Full Details On The Manitou Pontoon BRP Rotax 150 Outboard

Check out the @Manitoupontoonboats all new Rotax 150 outbord motor. Available at @NielsenEnterprise this all new boat is nothing short of amazing!

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[carltrano]

They call it ghost for good reason when you’re on your third warranty claim for water intrusion that’s what BRP is going to do . ghost you.

[Maynardd]

Seems a little scary that 1/3 of that motor is going to be underwater at all times

[Holeysnappers]

3 cylinder 150 2 stroke that sits underwater... What could go wrong?

[joeythedime]

It's interesting but BPR really left us E-Tec owners out in wind. I purchased a new Boston Whaler 210 Montauk in 2016. I swapped out and upgraded the factory mounted Mercury 150HP outboard for a new 2016 200HO G2 E-Tec. Now my E-Tec needs about $5k worth of out of warranty work, but the parts just are not available, and the dealer support is almost none existent, so I am considering spending another $25k to repower with a 200HP Yamaha. So much for being loyal to Evinrude and BPR. My experience makes hard to imagine BRP will support the Rotax engine in the long haul.

[omcbob]

"The motor cover is completely watertight. It even has an air pressure pump and a bilge pump under the cover". Give us an update in a couple years and let us know how this piece of crap works out for you.

[BillPetrie-tsps]

A fine example of a solution looking for a problem.

[mrtwister]

Instead of the motor going the way of the G2 as a pos. Now it will be the whole boat. This thing is a joke.

[jonalexanderson]

I can't even finish watching this. BRP gave up on Evinrude too soon. They could have done what Mercury did with the big power motors and survived. This design is as bad as the old OMC outdrive. History will not be kind to this. Sorry.

[ChristopherBalish]

Great explanation. Answered a lot of my questions. Great host. Knowledgeable. Authentic. Very well done. More videos please.

[stevejones]

Just google omc sea drive. This is the same idea but worse. So what happens when you dock your boat for a week and you have dead battery and you have a slow water leak in the engine?

[greenbaypackerfan]

Timmy is fishing off the deck when daddy trims the motor up Timmy falls into boat breaks

[DaveJohnston-qv]

Every engineer who designs new marine related products should have to be a licensed marine mechanic with 4 or 5 years experience prior to getting to design new products. What seems like a "revolutionary new design" on paper may turn out to be an absolute nightmare in real world applications.

[locker]

I'm gonna give them a break. It's crazy weird but I like Rotax. The sunken engine compartment is wild but I'm interested to see what becomes of it. It would be great to see Rotax come out with a conventional outboard.

[tomvancil]

Hmmm, I’m going bet these things come back in droves for warranty issues with water intrusion resulting in total engine lose. The engineers know this that’s why they added other systems to counter it. What happen if the battery goes dead and the bulge pumps stops working? You hit a dead head floating and crack that plastic cover?

[sammyold]

Its the outboard equivalent to the titan submersible

[riteshpahladsingh]

It's basically a Evinrude E-tec mounted horizontally.

[guyincognito]

All that added risk for a tiny bit more deck space? That will be a whole lot of nope from me on that one.

[todayontheinternet]

It's waterproof...until it's not, thanks BPR.

[Redbird]

Yea they want the extra deck space which is nice don’t get me wrong but if your at the beach and your boat is beached your motor is gonna be trimmed out of the water so that’s completely impractical this is essentially an outboard trying to be an I/Oi can’t believe BRP gave up Evinrude for this but the one positive I have for this motor is that it gives you the ability as a pontoon owner it’s gives you the benefit of both a stern drive and an outboard it would be nice for a day out in the lake where your not beached at the sandbar

[lukecyphers]

So this video's been out for a while. Whats the verdict on this new engine? I really like the swim platform idea.