I currently have two boats that I am working on and now two decent running motors both with matching kickers.
First boat is a 1960 Glasspar Cuddy Cabin (Seafair Sedan) currently with no motor...It came to me with a 1970's Merc 150 (Tower of Power) which I sold.
Second boat is a 1975 18 foot Seaswirl Trihull with a 1987 Johnson 120...now running good (thanks to all new ignition).
Just this week I bought a 1978 (I think) Evinrude 200 complete setup and I need to know if either of the boats I have could handle this motor ok.
I am not into going fast by any means..I am actually a slower than average boater and only use the boat for salmon fishing which means a 2-6 mile run each way.
I guess my main concerns are the extra weight..and possibly fouling the plugs or having a hard time planing if I am not giving it full throttle.
If the Nada guides are close to accurate here are the weights of the motors I have (or had):
'79 Mercury 150 = 349 lbs
'79 Evinrude 200 = 386 lbs
'87 Johnson 120 = 365 lbs
Now some extra info:
The 1960 Boat with the old Mercury 150 did around 32 MPH with two people.
The Seaswirl with the '87 Johnson 120 did about 36 MPH with same two people.
Does anyone have any advice or information that can help me decide on whether I can try to use this Evinrude 200.
Ideally it would be on the Cuddy Cabin boat but open to either right now.
Would rather find the right size motor of course but can't do that until this 200 sells...and it would see a lot easier if I could give them a test run
Thank you.
First boat is a 1960 Glasspar Cuddy Cabin (Seafair Sedan) currently with no motor...It came to me with a 1970's Merc 150 (Tower of Power) which I sold.
Second boat is a 1975 18 foot Seaswirl Trihull with a 1987 Johnson 120...now running good (thanks to all new ignition).
Just this week I bought a 1978 (I think) Evinrude 200 complete setup and I need to know if either of the boats I have could handle this motor ok.
I am not into going fast by any means..I am actually a slower than average boater and only use the boat for salmon fishing which means a 2-6 mile run each way.
I guess my main concerns are the extra weight..and possibly fouling the plugs or having a hard time planing if I am not giving it full throttle.
If the Nada guides are close to accurate here are the weights of the motors I have (or had):
'79 Mercury 150 = 349 lbs
'79 Evinrude 200 = 386 lbs
'87 Johnson 120 = 365 lbs
Now some extra info:
The 1960 Boat with the old Mercury 150 did around 32 MPH with two people.
The Seaswirl with the '87 Johnson 120 did about 36 MPH with same two people.
Does anyone have any advice or information that can help me decide on whether I can try to use this Evinrude 200.
Ideally it would be on the Cuddy Cabin boat but open to either right now.
Would rather find the right size motor of course but can't do that until this 200 sells...and it would see a lot easier if I could give them a test run
Thank you.