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| Well, thats a bunch of questions. 
I'll answer some and confuse you with some. First, I have owned a Tuffy tiller. I have owned a Skeeter 20' tiller. My Skeeter had a 115 HP Yamaha with no power steering. Once you trimmed up to the sweet spot (27 mph) it was very easy to handle. It was a low 40 mph boat. Very stable, very fun to fish out of. If you are going to a 20' Tuffy IMO you will have less beam and a very good ride. I see no reason why a 115 hp motor wouldn't handle that boat. All that said, if I was going to buy a 20' tiller boat (any brand) it would have to be powered by Merc with their big handle power steering. I would lean towards the 150 hp 4 stroke.
Gas mileage from a boat? For get about it, once you cross the 16' 60 hp point there is no gas mileage. The thing is what use is all those ponies if you don't let them run once in a while. LOL You open these motors up and they will guzzle the gas.
I'm a die hard 20' fiberglass tiller guy. In fact they are rigging a 2014 20' Lund Pro V glass tiller for me right now. That will have the 200 hp Verado. But you need to keep in mind I fish the Kabetogama, Namakin, Rainy, Crane chain of lakes in Minnesota almost exclusively.
For whatever my opinion is worth the best riding boat I have ever owned has been a Tuffy. I've owned Ranger, Crestliner, Nitro, Spectrum, Tuffy & Skeeter. | |
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