Dorado - Yeah, it can run pretty dang fast. It may not do 50, but at least mid 40’s. I don’t know if you would want to get your teeth rattled out by running it like that. Only time I could imagine opening it up like that would be if we were too stupid to get home before bad weather rolled up on us.
When we were looking at what motor to get, someone told my husband “No one every wishes they had less horsepower” and Sea Hunt said the boat could definately handle that motor. So that is what we picked.