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Originally Posted by caper
Too heavy - looked in to it.
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No, it is not too heavy. The 23' Seacraft was designed to hold up to twin V6 Evinrude Johnson 20" outboards, at 406 lbs each. I had a '77 23' SF rigged with twin 235 Evinrudes, a total of 822 lbs, and even had a dry deck as long as I didn't walk to the very back of the boat
(Yes, I know it was only rated for 400 hp in 1977, but that's because nobody built anything more powerful in '77. The 1978/79 Savage, Sceptre 23', and Seavette 23' were all rated for 500 hp. I don't remember what the '78/79 Superfisherman was rated for)
It will easily carry a single 686 lb V-rod 350 hp outboard.
The last of the 23' SeaCrafts in 2006-2009 were often factory rigged with up to twin 150 hp Verado's at 510 lbs each, for a total of 1020 lbs. The Tournament Edition 26 Seacrafts of 2009 were available with twin 250 hp Verado's, for a total of 1270 lbs of motors, and they were actually only 24' 4" plus a built-in flotation bracket.
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(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury