evinrude20
Seaman
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2008
- Messages
- 56
Hi all, I have a question regarding the transom of my wooden boat. Its a custom craft shelter top cruiser, 19' with a roof, closed bow. When it was built (57') it had an Evinrude 50, big twin I think? first on the lake that size. Back in the 90s, it got upgraded to a 84' Suzuki dt115, which moved the boat along nice. There is room for about 8 adults comfortably. I have to redo the transom, which i believe is just a couple sheets of 3/4" plywood attached the the frame,(fibreglass outside) the 115 I have is going by the wayside, and I have a Blackmax 135 (88') I can get for free from a relative. I looked and it seems to be about 30lbs heavier and of course the added 20hp. Is this going to be an issue for the boat? Im not an engineer, just want to make sure its not over doing it. Thanks!!