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Perhaps this company can help as they advertise themselves as being a "Grady White Specialist." From their website: "Bluewater Canvas & Upholstery Pompano offers you completely custom made cushions for the interior and exterior of your boat. Whether it be with our specialized marine vinyls...

Wow, pulling what must be over 12,000 lbs is an awful lot to ask of a 3/4 ton pickup truck. You'd better be sure it can legally pull that much or if you get in an accident your insurance company may deny coverage, which could be a financial disaster and IMO just not worth it.

As far as etecs go I would refer you to what GreatGrady's own Anglers Edge Marine told me and has posted these comments online as well. He's a very successful broker who sells over 700 boats a year and truly knows which outboard engine boaters prefer. Here are some of his recent comments about...

Mercury's new 150 hp 4S is an excellent choice and is the best engine for the price by far. Plus, Mercury is the only 4S to not have valve lash adjustments EVER ! Their press announcement has alot of excellent info on all the great features it has. Mercury 150 FourStroke Wins at IBEX FOND DU...

Just another example of what you do best, low class personal attacks. Come on now you can do better that this - show us your hate !!! Like I said, readers can decide for themselves what is more important to them when they're spending many thousands of dollars on an outboard engine - facts and...

I researched this topic extensively when I bought my boat. The links below have all the info you'll need to make an informed and factual decision. It's been well documented that 4Ss get significantly better fuel economy at cruise than the etec, have MUCH better resale, are installed almost...

The Yamaha F150 has an excellent reputation for longevity. You'll never find any 2S outboard with this many hours on the original powerhead. Check out this testimonial. "I came from a background of family that used to commercial blue crab. The Yahama F150 are pretty much bullet proof. Have...

Still haven't got the guts to stay on topic, coward ! Keep right on showing everyone just how incredibly ignorant you are with your personal attacks, the only one you're hurting is yourself ! All they do is encourage me to supply more testimonials and facts which directly answer the OPs...

Your comments just proved for everyone to see that you can't disprove any of the testimonials or facts I've supplied and are a coward for not having the guts to stay on topic as well.

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What a truly assinine response that once again does NOT directly answer the OPs question for the simple reason that you have NOTHING to contribute so you once again go low class and make it personal. - Where are all your fuel tests and testimonials that show the etec gets better fuel economy...

Why do I provide facts ? Because the OP asked: "Has anyone heard good.... bad..... anything.... about the new Evinrude E-Tec motors should I get one? That answer your question ? I nor anyone else don't need your permission either. Your comments clearly demonstrate for everyone to see that you...

Funny but I don't recall the original posters question having anything to do with how your outdated engine is running. You see my responses directly answer his question and I don't waste my time with people like you who are so insecure they can't stand to hear anything critical said about...

Applying your thinking then what prevents Evinrude from offering the same, as you put it "huge incentives", to salt water boat builders to use only their engine then ? Absolutely nothing and they probably already have only to be rejected by those builders because their product is inferior to...

Here is yet another test that showed 4Ss get better fuel economy than the etec. Powerboat Reports magazine tested three identically rigged Wellcraft 232's CC's, one with a Verado 250 hp, a Yamaha F 250, and an e-tec 250. - At the most common cruising speed of 35 mph the Verado burned 11.6 gph...

Not according to this test comparing the etec 225 hp to Mercury's 225 hp Optimax. - At cruise, Mercurys 225 hp OptiMax Pro XS had 24% better mpg with 33 more miles of range than Evinrude E-TEC. - The Mercury OptiMax Pro XS had superior wide open throttle fuel economy vs. Yamaha HPDI VMAX and...

Now you're stooping to quote "popular mechanics magazine" as a definitive source of boating info ??? :<>< Wow, you're even more dated than I originally thought. Maybe you should listen to what the top sales manager and technical rep of Pro-Line boats said about which outboard engine they sold...

Wrong once again, from Wikipedia "In 1907, he ( Ole Evinrude ) invented the first practical and reliable outboard motor, which was built of steel and brass, and had a crank on the flywheel to start the two-cycle engine. In 1907 he had built his first gasoline-powered outboard motor, and two...

You etec zealots are so desperate you have to reach back 10 years to criticize Yamaha for a very small percentage of problem engines they made. And those comparitively few engines didn't drive Yamaha into bankruptcy the way the FICHT did for Evinrude. Matter of fact Yamaha has thrived since then...

As opposed to Evinrude and their FICHTengines that were a total failure and ended up putting the company into bankruptcy and screwed all its loyal customers.