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Location: Kodiak, AK | I also say keep it. Alot of good points already...you've already put tires on it, all motors eat gas, paid for boat is the best boat and no sense in worrying about a motor that may or may not go. I blew a two stroke on my boat and hung a four....best thing that ever happened to my boat. A repower makes sense if you're gonna have your boat long enough to get your money's worth from it, but it'll take a long time to pay for itself in gas or even resale.
I say keep what ya got. It's a great rig and your fuel savings wouldn't be enough to justify a new boat payment or a new motor. Brad's right in that if you can get a smaller boat with a four stroke and have it paid for and you start running it paid for right away, then you'd be ahead a bit running a four. But it'll still cost money to tow and put tires on and until they make a Prius outboard, outboards are gonna suck the gas. |
