89 25.5 Sailfish repower weight question

[Searay54]

Researching replacing my well running old 89 Yamaha 200hp motors with a pair of ox66 Yamaha 225 or 250hp but very worried about adding weight to the motor bracket as the scuppers are close to being underwater.
Anyone have have info to share? Thanks in advance

 

[c1steve]

Two Merc 200 hp. four strokes would be the lightest twin engine pair available, I believe. I would consider a single 300 hp Merc, plus a kicker. This would save 300-400 lbs.

 

[DennisG01]

Steve, I think that's way out of the budget allotment he has set aside for this switch!

Sea Ray - what's the actual weight difference? I know my 250 weighs about 525lbs - but I don't know what the others weigh. What do your current engines each weigh?

Can you better explain what "close" means? That somewhat ambiguous so we don't really know what that means.

Lastly... take the extra weight the replacements will be and add it on top of your current engines.

 

[Fishtales]

Gonna be tough to get the power you want with the weight you need. Guessing the engines you have are in the 280# range. The rating was back in the day, is the transom in that condition?
I like the single screw and kicker unless you can locate a set of older 2-stroke motors.

 

[ROBERTH]

The older 200hp Yamaha Carbureted motors weigh about 400lbs. The OX66 250's about 525lbs according to Google.

Can that hull handle the total HP? My 25 is only rated to 400hp max. Thus twin 200's is the configuration I have and it is very quick to plane and hits 49mph top end.

To repower, the best option would be the Merc 200hp 4 strokes to maintain the weight advantage and still have great planning speed and top end as well as cruising speed. But they will cost a bunch like any repower with new motors.