are you going out of site of land? can you picture a time when losing
power would not be a good thing? I would rather power up to the local
bar than be TOWED to it...Bragging rights kind of go to hell when you
are towed home.... ALSO... resale value in coastal towns will be
substantially higher on the twins.

Roger Long wrote:

This question is a real personality test. It comes down to flat out
speed and bragging rights in the bar against just about everything
else (if you leave out cost).

The two stroke will have higher fuel consumption plus you will be
burning oil at the same time which isn't cheap. You'll also be
polluting like crazy. The twins have redundancy but the higher weight
and the drag of an additional lower unit will cost knots. That will
cost you big points in the bar.

It's pretty much a no-brainer for an outboard boater.

Enjoy that two stroke