Any opinions on a 2003 2 stoke 150 Merc. V-6? Know of any good Merc Mechanics Oa

[coach_jesse]

I'm looking at a 1976 Mako in good cond. with 2003 V-6 150 Saltwater 2 stroke with trailor for $8,000. It isn't the Optimanx. The boat rode well doing 30 @ 3500 and almost 45 at WOT around 5400 or so. Motor seemed in perfect cond. Boats for sale like this locally are not too common. Besides hot telltale which seemed norm. I could hold my hand there for about 3-5 seconds with out getting scorched. My mechanic returned my call and recomended not getting a Merc 2 stroke. He didn't say exactly why but he made them sound undependable in salty tropical waters with high corosion. I respect him as a mechanic. He's always been honest and done good work on my Yamaha. But he also doesn't work on Merc's. He stated that he didn't know any Merc mechanics that he would recomend here on Oahu. This list is probably bias towards Merc's but I guess I'm looking for some opinions either way. Any one know any good Merc mechanics in Oahu?