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<blockquote data-quote="nccatfisher" data-source="post: 418277" data-attributes="member: 10811"><p>It was a 4 stroke Yamaha and did an excellent job. I wasn't running salt water and busting heavy current and big waves but I was running large lakes with it. </p><p></p><p>I quite honestly never have been the type that was a WOT type of guy, I guess years of two strokes and seeing the fuel gauge just fall back programmed me but unless I was trying to outrun a rain storm I would run about 3/4 throttle and would be about 8 MPH off wide open and way off full fuel consumption with it. </p><p></p><p>If I were to buy another tomorrow I wouldn't hesitate to put exactly the same size motor on it again. </p><p></p><p>That was running with a 100 gal bait tank at times also. I have no idea how many people and load you are planning but feel that you will be completely happy in the 150 HP range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nccatfisher, post: 418277, member: 10811"] It was a 4 stroke Yamaha and did an excellent job. I wasn't running salt water and busting heavy current and big waves but I was running large lakes with it. I quite honestly never have been the type that was a WOT type of guy, I guess years of two strokes and seeing the fuel gauge just fall back programmed me but unless I was trying to outrun a rain storm I would run about 3/4 throttle and would be about 8 MPH off wide open and way off full fuel consumption with it. If I were to buy another tomorrow I wouldn't hesitate to put exactly the same size motor on it again. That was running with a 100 gal bait tank at times also. I have no idea how many people and load you are planning but feel that you will be completely happy in the 150 HP range. [/QUOTE]
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