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I have decided to repower the boat on my personal page after looking at the old 140 Johnson off the boat yesterday. I am completely refitting the boat, and it seems dumb to spend all the cash required to do that without modernizing the power and adding a kicker.

I was considering the E-Tech 150 until I discussed this with my boat guy as all the latest repowers I have seen here at WC have been these motors. The boat Guru has recommended a Yamaha 4-stroke. Whatever I go with, I will also be matching a 9.9 Kicker. I see that weight could become an issue, but I have had extremely good luck with the Yamaha engines on boats in my past and I am now leaning towards this option myself.

I would welcome any input in this matter for consideration...I see several Yamaha powered Outrage 18's in the personal pages here but I have not seen anyone going with them on recent repowers. Why?

Thanks in advance for all input.