On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:18:47 -0400, "Lance Osojnicki"
wrote:

Howdy,

I am looking at a nice 25' center console fishing boat that weighs 3700
pounds dry and without power. Will a Suzuki 250 be enough get up and go or
will a pair of 150s be necessary?

Maybe. I'd want to sea trial a similar boat with that engine before I
committed. 3700 lbs doesn't sound like a lot for a 25' CC, but by the
time you dump a hundred gallons of gas in it, gear and three people in
it, you can hit 4500 lbs easy. You didn't mention what model boat it
was - that would help a little - some boats are better designed than
others.

Twins are the way to go and preferably 200s.

I think 3700 is pretty light for a 25' CC compared to a Grady or Mako.

Yes and no. Depends on the hull design. A 24.5' bay boat is
technically a CC and there are intermediate types of CC boats that are
designed to be a "cross over" bay/center - etc. Really need to know
what the model is you are looking at. A bay boat, for instance, have
a completely different type of hull and at 25' would perform well with
a 250. A 25' CC with a deadrise of 21 degrees, no so much.

Thoughts? My piggy bank would like to say single.

There are advantages to twins - they will tend to be a tad more
efficient that a single. It wouldn't surprize me if you got the same
fuel efficiency on twins as you would with a single. Not saying you
will, I'm saying it wouldn't surprize me if you did.

If this is a trailerable boat, then you will still be in vectored
thrust land, but if it's not trailerable, then wide spaced twins on
the stern will really give you some outstanding performance.

If I knew what model boat you are considering, I could be a little
more specific.