Just check weight ratio to hull. I opted not to put a Yamaha 25 four stroke short shaft on a 13 foot whaler as it would likely be getting dunked if on a mooring in a blow like tonight. And fours don't take dunking as well as the old school. Parts alone would be about 450 per dunk.
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