Thread: I need advice for buying a fishing boat

Originally Posted by uk_exile

Then comes down to which brand is 'better'. My uneducated thought is buy Japanese so Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha over USA Mercury. But that could get argued forever! Ford vs Holden. What I have learnt that is real is the same hp outboards of different brands have different displacement, weight, gearing and prop options so a smaller hp X brand might actually perform better than Y brand on a particular hull.

I deliberately avoided commenting on that one! My mate is a proper boatie with 30 years bar crossing experience. He is currently running three boats with newish four stroke Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki outboards. Each has their pros/cons, but he is happy with all of them and when it came to building his latest boat, he just went with the best deal rather than a particular brand. For my own part, when I finally decided on the boat that I wanted, I could have any brand of outboard as long as it was Mercury. I wasn't thrilled about this, but 2.5 years later and no complaints. Fuel efficiency is good.