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Is there any harm to leaving the prop on all winter? Boat is stored outside in the Northeast - shrinkwrapped.

I did. Looking forward to next season. I found the power to be just fine during seatrial and we had 5 grown men aboard. I am no expert by any means but the surveyor agreed. I am not looking to break any speed records. It's a bit hard to hand in tight quarters. I'll wait until the next one...

Thanks. Do you have a hard top and bow pulpit? Is it a snug fit?

Does anyone with a Gulfstream use a cover instead of shrink wrapping? If so, where did you get your cover?

According to the manual the max HP for this boat is 400ho. Twin 200s seems like an awful lot o power for this boat. I agree that twin 150s would probably be ideal, but cost is an important factor.

Thanks for the responses. They were helpful.

I have an opportunity to purchase a 2002 Gulfstream w/ a single Yamaha 225 at a great price. I see many posts indicating this is not ideal power for this model and that twins are preferable. This will be my first boat so max speed is not important to me and I will not be fishing too far off...