Re: 33 hp ski twin
Mine is a 16' LoweLine semi V with a 60" beam that I use for hunting and occaisional boating. I weigh 275 and with the motor, battery, gear in the back, the boat does squat when loaded down. I lengthened the fuel line to put the tank farther forward(at the cost of not being able to reach the bulb) and keep all the hunting stuff forward to balance things out. I am always concerned about water coming over the transom from waves and wind. On a fourteen foot, you're going to have plenty of power plus, if you're pull starting, there won't be a 50# battery in the back. If my boat was set up for a throttle and steering wheel, it would get me further forward, too, but it's not.
Anyway, I'm just saying the 33 is nice and has good power but it comes from the sixties before lightweight and powerful engines came in the same package. It's a heavy motor compared to new ones but spending 3 to 4 thousand on a new motor doesn't make any sense for me.
Can you put the motor on your boat for a test run, to check the trim? What kind of deal are you going to get on this motor? The guy that fixes outboards here in central Illinois is the one that told me about converting a motor to electric start, luckily mine already was set up. Getting that motor off the engine stand and on to the transom is going to be a back breaker one of these days. And I always store mine in the garage at the end of the season, I just don't feel good about leaving it out in the weather(it's -3 outside as I write, a little warmer in the garage).
Mine is electric start though, but that starter only adds a few pounds.
