John H. wrote:

You may well be correct. I guess the idea of going 'max horsepower' came
from years back when I had a 15' Whaler with a 70hp Johnson, which was the
max.

Do you ever use your boat for pulling skiers, tubers, or whatever?
I haven't but the boat has plenty of power for that. I can get just
under 40 mph (GPS) on a calm day with two people and the usual coolers,
ice, etc. I also try to keep the tank at least 3/4 full so that's
another 270# or more. The 115 will save you about 60# on the transom.

The only reason I can think of to get a 150 on that Key West would be if
you had to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. You are
going to be on a lake so you will benefit from calmer sea conditions.

Dan

You're giving me more and more reason to save $3500. The Key West weighs
about 1750lbs. How much does yours weigh?

I don't want the boat to go over 50mph because my insurance company (USAA)
doesn't like that at all!

Dry with no motor it's 1550#. Add the motor and it's about 1950#.

Dan