New Honda 225 HP 30" leg

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Finally got my 1989 Seacraft 23WA back this past week with the new Honda motor. That is one big motor to say the least. They ended up with a 15.25 X 17 prop, said it takes it right up to the top end with the boat pretty much empty and when I get all my gear back on the boat that should hold it down a little, but I don't run that fast. I was scared that the boat would not do well w/that much more weight, but to my surprise it sits great in the water, scuppers are still above the water and no water into the splashwell. It has awsome power and very smooth running. The boat has the cut out for twins, don't know if they did anything different when designing for twins, but everything seems great. Barley have 2 hours on it since yesterday. Now just a matter of getting familiar with it. I had a fin on my old Merc 200 hp motor, don't know if I will need it or not, but it does jump on plane easy enough. I thing it might take, maybe, 2 mph more now, but then again, a lot of extra weight back there. I have no idea what fuel usage will be, hopefully at least twice that of the old 200 hp Merc carbed engine. Appears that cruising speed is going to be about 28MPH, which is plenty fast for our waters here with all the junk floating around.