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Ha Capt Chuck
I’m with you on this one. Personally I think the 23 is a great one engine boat with a 225 or 250 on the back transom mounted or on a bracket. If you want a second motor for long distance security sake and not really for additional power twin 140’s would be my first choice on a 30” deep flotation bracket with 25” shafts on the motors. The reason why I think this way is first off a 23’ boat is JUST a 23’ boat, “you can’t go that fast in this boat with out becoming air born” sometimes in 3’ Seas and for sure in 2-4’ Seas and in 3-5’ Seas you really need to run her about 32-34 rpm’s or so. The SeaCraft hull is a FANTASTIC HULL and capable of handling big water BUT a 23’ boat CAN’T CROSS OVER THE SECOND WAVE so when you come down from a wave you are hitting the next wave in exactly the wrong place NO 23’ BOAT CAN DO ANY BETTER. To handle crossing over to the next waves you need a boat approx 29’ to do that and those twin 225 or 250 are the correct choice. As for insurance forget it, insurance companies are not risk takes they are risks managers. They don’t insure any boat or person that wants to try to make 23’ boats fly just not what they do (not a profitable management exposure) they are not wanting to insure boats with more power that what they are rated for they have charts on individual manufacturers and have the power rating on each modal.
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