Waterwolf2230
Well-Known Member
Well I am back from my first trip of the year and first test run in my new RH boat. I figured I'd share my initial thoughts on how the G2's performed and give a bit of context to their fuel efficiency as compared to the other boats in our group. I was previously a Mercury owner 150 Fourstroke. I wasn't super impressed with my Merc. The powerhead failed under warranty after only about 3 weeks. It didn't leave me with a lot of confidence going forward.
Anyway, my decision to go with the G2's were several. First and foremost was the 10 year warranty that they were offering. That alone made it hard to look elsewhere, second was the alleged fuel efficiency, 3 was watching a video comparison from Boattest.com where they had a 200 Yammy and a 150 G2 on the back of a large center console. The Yammy could not get the boat on plane and as a result could only plow 10mph. The G2 even though it was 50 less HP was able to quickly plane the boat and it his a top speed around 35mph. 4 was the fact that there is absolutely NO dealer scheduled maintenance for 5 years or 500hrs. No changing the leg oil every year, not costly 10hrs service. For me that was huge. Lastly I definitely liked the look of them.
As for specs my boat is a 26' RH Seahawk Pro Walkthrough (28' overall) with twin Evinrude G2 - 225HO's. (Max HP for that boat). It was loaded with gear, 4 large men and 450L of fuel. I figure it weighed in around 8500lbs at least.
We fished hard for 4.5 days making the run from Zeballos to Flynn's Cove and put on about 220 nm in those days. I also backtrolled almost all day while jigging. The seas were rough with good size swells and constant wind. I ended up using a total of 300 litres of fuel. I had anticipated on using way more. As for the oil, after 4.5 days of fishing it was still registering full on one and 3/4 on the other (which I used for backtrolling). This was also the break in period when it uses nearly double the oil. Again, I had anticipated way more oil burn. On another note, there is no scheduled break in period, its all done internally.
In our group there was a 27' Larson with a 300 Yammy which was burning 200+ litres/day and a 20' Trophy with a 200 Yammy which was burning about 150 litres/day.
At this point I can say that I'm super happy with the performance. The torque on thos engines is ridiculous and the hole shot is almost instantaneous. It cruises at 28mph@3000rpm burning approximatley 8 gallons/hr. The top speed loaded with fuel etc was 58mph. I also tested with 1 motor up and could easily plane with the single 225 and reached a top speed of 45mph. It also trolled beautifully by using the digital throttle/rpm gauge. It idles in gear at 500 and can adjust in increments of 50 up to 750rpm. My troll speed was between 1.9 and 3.5 from low to high which seems perfect for the type of trolling I do.
Some of the other incidentals that I likes was the ease at which you can flush the motor and how the motor tilts a full 90 degrees having everything out of the water.
Anyway, I know that many of you are super brand loyal to Yamaha but with the cost of fuel being what it is right now I thought I'd share how impressed I am so far with these. Hard to argue that kind of fuel consumption with 87 octane regular fuel. If you are looking at a repower, I'd definitely consider them...
Cheers,
WW
Anyway, my decision to go with the G2's were several. First and foremost was the 10 year warranty that they were offering. That alone made it hard to look elsewhere, second was the alleged fuel efficiency, 3 was watching a video comparison from Boattest.com where they had a 200 Yammy and a 150 G2 on the back of a large center console. The Yammy could not get the boat on plane and as a result could only plow 10mph. The G2 even though it was 50 less HP was able to quickly plane the boat and it his a top speed around 35mph. 4 was the fact that there is absolutely NO dealer scheduled maintenance for 5 years or 500hrs. No changing the leg oil every year, not costly 10hrs service. For me that was huge. Lastly I definitely liked the look of them.
As for specs my boat is a 26' RH Seahawk Pro Walkthrough (28' overall) with twin Evinrude G2 - 225HO's. (Max HP for that boat). It was loaded with gear, 4 large men and 450L of fuel. I figure it weighed in around 8500lbs at least.
We fished hard for 4.5 days making the run from Zeballos to Flynn's Cove and put on about 220 nm in those days. I also backtrolled almost all day while jigging. The seas were rough with good size swells and constant wind. I ended up using a total of 300 litres of fuel. I had anticipated on using way more. As for the oil, after 4.5 days of fishing it was still registering full on one and 3/4 on the other (which I used for backtrolling). This was also the break in period when it uses nearly double the oil. Again, I had anticipated way more oil burn. On another note, there is no scheduled break in period, its all done internally.
In our group there was a 27' Larson with a 300 Yammy which was burning 200+ litres/day and a 20' Trophy with a 200 Yammy which was burning about 150 litres/day.
At this point I can say that I'm super happy with the performance. The torque on thos engines is ridiculous and the hole shot is almost instantaneous. It cruises at 28mph@3000rpm burning approximatley 8 gallons/hr. The top speed loaded with fuel etc was 58mph. I also tested with 1 motor up and could easily plane with the single 225 and reached a top speed of 45mph. It also trolled beautifully by using the digital throttle/rpm gauge. It idles in gear at 500 and can adjust in increments of 50 up to 750rpm. My troll speed was between 1.9 and 3.5 from low to high which seems perfect for the type of trolling I do.
Some of the other incidentals that I likes was the ease at which you can flush the motor and how the motor tilts a full 90 degrees having everything out of the water.
Anyway, I know that many of you are super brand loyal to Yamaha but with the cost of fuel being what it is right now I thought I'd share how impressed I am so far with these. Hard to argue that kind of fuel consumption with 87 octane regular fuel. If you are looking at a repower, I'd definitely consider them...
Cheers,
WW
