OK, my Honda 130 story.
About 10 years ago I stayed most every year for minimum of two weeks at a time at a place called Sunset Villas in Conch Key. This guy pulls in with a 25' CC ProLine with a double bracket, I'm sure it was 25'er, and he had two brand new 130 Hondas. Man was he proud, JUST had them installed the day before and never had a chance to try them out. Supposed to triple his mileage, super quiet, etc., etc. Anyway off he went, came back about ah hour later in a very foul mood, the boat would not get on plane unless two people went to the bow. But once on plane he was good to go as long as he ran a minimum of 3800 rpms. Bottom line, don't let anyone tell you too much weight hanging off the transom is not important.
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