[dcobbett]

Ed,

Thanks for the information. Jay and Walter at J&W have been taking care of my current Suzuki for the last 2 years and we have talked this fall about a new 140 or a 115 on a SeaCraft. I know Derek and Nate quite well and am aware of how please they are with their engines. It's the weight factor that has me concerned; I think Seafari's tend to be bow heavy which may offset the 420+/- pound son engine, the deck in Trayder's hull has been raised plus the hull is very light, and Mark, I think, will be the first to say that what makes the 140 Suzuki viable on his modified 20 is the fact that he raised the deck.

An example of how good the 140 is. I fished with a friend from M'head last season. He has a 140 on the back of a 1975 22-2 Aquasport. Left Marblehead looking for SBFT's. Did the chase around the dump, the B and BF buoys, down to and well east of the H, worked back to the BF, and from there back to M'head @5,100-5,300 RPM (32mph+ on the GPS)just to blow it out a bit, all on 14.6 gal of gas.