Wife and I have a case of "upgradeitis" and can't decide whether we want to repower or look at a new boat. We currently have a 2008 Cape Horn Offshore 24 with twin E-tec 200's. We stopped by Ron Hoover Marine(not too impressed) in Rockport to look at the new Cape Horns and wow, $200K for a 31!? A bit out of our budget so repower it is.
Part of our wanting new engines is of course peace of mind with new engines/warranty but I'd also like a little bit more power to hopefully get a little higher cruise speed and not work the engines as hard.
We love the Cape Horn, just a fantastic hull and the E-tec's have been flawless, not a single problem at all since new. So we're looking at the new G2's but the new Mercury four strokes have also caught our eye. I sent an email to Chris's Marine in AP asking for a quote on a set of twins of the new Mercury engines in either 200 or 225 hp. last week but still not a word back from them.
I'd also like to get a quote on a pair of the new G2's, 200 HO's, what dealer would you guys recommend for Evinrude in Rockport/Aransas Pass?
If we went to the new 200 HO G2's we'd gain a total of about 234 lb on the transom. With the new Merc's we'd gain about 110 lbs. Not sure if that would make too much of a difference, I weigh 195 lbs and I've stood directly on the transom and it didn't do much of anything with the boat sitting still. I did read that the G2 weight is with the power steering included where as the Merc's isn't so that may make the weight gain a little closer between the two.
So in short I have a couple questions for the 2Cool brain trust;
1) Best Evinrude dealer in the AP/Rockport area you all would recommend?
2) I know the new Mercury engines are brand spanking new but I think they've done a lot of testing, however, I'm still concerned with a brand new engine with no history, thoughts?
3) The recommended max HP for our boat is 400 HP, I could get the G2 200 HO's and still be within those specs, with the Mercury if I got the 225's I'd be over, any thoughts on this?
I really appreciate your thoughts/advice. Thank you!
John
Part of our wanting new engines is of course peace of mind with new engines/warranty but I'd also like a little bit more power to hopefully get a little higher cruise speed and not work the engines as hard.
We love the Cape Horn, just a fantastic hull and the E-tec's have been flawless, not a single problem at all since new. So we're looking at the new G2's but the new Mercury four strokes have also caught our eye. I sent an email to Chris's Marine in AP asking for a quote on a set of twins of the new Mercury engines in either 200 or 225 hp. last week but still not a word back from them.
I'd also like to get a quote on a pair of the new G2's, 200 HO's, what dealer would you guys recommend for Evinrude in Rockport/Aransas Pass?
If we went to the new 200 HO G2's we'd gain a total of about 234 lb on the transom. With the new Merc's we'd gain about 110 lbs. Not sure if that would make too much of a difference, I weigh 195 lbs and I've stood directly on the transom and it didn't do much of anything with the boat sitting still. I did read that the G2 weight is with the power steering included where as the Merc's isn't so that may make the weight gain a little closer between the two.
So in short I have a couple questions for the 2Cool brain trust;
1) Best Evinrude dealer in the AP/Rockport area you all would recommend?
2) I know the new Mercury engines are brand spanking new but I think they've done a lot of testing, however, I'm still concerned with a brand new engine with no history, thoughts?
3) The recommended max HP for our boat is 400 HP, I could get the G2 200 HO's and still be within those specs, with the Mercury if I got the 225's I'd be over, any thoughts on this?
I really appreciate your thoughts/advice. Thank you!
John
