Any boaters here?

[WuzzaCBXRider]

I was watching the Deadliest Catch and some of them are fishing near the coast of Louisiana in the off season. I noticed that one of their much smaller boats was running four Mercury outboards marked 350. I looked them up and was shocked to see that they’re 2.6 liter 350 hp supercharged 24 valve inline sixes that weigh 668 pounds each! Seems unreal to me that a smallish boat can handle over 2,600 pounds hanging off the transom with a combined 1,400 hp.

 

[jtwrace]

I am. Composites have come a very long way as has the actual understanding of how to use all the tools such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) & Finite Element Analysis (FEA). All the go fast boats such as the Nor-Tech, Blackwater, Mystic, Sunsation etc are very advanced. Even some small 18' 500 lb bay boats are full carbon/kevlar will run up to a 150hp Zuke, Merc or Yamaha.

If you ever want to be surprised I suggest you attend the FLIBS event once per year down here in Florida. It's the largest boat show in the world with $5B+ in boats. I can promise you that you've never seen so many boats of all sizes in one place including super yachts.

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show | Luxury Yachts | Boats | Fort Lauderdale, FL

www.flibs.com

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

This shot shows how small the boats are to have 1,400 hp out of

four outboards. It’s not very big. Its kinda blurry. Might have four 250s. Couldn’t find a shot of the boat from the show.

 

[jtwrace]

That's nothing. There are go fast with (5) 600's and those are over 1k lbs each. Also should mention they're $80k each.

Verado 600hp | Mercury Marine

 

[Bumblebee]

My next oldest brother used to design and build fiberglas boats...he built a few really cool boats that ended up in Florida...they were all in boards though...


That sure is a lot of outboards to be put on there...they must have some serious structure to support them.

 

[mabupa]

I was watching the Deadliest Catch and some of them are fishing near the coast of Louisiana in the off season. I noticed that one of their much smaller boats was running four Mercury outboards marked 350. I looked them up and was shocked to see that they’re 2.6 liter 350 hp supercharged 24 valve inline sixes that weigh 668 pounds each! Seems unreal to me that a smallish boat can handle over 2,600 pounds hanging off the transom with a combined 1,400 hp.

I’m not a boater guy, but when I lived down in Miami I used to see all those bada$$ boats and wondered how in the world did they sync all those motors to operate together and keep things balanced when they pinned the throttle.