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That boat is underpowered with a single 200.

Rusted plugs would give me pause as well.

Low hours are not a good thing (contrary to what some think).

THE WORST thing for a marine engine (especially an outboard) is lack of use.

The more then engine is run, barring VERY high hours, the better it is for the engine.

You def need a survey with compression and I would also see about a leak down test.

Compression should probably be in the 100-120 range for that engine.

Main concern is that all cylinders measure closely to each other. Within 10-15% of each other or so.

I imagine it is a carbed big block V6 2 stroke, so the tech in 2000 for that was fairly mature.

I am not sure of the specific issues for that year, but as a whole, it is a solidly built engine, fairly easy/straight forward as far as outboards go, LOVES to drink gas and oil, will smoke, but is a reliable engine on avg and is similar to my 2003 Johnson 175 2 stroke carb.