Opinions on the new Mercury 300 v8 outboard

[Captain PartyMarty]

My 2020 200HP Merc Seaspros have been awesome and when I did have an issue Merc made it right at no cost to me. I only wish would be that they spend a bit of R&D time on improving the cowling trim switch. I have had both fail on both motors and it it sucks that they fail on

 

[A-a-Ron]

I’m nothing but happy with my ‘23 Merc 250hp, 450 hours in. Sounds like it isn’t even trying at cruise (4000RPM, 30mph).

 

[Tater]

Glad to hear you're having good luck with them. Is any one running the new verados with a sea star power steering pump instead of the mercury pump? Spoke with a few shops and I guess this is a common thing. Tempted to buy the 300 verados and run the sea star pump.