, don't know if you knew or not, but my gas tank as ruptured now.......gonna be very expensive to fix. Gotta cut huge hole in the floor........there ya go, I'm ready for the ripping I'm about to get......

If you buy a quality boat you will not have problems like that....LMAO J/K dude. Just get you a above deck 30 gallon for now,hell with it. Atleast you could still use it. I might have one somewhere you can use...

Man that sucks....hope it does not cost you too much and good luck....BTW, I have an iusse with my boat. However, since I brought it new all cost is covered. I am just one of those that rather pay more and buy new since if an issue comes up........zero cost........

Dang it!! I was trying to bait you........I was gonna come back with "at least my Hull is still intact"............you ruined it you ruiner. .....

LOL, well at least my motor is.....LOL.....HOW MUCH DID YOUR REPAIR COST YOU ON YOUR FIRST TRIP OUT.......BTW, it is under 100 percent warrant unlike your 10 year old MREC with 20 hours showing on the hour guage when you purchased it................*****

Same here, I rather buy something brand new and get the good warranty that comes with it instead of buying someone else's problem.

After this, there's nothing left to break but the trailer.......

LOL, really do you have a leak in your gas tank.......
Man I have a bigger issue than my boat at the moment.....I have a slab leak/pipe with my house and water in my wife's closet.....

Oh God I don't envy you.......nothing worse than having to bust through a slab.......may as well move out, cause that dust will get On everything!!

geez after reading this, i want my 5 minutes back

that boat is smooth man!! Pretty pretty pretty. Hope i can afford one some day

I had a similar problem......maybe yours could be the same.

When my house was ~ 3 years old.......we found lots of mildue on the bottom of the bathroom cabinet. I took the cabinet out and took the sheet rock off the wall.

What I found was that this is where the main water pipe came up from under the slab and then tee'd off to each bathroom, kitchen, etc.

But what caused my water leak, was the sheet rock installation. When the sheet rock was installed [~ 3 years eariler] one of the screws missed the 2x6 board and hit one of the copper water pipes and damaged the pipe. Why it took so long to "show up" is a mystery. This leak was more of a slow drip that did it's damage over a period of time.

Same thing happened to me but it was a quick an easy fix since it was right behin some vinyl siding.