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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater
Twins are cool but not practical...
Of a given hp, twins will be heavier, slower, more expensive, and less efficient than a single... Your boat will be better balanced and all around better w a single engine.
You won't be able to plane on one of your twin engines unless you change the prop...
You would be far better off with a single and a kicker.
As for easier to maneuver, yes that's true but it's just a 20' boat... They do fine with singles.
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Smoke, I agree with almost everything you said except... why can't you plane on just one engine? Tilt one up and you have 115 hp. More than enough to plane a V20. We know that V's will plane at 90 hp, so 25 more would seem more than enough. Just curious. (And I still like the thought of twin 115's. NOT practical, but oh so cool).
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