When the temp drops below 80, we open the windows. Unfortunately that's only a few months out of the year.

We were in the Keys one December when it was way down in the 60's for a couple days, you would have thought it was Alaska the way the locals were bundled up.

lol

I have a couple friends who moved down there... on is in west palm and the other is in orlando...

in phone calls they will complain that they are freezing cause it's in the low 70's and I'll tell them it's sunny 60 here and I'm in shorts and a t-shirt headed to the river LOL

On the other hand I go visit them and it's 240 deg outside with 900% humidity and they say it's pretty warm while I can't say anything cause I'm trying my best just to breathe. LOL


At least we don't ever hijack anyone's thread here :D

Were not that bad down here. We like weather in the 50-80 degree range, it's comfortable. And the absolute most MISERABLE heat I have EVER experienced was up north coming across Kentucky followed by going across Missouri in the middle of the summer. I remember clear as day seeing 118 on a thermometer in Missouri in the summer of 99, and it dropped down to a nice 102 at 8 when the sun started going down. We rarely break 100 down here, we do have a good bit of humidity, but we normally have a nice breeze in the summer to keep it tolerable. I find summer much more bearable down here in FLorida than I have most naywhere else(I'm talking about the worst heat of summer), only drawback is ours lasts ALOT longer than most other states summers. As for winter, I enjoy not really experiencing one. For the most part we only freeze a few days a year, and once or twice a decade get 2ingle digit temps for most of the state.

up here in the north we were at 36* the other night!! The heat was on for the first time this season, Man in my old disabled body I really hate the winters now!
Back to the motor, had a 2.4 175 and that thing was bulit proff! Its still going, bigshrimp has it on his 23 seacraft, told me the other day hes getting 3 mpg and can top out over 40mph!!

Finally got in touch with the seller. Unfortunately, it is a 25" shaft and I need a 20". The search goes on...

You can adapt a 25" motor to a 20" transom pretty easily, you just need a manual jackplate....so if you find a real good deal on a real good 25" motor, go for it.

Yep, a 25" motor goes on a 20" transom REAL easily with a jackplate. The other way around, not so well.

In the immortal words of Homer "doh!" I never even thought of that. Of course, the total cost goes up by the jack plate, but it does open up my choices. What about the steering cable? Is there typically enough play, or does it need to be replaced? What kind of setback should i be looking at? And lastly, what about the engine weight? Since the engine is now away from the transom, do i need to worry about cantilever, or am i overthinking this?

Most jackplates will be in the 4-6" range for setback. You can normally pick up a used one for $150-300 depending on how fancy of one your looking at. With the minimal setback the weight issue isn't much of a concern. When you start going back an extra foot it becomes an issue, but 4-5 inches it isn't much.