twin 200's on 23

[Finster]

Richv, I am doing the same deal, but I would strongly recommend the Seamark bracket. You need as much bouyancy as possible with that rig and thats the bracket that can do it. And yes 400 pony's is farely common. Talk to John R.
Good luck.

[Mark]

...60 gallons in a 23' with twins on the back? I think I might look into a larger fuel tank if you are in the middle of a restoration already.

[barnacle]

Be sure to have a larger tank put in during the redo. I would go with twin 150's over the twin 200's. If your running offshore there is no reason for 400hp. You can only run so fast in a good chop. If your not going to install a larger tank then be sure to pick the 150's. If your stuck with Mercury brands then I would choose the optimax over the efi's.

[eggsuckindog]

The hull just plain rides better with single power. Have you riden in both? With my twins,when I bought it (23 Sceptre 150's), it never semed to respond much to trim. Repowered with a 275 V8 rude and what an incrediable difference, like a different boat. I think the hull rsponds much better with single power, maybe a big single outboard,some boats here on the west coast of FL. ran single 235 evinrudes underpowered but not bad,these new motors are so much stronger. With a small tank twins will kill you on fuel, maybe one of those new Ficeht's (sp) there supposed to be great on fuel and strong. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Snookerd]

Rich-Twin 200s [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] - Finster has it right with the Seamark Bracket. Go with the tank size upgrade too. Here is a great thread on the single vs. twins conflict http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=85312 [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] .

[RICHV]

thanks for the info, so basically what is being said is that twin 150's are ample for anything i would do offshore and a bracket is definately necessary. but if i can get 300hp out of an i/o horizon mpi and can get the new power installed for 40% the price of a 250 merc with a bracket and 60% percent less than twin 150 mercs. with a bracket,would this basically be making a statement on the water i just look better with twins than an i/o with the same eqivalent hp and a seatow membership.

[James Tackle]

<copy> I have a 23' with twin 115 Johnson Ocean runners (1998). The boat previously had a 225 Johnson. I cannot even begin to tell you how much of a differnece it is with the twins. The cruising speed went up from 24 knots at 4500 RPM's to 30 knots at 4200 RPM's. It no longer "slugs" up and over waves or bogs down trying to climb... it powers right over effortlessly. When you hit the throttles... it jumps out of the water. They just feel like they aren't even working hard.. like they are jogging along back there. The top speed has cranked up to over 40. The best part is the 115 Johnson Ocean Runners are only about 100 pounds more than a single 225. At cruise, she burns about 12-14 GPH which is very reasonable. I really can't see where V6's would be any added benefit exept for those seeking light speed. -Jim