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Thanks for all the replies. Very helpful.

205 Not to quibble but the 2008 brochure indicates the 208 wt @2900 w/o engine and the 205 @ 2810. That's still almost 100 heavier and you're satisfied with a loaded hole start-to-plane. That's encouraging enough. Wonder how much difference your prop may make low-end wise. The performance dream...

Probably need to just try it out heavy with this and a larger powerplant and see what happens. Seeing is believing. Thanks for the reply.

205 Those look like the numbers that I saw in some review the other day. As I noted in my original post, the performance looks pretty darn good from the perspective of the areas noted. It is the time to plane with a load, etc. that I am curious about. A friend of a friend with the 205/150...

I am in the market for an inshore/nearshore/bay boat and am considering the purchase of a new 2007 205 w/150 Yamaha with a quoted price, including trailer, at $48000.00. The published performance specs relating to gph, cruise & top speed appear to be acceptable. I have heard, however, that...