I would take it a step further and recommend looking only at fuel injected motors. Unless you are pretty mechanical a carb cleaning sure is costly. I have a 16 foot smokercraft phantom and really like it. It certainly pounds in chop, but I think most boats you are looking at will. One other thing to consider if you are going to use it on the sound much is finding a boat with a splashwell in back. There has been a decent number of times I am glad that we have one. The klamath boats sure look nice though really a no frills fishing boat.