Got the 200 HO etec, rig planned for this week. My perfectly good 150 maybe sold already.

I ALWAYS wait to sell an engine until I know it's replacement is working fine... You can never be too careful. :head:

Waiting to see the pictures of her running---Have fun!!!!

LOL Naa... only about 100 miles between us... and Tice's in Barnaget is between us and makes it even less distance...so IF I ever make it to a raft up and IF he ever makes it to the same raft up we can compare boats at that time... but I'm sure his is way prettier than mine. I think the only boat around that could give him a run for his money in the beauty dept is Lumberslingers.... I use mine to fish, and she really doesn't get the beauty treatment she deserves.. Oh, sure, I wash her and all, but I don't have an enclosure or stuff like that... I have a bimini, but that's about it... (Still gotta mount the arch for the radar... <sigh>)... and I'm seriously thinking about making some bolsters for over the rod racks. It would be kind of interesting though to see the difference in power output between his 4 stroker and my 2 stroker... but so many things can effect the outcome...prop, pitch, load, tabs, etc. Still, ....it might be fun

Greene's 21 gonna be a HOSS w/that HO!!...you and him need to stage a drag race...well except for the 3,000 mile thingy between ya...

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My boat gets used for fishing........and gets messy.

My last set of pics was taking after a virtual detailing - clean, wax, etc......
The deck gets stained all the time, and hard to keep it clean. Oh well, it's a boat, not a museum piece.

200HO, yup, bought it, delivered it to my rigger and I sold the perfectly good 150 hp looper that's on it for another day........

Looking forward to how this runs, 18" Rebel prop likely too big but the 17" wasn't available yet so we'll try the 18 and see what it does, rpms etc.

Will try the posting thing again. Should be a matter of just post and attach like email but isn't so.

I suppose this will be the largest " legal / stock " outboard motor possible on a v21.
This and the Merc Optimax 200 I believe most powerful 200's.

Sweet mota. I wish I could make a raft-up you guys sure have some sweet machines. We would have to do some side by side testing..

Florida law states that it is unlawful for anyone to exceed the weight, persons or hp capacity on vessels under 20'.
http://myfwc.com/boating/regulations/#nogo

Luckily my V-20 is 20' plus and therefore not bound by the constraints of "THE MAN".
Ironically, the Merc 250 and the 200 Opti's are identical in displacement and weight. Both heavier than the E-tec. So since I have it hung on a 30" bracket, and GenieAye has nearly your exact setup, I think it safe to assume yours will be damn near PERFECT.
Congratulations. Now get er done..

Have you tried using Photobucket? (www.photobucket.com)
Register (free), upload your photos to there, and then post the img file from there to here.
link should read like ..... [img] my photo name [img]

Ya'll heard that, right?