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I am kind of curious as to why you'd buy a boat that won't go as fast as you want to go - wouldn't it have been cheaper to just buy the right boat in the first place? I am also a little confused, as Whaler lists the maximum engine weight for that hull as 530 pounds, and the 200 Verado Pro weighs 635 pounds. Are you sure you don't have the 4 cylinder Verado? That's what the Whaler web site lists as the stock motor for your boat, and it weighs in at 510 pounds.

I guess the bottom line is that I would be concerned about hanging a motor that's 50 horsepower and 105 pounds over the limits Whaler specifies. Seems to me that if you got in an accident and someone got hurt, you'd be an easy target for every lawyer in the Western world.