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Anyone have any experience with either or these boats, specifically the ride, and the usual stuff. I plan on Twin F225 Yamaha's for both.
The F250 weigh the same as the F225 (< 10 pounds difference) and produce much more than the apparent 25 HP difference. The performance and ride on a 2660 with F250s is hard to beat ... but I have not rode a Mako.
Your very right, the only reason i wrote it like that was with the mako twin 225's are the biggest you can run based on the boats horse power rating. The sailfish will accept the 250's.
I’ve been looking at boats in that price range for a while now and have come to the conclusion that the Sailfish is by far the most boat for the buck. The Mako has kinda taken a hit in the reputation dept lately. Do a search on here for both boats and see what others have to say.
i just bought a 2007 266 with f250s and it is bad to the bone i only go three hours on the engines because i just recevied the boat this past weekend. i done the break in period on it and traveled 30 miles and burned 13 gallons i had a full tank of gas. i cruised most of the day in the mid 30s . at the end of the day i got on it a little more a saw 51 mph at 5000 rpms it felt like it was only at 3 quarter throttle. it rides awesome.
never been on a sailfish, but they appear to be ncicely laid out. I think that the bad rap Mako has taken is not deserved - from my experiences - they seem to care and the facory has reached out to me as an owner. If i have a ? I have an answer in less than 24 hours. The boat has performed well
I own a 2360 Sail and I love it. I have run a 26 Mako and cant say enough about how dry and smooth it was. I was raised with Mako and cant say a word bad about them. Having run both boats in very ruff conditions I would have to give the nod to the sail in a head sea with chop and overall ride quality but, the Mako for being a tank and built like a brick... Always will be a special place for Mako!
butlerbay27,
I'm looking at a 266 but with 150s.
From what I've been reading, there is not much diff in performance from 150s to 250s other than speed, but you sacrifice a lot more fuel.
Do you think you made the right choice with the 250s, or if you saved $6000-8000 (at least) you would have bought the 150s ?
thx
butlerbay27,
I'm looking at a 266 but with 150s.
From what I've been reading, there is not much diff in performance from 150s to 250s other than speed, but you sacrifice a lot more fuel.
Do you think you made the right choice with the 250s, or if you saved $6000-8000 (at least) you would have bought the 150s ?
thx
Look at Yamahas performance bulletin. Not any difference in fuel at the same speeds. After having ridden in BOTH. I would still get the 250s. Loaded for bear, it still jumps on plane easily. Plus, I can plane (at 35 mph to boot) with one engine.
__________________ Everglades 290 Pilot
15' Whaler, 1976
I just got my 2660CC home last week and all I can say is awesome. I love this boat. The Mako is one of the other boats that I looked at and took a ride in. There is a difference in the ride. It’s not a huge difference but Sailfish is a better ride especially in 2’-3’ chop. I didn’t get the opportunity to run the Mako in anything bigger than that but the Sailfish was very impressive in the bigger stuff (3’-5’ offshore). I think that the biggest thing that put me off to the Mako was when I looked inside of unfinished areas and saw all of the fiberglass sticking out all over the place and spots that didn’t even get paint on them. If you ever had to do any work in the aft bilge area your arms would get all scratched up. I also figured that if the workmanship was that bad in this area what was the quality of everything else? This was kinda disappointing for me because I spent a lot of days off shore with my Dad on a Mako and that was a great boat.
I researched for over a year and looked at every boat in this price range including used high end boats and every time I kept coming back to the Sailfish. I looked at ride, performance, quality, fit/finish, resale value, factory support, lay out, range, economics of operation and owner satisfaction. I am very happy with the decision that I made.
Sailfish 2660 cc vs Mako 264 cc 
