Bracket on a 20 MA questions

[jorgeinmiami]

Yesterday I saw a boat that is just like mine in my neigborhood. It went to fill up at the gas station that I was going to.
I looked it over and it got me thinking.
I am shopping for an engine and it seems that the majority of the engines come in 25" shafts. That would leave me with options of redoing the trasom to get to the 25".
This one had a bracket on the back with a 25"engine.
My question is would this be a good option? Would the ride be ok or would it upset the balance? Also I think it would be a quicker project than tearing up the transom and it would add a nice platform for swiming

Here is a pic of the other boat



What do you guys think?