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Originally Posted by ScottM
. . . Typically I concur with "there's no substitute for cubic inches", but in the case of a 23, it seems to work against you.
The 350 just seems made for the 23; go for that and you'll be more than happy.
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It's definitely possible to have too much of a good thing! One friend of ours made the Abaco's trip with me and the "Unohu" in the late 70's in a 23 Sceptre with a 454/No. 2 Mercruiser drive, which was quite heavy because it required a marine transmission between engine and drive. He ran out of gas (with 100 gallon tank) before we got to Cooperstown, a distance of about 130-140 miles! We were headed to Guana Key that year, a distance of about 180 miles, and he was the only boat that couldn't make it non-stop. (I was carrying 80 gallons of gas in the Seafari, over half of it in jugs!) I averaged about 2.8 mpg with the 115 Evinrude and Bob got about 2.5 mpg with the 260 hp/350 Mercruiser in the Moesly 21.