8 4 C a n a d i a n Y a c h t i n g F E B r u A r y 2 0 18P O W E R R E V IE W | F O U R W IN N S H 2 9 0 O B
E x c itin g N e w
M o d e l fo r 2 0 1 8
B y A n d y A d a m s
T h e F o u r W in n s H 2 9 0 O B c o m b in e s tw o o f th e m o st p o p u -
la r n e w b ig b o a t tre n d s to c o m e u p w ith a g re a t n e w 3 0 fo o t-
e r. It’s a lu x u rio u s a n d sp a c io u s d e e p -V d a y b o a t th a t c a n
h a n d le b ig w a te r a n d b ig g ro u p s, a n d it’s p o w e re d b y o u t-
b o a rd s. In th is c a se , tw o M e rc u ry V e ra d o 3 0 0 s g iv e s th is b o a t
6 0 0 h p o f silk y sm o o th , re a d y to ru n p o w e r.
T h e H 2 9 0 h a s b e e n a v a ila b le fo r th e p a st th re e se a so n s a s
a tw in -e n g in e ste rn d riv e p o w e re d b o a t, b u t th e o u tb o a rd v e r-
sio n is b ra n d -n e w a n d it’s a h o m e ru n fo r su re!
T h e M e rc u ry V e ra d o s a re n o w v e ry w e ll p ro v e n p e rfo rm -
e rs in fre sh o r sa lt w a te r.
T h e V e ra d o d e b u te d in 2 0 0 4 a n d th e V e ra d o lin e h a s
n o w e x p a n d e d to c o v e r 1 7 5 h o rse p o w e r a ll th e w a y u p to
3 5 0. T h e 3 0 0 V e ra d o s o n th e te st b o a t a re su p e rc h a rg e d 2 .6
L in -lin e six c y lin d e r e n g in e s w ith m u lti p o in t e le c tro n ic
fu e l in je c tio n. T h e y a re d e sig n e d to re v to 6 ,4 0 0 rp m.
E x te n siv e u se o f se n so rs a n d c o m p u te r e n g in e m a n a g e m e n t
m a k e th is p e rh a p s th e m o st so p h istic a te d o u tb o a rd e n g in e
o n th e m a rk e t.
T h e V e ra d o s a lso c a n b e e q u ip p e d w ith e le c tro n ic p o w e r
ste e rin g th a t a llo w s jo y stic k d o c k in g a s w e ll a s sk y h o o k sta -
tio n k e e p in g fe a tu re s a n d m o re. T h e c h a n g e to o u tb o a rd s h a s
re a lly g iv e n th e F o u r W in n s H 2 9 0 O B im p re ssiv e p e rfo rm -
a n c e b u t th e re ’s m o re to it th a n ju st th a t.
In th e ste rn d riv e v e rsio n o f th e F o u r W in n s H 2 9 0 , tw in
in b o a rd -m o u n te d e n g in e s w e ig h c o n sid e ra b ly m o re th a n th e
o u tb o a rd s p lu s, w ith th e V e ra d o s m o u n te d o n th e tra n so m ,
y o u a re n o w le ft w ith a c a v e rn o u s sto ra g e a re a w h e re th e tw in
in b o a rd e n g in e s u se d to liv e. W h a t to d o?
B rin g a ll so rts o f c a rg o ; sc u b a ta n k s, fo ld in g b ic y c le s,
to w a b le d e v ic e s, w a k e b o a rd ’s a n d m o re. Im a g in e th e fu n
y o u c a n h a v e!
T h is ty p e o f b ig d a y b o a t h a s re a lly c o m e o n stro n g in th e
m a rk e tp la c e re c e n tly. It’s p a rtic u la rly w e ll-su ite d to m a rin a s