Unknown outboard powered sportfish

Spotted this at Cracker Boy in Ft. Pierce on April 6th. Are outboard sportfish's becoming a thing now?

Can someone please tell me how strapping a bunch of high output outboards on the back of a sportfish make any fiscal sense ?

Not for me.

Another had sent me photos stating it's a Post. Why anyone would replace safe diesel with highly explosive gasoline, and put a wall of motors between where there might be an angler and a fish is beyond me, although I see no outriggers on this one so who knows.

It’s a 1984 55’ Ocean Super Sport.

What does one do with the engine room after converting a boat to outboards? I could perhaps see some benefit in a new boat specifically designed for outboards. At least then the vacated engine room space could be utilized well. But in an older conversion?

In this 55' Ocean SS the fuels tanks are still in the engine room outboard port/stbd same as when it was built. There's a generator in a sound shield and some floorboards between the stringers where the motors used to be.

If memory serves me right the owner who had the boat converted to outboards was disabled and the boat was built to accommodate wheelchair access. I believe a big part of the outboard conversion was for joystick piloting.