Thanks for the replies, but they are just based on opinions. I would really like to hear from someone who has actually ran the boat in the ocean. Im not trying to sound mean, hopefully it doesn't come across that way. Appreciate the opinions, I was really second guessing the performance until I rode in the boat. It is performs that good in the ocean with some slop then I will be a true believer.
I have been in the bay on the sea hunt with about a full tank of fuel and 3 people, and when running 4600rpm was burning about 17 gallons per hour, so the I couldn't second guess the Yamaha performance bulletins. The sea hunt will do over 50 mph with the twin 150s.
But would I rather pay 30-40k more the a 25 Regulator? That's what I have been thinking about for a while.
Sea hunt tested at 6355 lbs with twin 150s
28.4 mph at 2.81 mpg and 52.3 mph top speed
http://yamahaoutboards.com/sites/def...-23-10_occ.pdf
New regulator 25 tested at 9070 with twin 200's
31.2 mph at 2.01 mpg and 50.6 mpg
http://yamahaoutboards.com/sites/def...-07-19_OCC.pdf
