possible purchase - 1989 18' Few questions.

[Greno]

I have a 175 Johnson on my 18. It is a 20" shaft. It gets scary with following seas. May not have this engine much longer. Have a cylinder with low compression, but I have 5 more to get me where I'm going!!!! Looking at maybe finding a newer 130 or so and raising the transom 5". If I the transom raised to accomodate a 25" motor, the scuppers would still work somtimes, but I would feel more secure.

I fished on a newer 20 this last weekend. It is a bass pro boat. I think around an 2005. The bilge pump outlet is below the water line most of the time. It makes water like no tomorrow.