I'd hang a bracket and an outboard on that boat Ryan if I was having that issue, as opposed to diesels, the cost of redoing the shaft angle and upgrading all the running gear would be the killing factor. You start talking strut replacement, new tranny, new shaft, wheel and new motor mounts for all that reengineered angles, and you better like that boat for the next 15 years or so. For 20 grand you could hang dependable power on the back, with higher resale.
And todays four strokes get damn near the cost benefit of the mileage of diesels. With four guys and a full load of Ice, bait and beer and a couple hundred of pounds of fish on the way back in with 3 foot seas, the 225 Zuke gets me to the gulf stream and back on about 50 gallons of gas for a full day.
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Forgot, you're about (or already have) to graduate VT with an engineering degree. Forget that boat and sell it broke, give it 3 years and go buy some sort of an express with diesels already in it!
Last edited by blueh20pc; 07-27-2009 at 04:43 PM.
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