Weight aft and engines.
Those old Mercs served me well and pushed my boat around 42-45kts W.O.T. on a 1/4 tank of gas in a light cop. They have the slim lower units running 20" S.S. props and the lighter weight flywheels. They've been ridden hard and I'll miss them.
As for the raising of the transom I've been back and forth on that for years. I would like to keep running shorter shaft engines but I hate watching the water splash up over the transom when fishing in bigger seas. I had thought about putting dual jack plates on just to get the engines out of the splash well, have the ability to lift them up in the shallows and maybe get a little more top end speed - but that's more weight aft.
Thanks for all the input - good stuff.
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