Thanks for the replies guys. I guess my biggest concern is gonna be the reliability/ quality of the mariner. I don't lnow not do I know anyone who know about these motors. I like tbe bracket on a smaller boat for the extra room of the full transom and it's really not that much work. Plus if it works well, I think it will make the boat easier to sell later. When I sell it I will sell it with the mariner, hopefully as a running boat. I can take it off while it's running well and put it back on to sell running well. Shallow water performance with the bracket, especially with the 225, even without the bracket running yhat 225... Those are my biggest unknowns. It does have Bennet trim tabs.
This is probably gonna come down to a flip of a coin, lol.
Worth mentioning, I'm not new to v20's. I love these boats. I have a 92 cuddy cabin with the Johnson sea star 175 that I restored. Great boat! I love it but my dad loves it a little more than I do. It lives with him now
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