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No, I"m not kidding, I have always been an Evinrude fan and I don't ever intend on having a 4 stroke anything on my boat, but when OMC shot themselves in the foot with their first V6 looper that had a rotating assembly that weighed as much as the entire Mercury power head, I was disappointed to see a light weight and fairly well engineered Mercury winning everything. So what does BRP do? The same thing as OMC ,Too heavy and I would prefer an outboard that looks like an outboard, Not a Transformer(the movie) At least the Rotary had a 1 piece hood , How long before the snap down top flies off as well as the screw on side panels. If only OMC had taken the original crossflow V6 crankshaft and built a looper block around it, excellent crank with a new block, pistons and heads would have been astoundingly fast ,dependable and light, Maybe someone in BRP engineering will wake up and design a light weight high performance outboard and even give it a 15 inch midsection section, and by the way, I am building real CCC Evinrude with an even fire crank as well as KR 15 and a CC Evinrude so I know a little about the subject. I do respect everyone here on this thread and I would just have to say that I am just plain old disappointed in the way the outboard business and its engineering have gone. Best of luck to you, Lars, I do hope the Evinrude name survives!
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More from Roslagsloppet Offshore Race..Conny Hertz and co-pilot Micke Hulting drove the yellow Twister Cat to victory in W-150 class.
This is a popular class for cats and production/stock 150 hp outboards.
Engines have to be clean EPA approved.
Conny is using a brand new 2014 Evinrude 150 H.O. with graphite paint job.
Not only is the # W- 89 rig beautiful but really fast.
Fog...............
Click for more
http://svera.se/blogg/more-from-rosl...n-w-150-class/
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The transformer look is just making the product look like all the other brp recreational products, young people clearly like it and old people are not the future buyers.
Swamppather
Do I now see a merc verado is the same weight as an omc v8 from 30 years ago..
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More pictures from Roslagsloppet Offshore Race yesterday. Over 120 boats in this race just north of Stockholm, Sweden.
Photo JanneM
Thank you
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Hurricane boat 2690 with 300hp Evinrude E-TEC G2
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Just re read the thread, what a great part of Outboard history
I have to ask where are all the MOD50/M32 OE etc 3 cyl OMC's go?
In Australia and NZ, they are just about all still racing
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Thank you Powerabout.
Well..F3 was by far the most fun racing class but the class died when OMC stopped supporting with engines-service at the races.
Yes..there is a few F3 in Australia.
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A few pictures from our boat trip last weekend at St. Lucie river.
My Striper 26 CC with 2 X 150 Evinrude E-TEC and my wife Carina.
Please check my Evinrude Ambassador video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZPD7IwRWoM
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Well..Carina is packing for the Forrest Wood Cup and I forgot to tell her about the two
country concerts to attend..
Now she is repacking with her Country and Western Outfits..
Hee Hee.. I love this job as an Evinrude Ambassador..
http://www.flwoutdoors.com/?ab=learn...Hk5szN%26s%3D1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZPD7IwRWoM
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Well..Carina is packing for the Forrest Wood Cup and I forgot to tell her about the two
country concerts to attend..
Now she is repacking with her Country and Western Outfits..
Hee Hee.. I love this job as an Evinrude Ambassador..
http://www.flwoutdoors.com/?ab=learn...Hk5szN%26s%3D1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZPD7IwRWoM
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Well..Carina is packing for the Forrest Wood Cup and I forgot to tell her about the two
country concerts to attend..
Now she is repacking with her Country and Western Outfits..
Hee Hee.. I love this job as an Evinrude Ambassador..
http://www.flwoutdoors.com/?ab=learn...Hk5szN%26s%3D1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZPD7IwRWoM