That does not seem to make much sense to me. The P-26 is a lighter boat.The 26 Pearson had a Merc 9.9 hp 4 stroke, and the person who I bought it from said that the boat needed that much hp to maintain headway when he brought the boat here (against moderate wind and tide).![]()
Maybe it cavitates being hung off of the transom vice being in a well?