kaydano
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No intention of making a guy feel bad about his purchase of a boat.
Motor maybe... Kidding.
A 115 is just fine if you don't plan to pull tubes. I've had people ski and knee board behind my 115. It's plenty for that (2 skis anyway). Tubing is not exciting though. If tubing isn't something you plan to do, then a 115 is better than 90 is better than 60 is better than 20 etc. Get the biggest you can afford, whether that's a 90 or a 115, doesn't matter. Go as big as you can swing.
But having a salesman say a 115 will outperform a 150 at any point on the power curve is just plain silly. Would Mercury intentionally run their own 150 product line out of business? I don't think so. My first day with my 150 felt like there were two 115s on the back of my boat. Night and day difference. So, this is something I'd have to witness personally before I'd believe it. Even then I'd be suspicious of Link or Andy or Jared trying to trick me because they know my 115 story.
But again, no intention of making anyone feel bad they bought, or have, a 115. The only downside to the 115 is kids will be bored tubing, if not embarrassed in front of their friends, and they won't want to go boating. Ask me how I know. It will be exciting the first couple times they go tubing, but after that it gets real boring real quick. If tubing isn't on your radar, there's nothing at all wrong with a 115.
There is something wrong with that salesman though. Was he new???
Motor maybe... Kidding.
A 115 is just fine if you don't plan to pull tubes. I've had people ski and knee board behind my 115. It's plenty for that (2 skis anyway). Tubing is not exciting though. If tubing isn't something you plan to do, then a 115 is better than 90 is better than 60 is better than 20 etc. Get the biggest you can afford, whether that's a 90 or a 115, doesn't matter. Go as big as you can swing.
But having a salesman say a 115 will outperform a 150 at any point on the power curve is just plain silly. Would Mercury intentionally run their own 150 product line out of business? I don't think so. My first day with my 150 felt like there were two 115s on the back of my boat. Night and day difference. So, this is something I'd have to witness personally before I'd believe it. Even then I'd be suspicious of Link or Andy or Jared trying to trick me because they know my 115 story.
But again, no intention of making anyone feel bad they bought, or have, a 115. The only downside to the 115 is kids will be bored tubing, if not embarrassed in front of their friends, and they won't want to go boating. Ask me how I know. It will be exciting the first couple times they go tubing, but after that it gets real boring real quick. If tubing isn't on your radar, there's nothing at all wrong with a 115.
There is something wrong with that salesman though. Was he new???
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