Mercruiser 45 L 250 Hp 2018 Tahoe 700 Reviews

Brief Summary

TAHOE has always specialized in affordable, entry-level sportboats, but for the last couple of years it has been slowly introducing more fashionable models that accept numerous upgrades, sleek styling and up-graded details that we frequently don't meet in form. The 21' (vi.46 g) TAHOE 700 rides on a V-bottom that has a sharp bow entry and 20-degrees of deadrise at the transom. This makes for a comfortable ride in chop. Powered with a 6.two L 300-hp MPI ECT sterndrive, she planed in just 3.two seconds in our tests, and striking a pinnacle speed of 55.7 mph.

Test Results

RPM	MPH	Knots	GPH	MPG	NMPG	STAT. MILE	NM	dBa
600	3.three	2.9	1.3	two.6	ii.3	100	86.viii	81
1000	5.three	iv.half dozen	1.9	2.nine	2.v	108	94.two	80
1500	7.one	half-dozen.two	two.eight	2.five	2.2	96	83.3	78
2000	8.five	7.4	iv.7	1.8	1.6	69	sixty.ane	77
2500	21.iv	eighteen.6	5.v	three.9	3.4	148	128.8	78
3000	29	25.2	vi.8	4.3	three.7	161	139.nine	81
3500	34.eight	xxx.3	8.9	three.9	3.four	148	128.5	87
4000	41	35.7	xi.9	3.v	three	131	113.7	85
4500	46.6	40.5	15.2	3.1	2.7	116	101.1	89
5000	51.8	45	20.8	2.five	ii.2	94	82.1	90
5350	55.7	48.4	23.9	ii.iii	2	88	76.6	91

Specifications

Length Overall	21' / 6.40 m
Beam	eight' 4'' ii.54 m
Dry Weight	iii,488 lbs. 1,582 kg
Tested Weight	4,142 lbs. 1,878 kg
Draft	N/A
Draft Upwardly	28'' .71 m
Draft Down	38'' .97 m
Deadrise/Transom	20-deg.
Max Headroom	open
Span Clearance	7' viii'' ii.34 m (max)
Weight Capacity	one,700 lbs. 771 kg
Person Chapters	ix
Fuel Capacity	42 gal. 159 L
Water Capacity	N/A
Total Weight	iv,142 lbs. ane,878 kg

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Dispatch Times & Conditions

Time to Plane	iii.two sec.
0 to 30	7.0 sec.
Ratio	one.50:1
Props	Enertia xiv ane/four" x 18" 3-bl ss
Load	2 persons, total fuel, no water, 50 lbs. of gear
Climate	57 deg., 71 humid.; wind: 0-6 mph; seas: calm

Engine Options

Tested Engine	i ten 300-hp MerCruiser half-dozen.2 DTS Bravo
Std. Power	Not Available
Opt. Power	Not Bachelor

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The Tahoe 700 is 21' (six.4 m) long with an 8'four" (2.54 m) beam. Detect how her raised sheerline creates a deeper cockpit and bow.

Mission Statement

The new Tahoe 700 was developed as a replacement for the company'southward Q7i runabout. At 21' (six.iv m) long, the 700 is the manufacturer'due south biggest runabout model and she was designed to have a bigger, deeper bow and more cockpit space than her predecessor.

The 700 comes standard with dual bucket seats, a Bluetooth stereo with USB, MP3 and 12-volt plugs, a 36-quart (34-liter) cooler, and a tandem-axle trailer. She'due south powered past a single-prop stern bulldoze up to 300-hp.

Passengers on the 700's aft demote seat have plenty of legroom.

Features Inspection

The Bow. Since the bow was a focal bespeak of the design for the 700, we're going to outset upwardly front end. The side lounges are 4' (i.22 one thousand) long, and the backrests on the consoles are set at a comfortable angle. The seats are 1'iv" (twoscore.6 cm) off the bow deck, and the backrests are 1'5" (43.18 cm) alpine, giving the bow a deep secure experience. There are 4 cup holders plus two grabrails and speakers in the bow.

The forward bow cushion secures with a runway and bead plus 2 snap-down straps beneath the side cushions, then it won't wing out when the boat is running down the lake or being towed over the road.

The bow has a deep secure feel and parents with young kids will probably want the optional filler cushion for the area.

Snap-down straps in the outboard bow lockers keep the forward cushion from flying out.

Bow Storage. Each outboard lounge cushion is hinged, and the lockers beneath them are fully finished. The openings accept channels around to route water away from the compartments, which are drained.

The backrests on each side also lift up to provide access to storage and to the nuance rigging to starboard and amplifier for the upgraded stereo to port.

With the aforementioned bow cushion removed, there's a pace up to the foredeck and a hatch in the step opens the anchor locker. We would like to see a cleat abaft the navigation light that could exist used for tying off docklines and the anchor rode.

The undersides of the seats throughout the boat are finished in gelcoat, which gives the boat a more upscale look.

Each bow backrest raises on a piano hinge to offer extra storage space and admission.

With the forward bow absorber out of the manner, crew members volition accept easy access to the ballast locker.

The Cockpit. The 700's tempered condom drinking glass windshield is framed in powder-coated aluminum and the centre department opens a ane'9"-wide (53.three cm) passageway to the cockpit. The driver and a companion travel in saucepan seats that have ventilated backrests cutouts, so the occupant can turn sideways and foldup bolsters. Each seat as well swivels and adjusts fore and aft.

The port console has a small storage tray to port, a remote control for the stereo, and a cell telephone holder below the glove box that contains an expandable net and MP3 and USB ports and a 12-volt plug.

Two-tone upholstery and color-coordinated piping add style to the functional bucket seats.

The port console is efficiently laid out, and nosotros like that the glove box hatch locks.

The Captain. To starboard, helm has a modernistic experience with the digital shift and throttle on the gunwale and the Mercury SmartCraft Vessel View screen in the center of the dash. If a boat comes without the digital controls, it has analog gauges. To starboard of the steering cycle, the accessory switches are push-button style that illuminate when activated. A Master Power switch shuts downwardly the entire12-volt organisation, so an accompaniment that'south accidentally left on can't kill the bombardment. The key and a 12-volt plug are to the left of the wheel.

Putting the cup holder downwards to the driver'south right is smart. It keeps an empty h2o bottle or soda can from bravado effectually and it ways the driver's left paw is e'er on the cycle.

Owners who opt for the digital controls also become the Mercury Vessel View screen.

The accessory switches are clearly labeled and they light up when activated.

Tahoe provides a 12-volt plug for the driver, and so no one will be fighting for cell-phone charging time.

Cockpit Seating. Starting trailing the port bucket seat, the L-shaped cockpit lounge wraps all the way across the stern, and the superlative of the engine hatch is a 6'half dozen" (1.98 m) wide sunlounge. The starboard-most cushions on the cockpit lounge and the sunpad are hinged and lift up. Additionally, the port cushion on the sunlounge is hinged, and it raises to create a chaise-style seat.

The 700'south cockpit has total-width seating, creating every bit much capacity as possible.

The passageway to starboard ensures that passengers don't walk on the upholstery.

The hinged cushion on the sunlounge adds versatility to the 700's accommodations.

Slots on the underside of the absorber let the user adjust the height of the angle. Notice that the cushion base is plastic so it won't rot.

Cockpit Storage. A tray in the starboard gunwale has space for docklines and fenders and a bungee cord to hold the contents in identify. A locker in the base of the port side aft facing lounge opens on a gas strut. The base is covered in a soft prophylactic mat and inside the compartment, in that location'due south a defended towrope rack.

Below the center bench cushion, there'south a removable 36-quart (34-liter) libation, and when the libation is opened, the peak holds upwardly the cushion. Additionally, a hatch in the passageway to the stern opens a draining compartment.

Forward, between the bucket seats, the locking ski locker is half-dozen' (1.83 m) long, 2' (.61 k) broad, and 1'1" (33 cm) deep. The opening is ane'v" (43.18 cm) wide. Inside, at that place's a rack for a paddle, and we'd like to see Tahoe line this compartment with some soft rubber at to cushion the ride for boards and skis.

In addition to having a gas strut to agree up the bottom cushion, the port side locker has this mail and socket to help keep it airtight when shut.

In a clever blueprint, the cooler hatch holds up the bench-seat lesser cushion, which makes it easier to grab a cold drink. To port, notice the courtesy light and cockpit drain, and just ahead of the libation, there's an inspection hatch that provides access to the fuel tank fittings.

The hatch in the starboard passage to the stern has a thick rubber gasket to ensure that information technology doesn't rattle.

The under-deck ski locker has good capacity for boards and skis. A soft safe mat in the bottom would be a adept idea.

The Stern. Our test boat had Tahoe's optional extension that adds 1'6" (45.seven cm) of depth to the 700'south swim platform. A family unit whose members spend a lot of time at the end of a towrope will likely spend the money for the extension and for the soft vinyl Ocean Dek flooring on our test boat. It felt soft underfoot and would exist like shooting fish in a barrel on boards and skis.

The re-boarding ladder to starboard is a 4-step model and just ahead is the remote control for the optional stereo upgrade.

The optional extended swim platform creates a space that's 2'10" (.86 m) fore to aft, which provides plenty of room for boards or even a tube.

Engine Compartment. Two manual latches in the base of operations of the sunlounge absorber open the expansive engine compartment. The fuel-injected V-8 in our exam boat was installed on stupor-absorbing mounts, and the battery and trim pump were easy to access to starboard. At that place's open space to port where an possessor might consider installing a plastic tub with a cover to increment the boat'south storage chapters.

The engine hatch raises high enough to provide practiced access to the motor and to the compartment on each side.

We're used to seeing the battery and trim pump on opposite sides of the engine compartment, but on the 700, they were grouped together to starboard.

Operation

Powerglide Bottom. The 700 rides on a V-bottom that has a sharp bow entry and twenty degrees of deadrise at the transom. Half dozen lifting strakes run full length, and the chines are turned down to provide lift on takeoff and trip in turns.

Nigh 21' (6.4 chiliad) bowriders have iv strakes per side, only the 700 has 3 and notice how aggressively the chine is turned downward.

The Specifications. With two people, 39 gal (147.6 L) of fuel, and test equipment on board, our test boat weighed an estimated 4,142 lbs. (1,878.viii kg).

She was powered past a 300-hp MerCruiser half dozen.2 50 ECT fuel-injected stern bulldoze with a 1.5:1 gear reduction, turning a 14 i/4" x 18" (36.ii thousand x 45.seven cm) Enertia three-blade stainless-steel propeller.

The 700 has a fuel capacity of 42 gal, and she tin be powered past the standard V-6 engine or upgraded to a 5-8 with a Bravo 1 drive.

Our Numbers. We hitting a top speed of 55.seven mph (48.four knots) at 5350 rpm.

Best cruise came at 3000 rpm, where she ran 29.0 mph (25.2 knots) and burned 6.viii gph (25.7 lph). That'southward 4.iii mpg (1.81 kpl), which gives the 700 a range of 161 statute miles (259 km) with x percent of the boat's 42-gallon (158.99-liter) fuel capacity in reserve.

In dispatch tests, the boat planed in three.2 seconds and ran to 20 mph (17.4 knots) in 4.9 seconds and to 30 mph (26.1 knots) in vii.0 seconds. We did record 20 degrees of bow ascent under difficult dispatch so use plenty of throttle to become the boat on plane to drop the bow quickly.

With the 700's six strakes providing lift the boat doesn't need a lot of positive trim. She rides apartment once she's on airplane.

Tahoe's Numbers. Tahoe tested the 700 with a number of engine and bulldoze combinations. With the standard 200-hp MerCruiser 4.5 L stern drive with a 1.62:1 gear ratio, a 14 ½" x 17" (36.viii cm 10 43.ii cm) Enertia iii-blade stainless steel prop and xl gallons (151.42 Liters) of fuel on board, the boat ran 46.3 mph (40.iii knots) at 5000 rpm.

All-time prowl was 25 mph (21.7 knots) at 3000 rpm where the boat burned 5.95 gph, resulting in 4.2 mpg.

Moving up to the 250-hp 5-6 with the same gear ratio and a 14 ½" x 19" (36.viii cm x 48.three cm) Blackmax propeller, Tahoe saw a top speed of 51.2 mph (44.v knots) at 5110 rpm.

Best cruise was over again recorded at 3000 rpm where the boat ran 27.4 mph (23.8 knots) and burned six.08 gph, which was good for 4.5 mpg.

A 300-hp 6.two L ECT with a one.65:one ratio and a 13.eight" 10 21" (35.05 cm ten 53.iii cm) Enertia prop produced a tiptop speed of 59.2 mph (51.v knots) at 5270 rpm. The boat burned 7.2 gph at 3000 rpm and 28.3 mph (24.half dozen knots) and 9 gph at 3500 rpm and 35.2 mph (30.6 knots), resulting in a mpg rating of 3.9 at both rpm settings.

Maneuverability. The Tahoe 700 was ane of the smoothest handling stern drive runabouts we've driven in contempo retentivity. We felt fully confident cranking the wheel hard over at 40 or 45 mph. The gunkhole carved cleanly through the maneuver in each direction and in slalom passes, she whipped through South turns as apace as nosotros could plough the wheel. Her sharp bow entry cut through lake chop and our photograph boat'south wakes with ease.

The 700 exhibited first-class agility, carving through fully locked over turns in less than 2 gunkhole lengths.

Construction. Tahoe builds the 700 with a hand-laid fiberglass hull and stringer organisation. The hull and deck are chemically bonded and mechanically fastened with stainless-steel hardware and the fully gel-coated stringers are bonded to the hull and filled with flotation foam. The boat is bachelor in Black Cherry, Victory Read, Onyx, Blueberry or Storm Bluish hullside colors.

Our examination gunkhole had the Black Cherry-red gelcoat. It's ane of six colors available.

Trailer. The Tahoe 700 comes on a manufacturing plant-matched tandem-axle trailer with brakes on i beam that's color-matched to the boat. Information technology has 14" (35.vi cm) wheels, a swing-abroad tongue, folding tongue jack, submersible lights, and retractable safety cables.

The custom-matched trailer is finished in galvashield protective coating, and it's equipped with some trick-looking rims.

Warranty

• •Limited Warranty for one year from the appointment of purchase by the original owner
• •Five Years on the hull, interior hull stringers and transom
• •Limited Warranty for ane yr on trailer from the date of buy
• •Three years against structural failure or corrosion on galvashield galvanized steel tubing.

Engine Options

• •250-hp MerCruiser four.five 50 Alpha
• •300-hp MerCruiser 6.2 L ECT Bravo One
• •300-hp MerCruiser half dozen.2 Fifty ECT Bravo One DTS

Options to Consider

• •Snap-In Woven Vinyl Floor
• •Tilt steering wheel
• •SS propeller
• •Wakeboard tower west/blackness bimini top
• •Wakeboard racks (Ii per side)
• •Fiberglass Swim Platform extension w/four-step boarding ladder
• •Ocean Dek floor on swim platform (requires extension)
• •Colour-Keyed bimini top with boot, drop-down changing curtain and stainless steel frame
• •Color-matched bow and cockpit covers
• •Colour-matched rope ratchet mooring embrace
• •Bow filler cushion
• •Mercury Vessel View screen
• •Depthsounder
• •Stereo upgrade includes 3.5" (eight.ix cm) Kicker LCD display, 500-watt Amp, x" (25.4 cm) subwoofer and upgraded Kicker speakers, dual remote controls at dash and swim platform
• •Charger for cranking bombardment
• •Corsa Performance Captains Choice thru-hull exhaust for half dozen.2 L ECT simply.
• •Spare tire kit for trailer
• •Brakes on two trailer axles

Observations

The Tahoe 700 has everything an active family unit needs to enjoy a day of watersports. We liked the performance with the upgraded 300-hp engine and feel that it's an option that owners would want to consider if they tend to bring forth a oversupply for a day on the water.

Her cockpit and bow have a deep secure feel that should be popular with parents of younger kids. At 21' (6.4 m) long, she's probably a second boat for many families that started with an 18' (5.49 one thousand) or 19' (5.79 thou) bowrider. Her two-tone textured upholstery and fit and finish give the 700 a luxurious await and experience that tell us this is not an entry-level class gunkhole.

Estimated package weight for the gunkhole on the trailer is four,850 lbs. (2,199.ix kg), which is within the towing capabilities of a variety of mid-sized SUVs and pickups.

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