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Hurricane ss231 F150 or F200
kkness2
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I'm looking to buy a new ss231 (2016) The boat I'm looking into has a f150 on it already . Is the extra money worth going to the f200 ?
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Without question, yes..... here's why.
That boat as a MAX HP rating of 300HP. You're at 50% of maximum capacity. If you load that boat up with folks and are out cruising you'll be very slow to get on plane and running at a higher RPM on the motor.
Typical rule of thumb I use for engine sizing. For general purpose boating, cruising or fishing, 60-75% of the Max HP rating is what you should purchase.
If you want to use it for watersports, etc then 85-100% of the Max HP rating.
The variances allows for few passengers vs fully loaded. So you need to know how you plan to use your boat.
Also, if you run a 150HP engine at 5000+RPMs to cruise around, but are at 3500RPMs for a 200HP to do the same, the larger engine will consume similar to less fuel as its running in a lower RPM range so don't equate extra HP to extra fuel consumption.
Hope this helps.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------2010 Hurricane SS 188 OB
2010 Mercury Optimax 200HP / Mercury SS High Five 19P
2010 Trailmaster SC trailer -
Buy the biggest motor you can afford, way better for cruising if you only need to use half the power, when I re-powered one of my old boats going from a 135hp to 225hp the bigger motor used 1/2 the fuel the smaller one did.
