Mercury Racing 500R Launch Event and on the Water Testing in Charleston South Carolina.

A 50th anniversary party and the new V8 supercharged 500R were celebrated on June 14th. This video shows event highlights, test boats and a run in the Performance 360 catamaran with twin 500R.
The 500R is the new standard in high HP outboards, with incredible features including internal engine updates, a newly designed mid section "advanced racing core", and two new gearcases called R Drive and R Drive Sport built for 500+ horsepower, featuring a 1.5" prop shaft. Humidity calibration, a 6600 RPM range and more.
Built for the ultra high performance sport catamaran market and the performance center console market, the 500R can be configured to work in many applications where 80+ MPH or 100+ MPH is the operating speed. 20" to 35" shaft lengths are available for any multiengine configuration.
R Drive has a changeable nose cap for maximizing water intake, left or right camber for offsetting steering torque. The R Drive Sport has a longer skeg designed for 100+ MPH and a cambered skeg option for single engine use.
MTI, Fountain, DCB, Nor-Tech, Mystic
Jared Powell
Music credit:
The Getaway (free license)
Accelerated - Miami Nights (permission)

[@Mach11976]

Dad built Mach 1 and Envision boats in Monmouth Illinois for 38 years. Merc engine's were our bread and butter. He was with them since the Sea Star days before he bought the company. I have been blessed to have known Cotton Sims from Mercury racing and learned many things. Great video, brought back some great memories of Dad. Thanks

[@1972mdc]

More engine sound less YT soundtrack :) Or have them put on some Tom Petty learning to fly and send it

[@deckert618]

500?! What!???!! I remember when the 175 Black Max was groundbreaking...damn, I'm old!

[@jaredpowell4108]

Still a classic though

[@deckert618]

@@jaredpowell4108 Damn straight! The sounds of those classic V6 Twisters howling across the lake is the music of my youth

[@MajTom-wd2yt]

@@jaredpowell4108 Old? How about a 115 'Tower of Power" on a 16' Chrysler Conqueror. Still at it after all these years...2013 Allison GSE with a 200xs ROS gen2. Fly safe all.

[@PeterNewton-pz4nu]

I had twin 175 Black Max on a 23 Robalo, what a awesome boat that was

[@PeterNewton-pz4nu]

Mercury has come a long way

[@Mach11976]

My father built Mach 1 and Envision boats for 36 years in Monmouth Illinois. In 1986 we designed, prototyped and built this hull for a low profile,go fast cabin boat. He brought in Cotton Sims from Mercury Racing to put the boat through sea trials, Merc Racing is the best in the business and taught me everything I know from way back when. It's great to see there still kicking ass.

[@sean7193]

what kind of speed were you guys getting back then in a similar design?

[@Mach11976]

@@sean7193 27 foot, hand laid up hull. Plywood back in the day floor and stringers, 2 and a quarter inch transom. Mid-Heavy range boat. 63-67mph on Radar if I remember right. Now I'm biased because we built pretty decent boats for that time range. Learned a hell of a lot from a great group of prototype people about old school boat hulls. Truly miss it.

[@Mach11976]

@@sean7193 We only built I/Os, but at one point in the late 80s Armstrong OB Brackets approached my dad about mounting O/BS. At that time I was working on Line Boats on the Mississippi River, but I'm sure it was done because my dad went to college with one of the engineers who designed the brackets.

[@44skillet]

Seen this boat being hauled in Illinois at the 270 & route 3 interchange. Boy was it pretty

[@AnthonySStv]

Awesome… thx Jared 👍

[@MajTom-wd2yt]

Love the content...ditch the music.

[@jaredpowell4108]

Thanks Tom, sometimes because the wind noise, it's hard to get the audio right so we put some background music. I try not to when possible.

[@espermeadows1882]

Love the music 🤘

[@uchiwa358]

that music goes perfectlt

[@ararapoly]

Good job !

[@BboatSspecialists]

It sounds good

[@MnDan]

Sad the the maker of this video played music over the newest outboard racing engine noise..Cmon man.

[@vehiculemagazine]

we where on a bahama 4o something with 4 of these on it good cruising speed of 60 knots

[@Robert-mn8gc]

Stuff the Music 🎶 🎵 We want 2 hear those Mercury 500's screaming. Re do the Test Again please

[@bcroft68bc]

I’d like to put one of those on my Tracker Pro 170. 😂😂

[@MrMercurymark]

Cadê o som dos motores???

[@900stx7]

Is that New Orleans ? The tall round building near the water looks familiar.

[@jaredpowell4108]

I think the location is in the title

[@900stx7]

​@@jaredpowell4108👍

[@vehiculemagazine]

ps the loose the elevator music

[@ararapoly]

What was the top speed ?

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

Should do about 130 to 135

[@TheRubiconRacer]

New engine that every one wants to see and hear a hole shot. Plays awful music over it. 👌

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

It was mostly wind noise. Hole shot? Lol

[@TheRubiconRacer]

@@WavetoWaveBoats hole shot you know the boat taking off or accelerating, you don’t get alot of wind noise when you are taking off. I get it at wot the wind being loud. It’s your video so you will do as you please and that’s fine just know most would rather hear even the wind over music..

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

@@TheRubiconRacer Ya, I know what hole shot is, but with no external mic, windy day and quiet engines it wouldn't be that interesting. Plus it's spinning 37 or 38" cleavers, that can slip and ventilate when planing, so "hole shot" isn't amazing. I just think it's a funny term. Bass boat guys use it.

[@davidheitman7004]

use it on a smaller boat!

[@stephen00135]

Want to hear WOT NOT MUSIC

[@user-xt8es5nj4n]

cant evwn hear the motors

[@user-fo3qn8ox3m]

Всего 500 а воплей как будто севен марин 627 обошли.

[@bobwilson758]

Waiting for the dreaded “ Blow - over “ O Dear !

[@earlludwig3614]

Music on a performance engine video? Pass.

[@dougg1075]

It’s only piles of money

[@angelsantiago7905]

Thanks for the unnecessary song. Next time put a mic next to the engines

[@bcltoys]

They are pricing most people out of boating.

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

Don't understand the comment. There are affordable outboards and boats on the market. This is a custom boat with the most powerful outboards Mercury Racing makes, it's not for most people.

[@bcltoys]

@@WavetoWaveBoats Having worked for a Mercury/Mercruiser dealer for 26 years and never owning my own boat because boats where always to expensive for me knowing what they cost to run and maintain.

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

@@bcltoys Some boats are really inexpensive

[@boatlover2296]

I have been in the yachting industry for decades. Things are getting crazy, not only the cost of purchase and the maintenance costs. People that don’t have a clue on how to operate a vessel at the speeds they are capable of now, and are truly putting themselves and the innocent people around them at risk.

[@cwb2992]

Not everyone needs or can afford a 1000 hp 100+ mph cat. Luckily, they don't have to as their are other and cheaper options available.

[@aj06bolt12r]

To heavy, too expensive, yawn. How many different luxury yacht outboards do we need from Merc?

[@Puzkajuzzi]

Too heavy??? Name an outboard that has better power/weight ratio, i'll wait... And second of all this is Mercurys flagship model currently, how could you even expect it to be cheap?

[@aj06bolt12r]

@@Puzkajuzzi Too heavy and too expensive for anyone with a normal boat. Like I said how many different flavors of luxury yacht engines do we need from one company? Not everyone wants a boat that can float multiple 750lb engines and they already have several of those to choose from.. Can they not build us a 250hp engine with solid mounts, high rpm limit, sportmaster lower unit and a warranty that weighs about 420lbs? They have nothing for the 18-20ft performance boat crowd whatsoever, they just keep churning out "new" models of super heavy yacht engines 400, 450, 500, I think there is a 600 or something... Is anyone even going to notice a 50hp difference on a boat that huge? I bet not.

[@Puzkajuzzi]

@@aj06bolt12r I don't think it is quite possible to build a 4-stroke outboard that has that much power and weight that low, atleast one that would be reliable and come with a warranty. However no other outboard manufacturers make such an engine either. It is a shame they don't make 2-strokes no more, i've heard good things from 200xs and 300xs optimaxes, powerful and very lightweight. On my 500kg boat I am running an old 225 Yamaha that weighs 190kg, burns gas a lot but still not worth upgrading to a modern one because there isn't really any options out there. Same power would be too heavy and same weight would be too powerless. So yeah I suppose you are right.

[@aj06bolt12r]

@@Puzkajuzzi I think its certainly possible... Probably just not projected to be as profitable for mother Merc.. Although like you said, noone else is making a suitable engine for boats like ours.. so if Merc did they would have the entire market to themselves.. But no... next year they will come out with an 800lb 550hp and everyone will do cartwheels for some reason.

[@jaredpowell4108]

​@@aj06bolt12rIt's not for a normal boat. Merc makes lots of engines for normal boats

[@trusoljia87mrjcazz76]

Boating had turned into a boring ass day with these guys lol

[@trusoljia87mrjcazz76]

Gay  @GT-mn3bx1 year ago I got a regular style STV with a 2.5 300 Drag at 127 on my Stalker Radar gun in 1997 maybe. Pretty heavy boat with interior for 5. 34 Mazco cleaver if I remember right. I got the DCB owner in 93 or so with what was then the 2.5 SS(Prior to the Drag moniker) at 134 in a 19 Daytona a new stepped bottom when he was still rigging Eliminators and just came out with the DCB Mach 22. Id rather have a 3.3 liter 300x or an omc v8 300 with sportmaster lower

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

Those would be slow on this boat, not enough torque. This will run 135+. It's cruising at 115 MPH.