Ok, hold the presses FishStretcher. I called my friend to verify the story. He was the one that owned the Aquasport, with a 200 on it, sometime in between owning a 18 and a 20 SeaCraft. Our other friend that broke down with the twin 70s was actually in a 20' Robalo, still a heavy boat.
We were reminiscing about the old days and the marine science classes we took at Miami Dade college. Our class used two 22' Aquasports, powered by twin 55 hp Johnsons, borrowed from UM. There was about 12 or 13 of us on the two boats and we visited Fowey rocks lighthouse a little ways offshore. The keepers of the lighthouse showed us lenses and other gear. Twin 55s on heavily loaded boats and no problems. Nowadays nobody would think to power a 22 with 110 hp.
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