wrote:

The sea pearl 21 is NOTHING like your boat. It's an extremely light
boat and doesn't need nearly as much power to push it. You could
pretty much paddle it like a canoe.

But a good set of oars is MUCH better than a paddle! :-)


As for your son - he obviously needs a boat of his own. Buy him an old
aluminum semi-vee and give him that outboard you have now to power it.

I think I'd rather not have him near me on the water in a powerboat at all...