DAMN! I’m not a big Contender fan but this one is a straight up big Merc BEAST!

Beautiful boat. I love how each 500r outboard is only 720lbs. approx 40% lighter than the mercury 600 at over 1200lbs!

@CenterConsolesOnly

6 күн бұрын

We agree!

now this is a boat!!

@CenterConsolesOnly

6 күн бұрын

We agree!

It’s funny no one ever comments on how much fuel these outboards burn, most people would be surprised to hear this boat burns nearly 200 GPH at wide open, I’m sure your burning 100-120 an hour at cruise….

@Fljeep18

6 күн бұрын

Wow so only 3 hours at WOT and you’re empty that sucks. 6 hours at cruising speed.

Price ?

56 kts

how do you afford a boat like that as a charter boat?

72 MPH

That boat needs a Seakeeper 6, not a 3

@CenterConsolesOnly

6 күн бұрын

The 3 does a great job with it. Seakeeper came out with the 4 that would actually be perfect for this boat but we already hade the 3 Installed on it.

82 mph

I'd rather have the dependability of XTOs over the speed of R's.

@charlieodom9107

8 күн бұрын

It is a weight thing, not a power thing. XTOs would be too heavy.

@chris_bjj123

8 күн бұрын

@@charlieodom9107 too heavy for what? Quad 450 XTOs is an option on the 44.

@charlieodom9107

8 күн бұрын

@@chris_bjj123 thexboat performs like shit with those motors. They are too heavy.

@chris_bjj123

8 күн бұрын

@@charlieodom9107 🤣

@charlieodom9107

7 күн бұрын

@chris_bjj123 what is so funny? Have you been on one of these boats to see how it performs with different engines?

Fishing People Care About Mileage........these 3+engine boats dont make sense to me......they are awesome......but just dont make sense economically

how much fucking money does a fishing charter make to afford 1.5m boat ?? i dont understand

@Smokeyr67

9 күн бұрын

Well, they aren't paying full price, so maybe not $1.5 m, but just to cover the fuel cost for a days charter wouldn't be cheap 😢

@TheVonMatrices

9 күн бұрын

I was wondering the same thing and came to the conclusion that there is no way it can pay itself back through charter fees and it was never intended to. You don't need a boat this extravagant to run a charter business. I'm sure this is one of those situations where the person only needed a normal charter boat but then pimps out the boat and milks the tax law by calling it all a "business expense." Like, no one is going to pay 50% more for a charter because it has 500hp outboards but you can be sure that the business will still claim tax deductions for the engine upgrade cost.

@christopherkeith5254

5 күн бұрын

Charters can be expensive. You could probably run 4-5 charters a month and that pays for the boat and fuel. Also, keep in mind that you dont just go out and buy a 1.5 million dollar boat. You start small and build up. Maybe you start on a 150k boat.

@zackriden79

5 күн бұрын

@@christopherkeith5254 this boat is 400g do some math on how much charter fishing has to cost the most expensive charters are sport fishers and this boats equal coast as a sport fisher and this boat burns more fuel

Finally a contender w/o Yamaha engines

@seangreene64

8 күн бұрын

Finally a contender that won’t be reliable

@mosquitofleetfishing6599

8 күн бұрын

@@seangreene64 as someone who went through 3 Yamaha power heads in 4 months, I disagree. I don’t endorse the 500r to be anything other than cool and powerful, but beats a Yamaha.

@charlieodom9107

8 күн бұрын

​@mosquitofleetfishing6599 the maintenance on the 400r, 450r, and 500r is absolutely retarded. The seapro motors are much more reliable and easier to maintain. Hell, even the XS motors are better.

@winstonzeb2842

6 күн бұрын

Yamaha makes it an absolute pain in the ass for boat builders to get their engines unless they are a super high volume conglomerate builder or the boat builder does some sort of exclusivity deal.

seems like experienced captains don’t like the joystick is it a machismo thing?

@bubbleobill267

9 күн бұрын

If you know how to run a boat they’re not really needed.

@blakemiller748

9 күн бұрын

A joystick isn’t necessary, but worth its weight in gold for the additional features such as skyhook (Merc) or the Yamaha fishpoint which holds position. The fishpoint is truly a set and forget system

@GulfSoftwash

8 күн бұрын

@@bubbleobill267idk why this is so hard for people to understand. It’s so simple.

@GulfSoftwash

8 күн бұрын

@@blakemiller748yeah and your lower units will be changed once a year if you’re holding over wrecks or reefs. Absolute wear and tear on them. Professional captains don’t need it. It’s for weekend warriors and people who don’t know how to run a boat.

@blakemiller748

8 күн бұрын

@@GulfSoftwash you’ve never seen the Yamaha fish point. It keeps the stern into the current so the boat is just in reverse with minimal turns. Go actually fish on one