What would you do (AKA Get a Bigger Motor)

[BobG]

If you added a center toon, going bigger would not be an issue because the center toon adds buoyancy. Plus the center toon is the transom and will be much beefier than a normal transom.

The dealer added the center toon when I bought my boat.
The manufacturer sent me a new capacity sticker because of the third toon.
Raised it from (I think) 125 HP to 200 HP.

[teecro]

If you added a center toon, going bigger would not be an issue because the center toon adds buoyancy. Plus the center toon is the transom and will be much beefier than a normal transom.

The dealer added the center toon when I bought my boat.
The manufacturer sent me a new capacity sticker because of the third toon.
Raised it from (I think) 125 HP to 200 HP.

I did consider this option as it would have legally allowed a much bigger motor but to have it done the way I would have wanted with built in tank etc would have cost just about 5K and that was more than I was willing to spend.....

But overall I'm very pleased that just adding another 15 HP has taken me from roughly 16 MPH to dang near 27 MPH and a motor that is very much quitter than the previous.