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Fish . . . I'm just trying to help you out. Back that boat down a ramp and add the weight on the transom in sandbags till you are at 450 - 475lbs . . . have 2 big guys stand in the stern. Just see if you can live with where the 20" transom is gonna sit . . . I know my 25" transom was barely acceptable on my MA with a 365lb Merc and a 100lb yamaha 8hp kicker, 25lb kicker bracket. I would feel real uncomfortable with 5" less transom with that setup. I have a bad feeling that you'll feel the same way. If you need a hand give me a shout . . . we boat in the same area.
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FWIW, I haven't had it in the water yet. It has a 410 lb 175hp Yamaha 2 stroke on it now. The kicker is 58lb on a light bracket. The F100 is supposedly 356lb or 366 depending where you read I think this is the lighter early USA spec with carbs, but I don't know.
My rationale is that Rich had this out as far as the Vineyard with that 410 lb Yamaha. I think at about the same weight, with batteries in the console and fuel tanks where the head is, that this might work until I bracket it. I want to try it before I bracket it. I already have a flotation bracket for it, although I am going to lighten it before I do that, it is made of 5086 aluminum, but I plant to take weight out where it doesn't need it.
That being said, I don't know how it sits at rest now. I really am not going to put a tower of power on it. Maybe someone can convince me to do an etec, but they don't seem to be lighter than at 90/100hp 4 stroke.