Merc 4.5L 250HP

oliviernh · 02-12-2017, 09:14 AM

Went to the Boston Boat Show yesterday. Lot's of beautiful boats. One thing I noticed was that many of the new boats in the 21-23' length were now coming with the Merc 4.5L 250HP engines. My gut tells me that a V6 engine like this just wouldn't be powerful enough for a boat that size. The dealers all assure that they are plenty powerful enough and "you wouldn't be disappointed". Of course they have to say this otherwise they won't sell any boats. Any one have any experience with buying a boat with this size engine or have you test driven one? If you had 6 people in skiing or wake boarding would it have enough power out of the hole? Thanks

02-12-2017, 09:14 AM	#1
oliviernh Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hampton and Rattlesnake Island Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Merc 4.5L 250HP Went to the Boston Boat Show yesterday. Lot's of beautiful boats. One thing I noticed was that many of the new boats in the 21-23' length were now coming with the Merc 4.5L 250HP engines. My gut tells me that a V6 engine like this just wouldn't be powerful enough for a boat that size. The dealers all assure that they are plenty powerful enough and "you wouldn't be disappointed". Of course they have to say this otherwise they won't sell any boats. Any one have any experience with buying a boat with this size engine or have you test driven one? If you had 6 people in skiing or wake boarding would it have enough power out of the hole? Thanks