Outboard horsepower

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I love this discussion, some are Libertarians and they dont know it

F the Insurance companies

Unlike a VIN tag on a car, pull the HP rating tag OFF your boat
There is NOTHING illegal about doing that, its the SUGGESTED rating
If your boat is in good nick, do you think the next owner will take issue?
If the coast guard boards your boat, what will they do?
You just tell them this is the way it was when I bought it

The liberal more government folks would LOVE to see annual boat inspection

All that said, if you shove more that 250 HP onto that transom, think it out
If you are not a tool, you can over-motor a boat wo ripping the transom off
Common sense should be the rule
1% of us cant, so we all have to drive slow, under motored boats?