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27 August 2009, 21:21
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Country: UK - England
Town: Darlington
Boat name: Dory
Make: Crompton Seasprint
Length: 7m +
Engine: Mariner 200 outboard
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Biggest outboard engine?
Just wondering, does anyone know what the biggest (HP) outboard engine is?
Thanks
Lee
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27 August 2009, 21:24
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Country: UK - England
Town: Up Norf
Make: Avon SR4,Tremlett 23
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yam 55, Volvo 200
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Codders knows, it was something like a 400hp Evinrude from the 70's or 80's.
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27 August 2009, 22:11
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Yup
And it only weighed 225kgs cos it was a 2 stroke.
The Yamaha V8 350hp is 375kgs!!!
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28 August 2009, 11:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: Looe
Make: Delta
Length: 4m +
Engine: Mercury
Join Date: Apr 2004
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MErcury Verado 350 SCi 300kg. 
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28 August 2009, 11:48
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
Join Date: Mar 2008
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so at that weight it could be classed as a portable ,but would it fit in the car ,lol just looked on you tube and theres a 400hp evinrude outboard with wolf injection
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28 August 2009, 12:02
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: Here
Boat name: doggypaddle
Make: Avon 5.4 Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: yamaha 80
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Depends on your definition of an outboard motor
In the defence equipment journal on my desk theres an outboard propulsion unit for barges etc. The powerhead cowling is a 20 foot shipping container housing a CAT v12 engine. 1500KW 
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28 August 2009, 12:54
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Originally Posted by m chappelow
so at that weight it could be classed as a portable ,but would it fit in the car ,lol just looked on you tube and theres a 400hp evinrude outboard with wolf injection
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The old Evinrude V8 2 stroke was often taken out to about 450hp. Where's the progress eh?
Yes the Verado 350 weighs about 300kg but the Mercury 300xs weighs only 225kg - I love 2 strokes!!!
I just wish someone did a 2 stroke bigger than 300hp. Imagine a new ETEC V8 400hp - drool......................
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28 August 2009, 13:00
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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it still amazes some people use tiller steering for massive outboards. I think mercury do it for even the big Verados!!!
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28 August 2009, 15:13
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Looe
Make: Delta
Length: 4m +
Engine: Mercury
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28 August 2009, 22:59
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,090
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Yeah what a terror merchant .. hehe
"big time comfort" with a 175 on the tiller with the skip on the stern .. thats a 'man leaves boat' scenario if ever there was one 
*edit* it must be a new extreme sport
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30 August 2009, 11:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7
Yeah what a terror merchant .. hehe
"big time comfort" with a 175 on the tiller with the skip on the stern .. thats a 'man leaves boat' scenario if ever there was one
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yeah ,lets just hope he has a kill cord fitted , i wouldent fancy me chances getting run over with that, even at tickover speed ,,,,,he must have an arm like popeye ,lol
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30 August 2009, 17:23
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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They cheat on the bigger engines - they now have an hydraulic option but the Arabs on their dhows just used a scaffolding pole!!!
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02 September 2009, 00:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Manchester
Boat name: n/a
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Originally Posted by codprawn
it still amazes some people use tiller steering for massive outboards. I think mercury do it for even the big Verados!!!
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I think there was an article about this in a boating magazine either late last year or earlier this, that Mercury had produced a hydraulic tiller and that it was as easily controllable as a remote system.
Or did everybody already know that.
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02 September 2009, 00:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: Manchester
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Originally Posted by codprawn
They cheat on the bigger engines - they now have an hydraulic option but the Arabs on their dhows just used a scaffolding pole!!!
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Damn! Should have read the posts more carefully before sticking my oar (or tiller) in.
Cue laughter!
The Beard shuffles off looking at the floor hoping no-one will remember.
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