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... had i gone w/ anything less than 150, i would have been miserable.
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It's real easy to get used to having that kind of power on tap, even if you don't use it very often. I love my 5+ mpg with my 90 hp, but every now and again I really miss blasting along at 50 mph in the Gulf of Mexico.
I promise you, were not finances and operating expenses such a huge issue, I would have raised the deck, and raised the transom to 30", and put a 225 hp Mercury Verado on the back of my Seafari.
I have a friend with a 21' Checkmate Starflite and a 250 hp Yamaha HPDI on Lake George. It can just touch 85 mph.
Every so often, he lets me drive.
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Fr. Frank says:
Jesus liked fishing, too. He even walked on water to get to the boat!
Currently without a SeaCraft 
(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury