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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrGiggles" data-source="post: 496254" data-attributes="member: 22613">I have an 84 Tracker that still hardly leaks, and I have pounded the heck out of it.When Tracker was first starting to transition into welded hulls I believe they had a lot of quality issues, but that was a long time ago.The 60 will likely do fine, as you mentioned there is a big weight penalty in the 75+ outboards that mitigates the extra power. You may have to run less prop when heavily loaded but it will work. On my boat, the difference between a 60hp two stroke and a 90hp four stroke was only about 5-7mph. The 60s cruising sweet spot was 25mph, a 75 bumped it to 28, and the 90 is 32ish.I deliver mail to the Tracker factory where many of the pontoons are assembled. The back lot has hundreds of pallets of brand new Mercury outboards, almost enough to make a guy plan a heist. The plant closed during the 2008 recession but they reopened it after Covid, and it certainly appears that business is booming. Their Nitro glass boats are made just to the north of me in Clinton, and I believe the tin boats are made south of me in Lebanon and Springfield.</blockquote>