Tom. I dont think so  Okay if you're on a lake but not open water. I replaced my Yamaha with a 9.9 Suzuki fuel injected 4 cyc. Long, shaft, high thrust (4 blade prop) . It could push me through a 15-20kt, 2 ft sea.Joe DempseyTrojan 42 MYM/V VoyagerFormer Rhodes 22S/V RespiteDeltaville, VASent via the Samsung Galaxy S23 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone