8hp is way too big for a ten foot aluminum boat. If it is really just ten feet and not twelve feet, probably best to go with a 2hp. For a 12' aluminum vee hull boat, a 4hp is usually used and sometimes a 6hp. It's not too hard to flip a 12' rowboat with a 6hp.
Best personal choice - stick with the oars and try a totally quiet and lightweight and inexpensive like $125. new, 36 lb thrust electric trollng motor from Wal-Mart! No gasoline, can be used as an assist to the oars which lets you sit in the middle of the boat which makes the boat a lot better balanced. A battery, battery storage box, and battery charger are needed.
Instead of smelling a stinky, noisey two stroke gas engine, it will be a totally 100% quiet electric, light weight, that starts easy.
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