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re: Why is it that saltwater guys hate mercury

Posted on 6/19/13 at 5:29 am to
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34650 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 5:29 am to
quote:

just stopped on us out of the blue...


Merc threw a rod and seized on us in Timbalier Bay. The best thing I can say about a Merc is at least it isn't an OMC...
Posted by Howard Juneau
Cocodrie, LA
Member since Nov 2007
2226 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 5:54 am to
I have owned several mercury outboards on saltwater boats. I currently have three Yamahas (two F250s and a F60).

I will never own anything but a Yamaha. Look at what every single person has that is out there every day for a living: Yamaha. I don't know if I've ever seen a charter captain or a work boat with anything other than Yamahas... At least in Louisiana.

Most of this is a history of quality and reliability, but what hasn't been said here is how much better the Yamaha mechanics on the coast are than the mercury mechanics.

I would put the guy at Outcast Marine up against any Yamaha mechanic in the south. There's not a mercury equivalent.
This post was edited on 6/19/13 at 6:14 am
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