thanks to all for advice I finally settled on a 20 HP Suzuki from Boat Max on line seems like good people so far
ordered it Tuesday 13th and had it on the boat and running Friday afternoon 16th so no complaint on delivery.
but cranking it was funny- put it on the boat and put oil in it and hooked battery up- but guess what- yep I
touched the starter and before I could turn it lose it fired up and the gas tank was not hooked up lol.
I thought this thing is gonna be easy on gas if I can figure out how to cut it off before it blows up .
again, thanks to all that chimed in with info and advice. hope to see y'all on the water soon