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| @Smell Esox
I'm rated for a 90hp, so I know that in most cases I'd always go with a max rated motor.
The big hang up in my mind is the massive size difference. I was at the Chicago Muskie show and there just happened to be two boats back to back, one with a F70 Yamaha, and another with a beautiful 90hp Merc. At the time they were the top two motors in my search, although I hadn't and still haven't ruled anything out.
The size difference of those two motors was massive! It wasn't incremental, the F70 is on the same chassis as their 50-60-and 70 in that class, whereas the 90 Merc is in the same family as the 75-90-115. So to simplify it, it looked like comparing the size of a 50 to a 115! I took two buddy's by to show them and the proportions were amazing.
Back in the day that the Tuffy Esox, (remember mine isn't the wider magnum) was built I know it could handle the horsepower, and after rebuilding mine last summer I know mine could handle it. I've heard stories of people hanging 120's on them in the old days, but the weight of the modern motors has increased dramatically and putting that weight on the back of your boat is like putting the big kid on the end of a teeter totter back in the old school yard, it's hard to overcome.
Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I have time to make the best decision, because I tend to keep my fishing things for a long period of time and will be living with it.
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