Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:

It started last night at 10:00 p.m. when a strange truck pulled up in front
of my house. It was bizarre, because I never heard it coming. One minute,
all was quiet, the next, there was a fierce Cat in my front yard, poised and
ready to strike!!!

It was MY Fast Cat C20, rigged and ready to go!

Even though I've been fishing for the past month from a loaner boat, it was
the original prototype hull, and bears little resemblance to the current
generation Fast Cat.

This morning, after a sleepless night, I finally got Jason, the Cat salesman
who delivered the boat from Miami up and some coffee in him. Off we went to
the lake.

Firing up the Merc 250XS, I was pleased to hear that while the motor was
quieter than my old outboard, it still has some of that high performance
snarl.

Easing away from the dock, I turned on the Lowrance LCX26C HD, slipped under
a railroad bridge and dropped the hammer! The boat jumped up on plane and
we were off...

Because the motor has less than 3 hours, it wouldn't turn the rpm's that it
will once broken in, but we still managed a respectable 76.6 mph. I can't
wait until it breaks in.


The Merc 250XS might be different than other motors, but aren't you
supposed to vary the speed and avoid WOT during the break in period?
From what you wrote, it seems like this motor can run at full speed
while it breaks itself in.

Dan