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Originally Posted by manyboats
Relative to the title of the original post the size of engines or engine should have absolutely nothing to do w the number of engines employed.
Unless suitable power cannot be found in the number of engines that is needed or preferred.
A boat requiring 200hp should have 200hp irregardless of the number of engines.
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Actually I have come across a weird situation where that rule did not seem to work. On some of the narrow express type boats with IPS drives they are using three engines because to get more HP out of the two there is not enough room in the hull for larger engines side by side so they dump a third motor fore or aft on the mid line. The New MJM Zern 50 ft express offers the three motor option. With these fast boats it comes down to how much HP(speed) the buyer wants not so much what the hull calls for.