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Jay415's Alumacraft MV1648
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<blockquote data-quote="Jay415" data-source="post: 248695" data-attributes="member: 6905"><p>The boat slowed, but I can't say I'm unhappy at all. The boat is balanced, very stable and very fish-able. With all additions including the motors, batteries, charger, gas, decks etc. I prob added about 400-450lbs. I went very light on wood framing. I really wouldn't have saved more than 50lbs if I went with Aluminum framing. Most of the weight came from the motors, batteries, decking. The way to save a lot of weight is use Aluminum framing and decking, but weight vs cost is the real issue.</p><p></p><p>If I need more speed Ill get a bigger motor. The boat still gets around good enough. Took me about 10 min to get from one side of the lake to the other (about 2.3 miles) It tries to plane out and the speed slowly creeps up. That's why I was hoping the hydrofoil would help. I just don't have any experience with them. I'm also not crazy about drilling holes in my cavitation plate. What happens if I take the hydrofoil off? Will the holes be any issue?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay415, post: 248695, member: 6905"] The boat slowed, but I can't say I'm unhappy at all. The boat is balanced, very stable and very fish-able. With all additions including the motors, batteries, charger, gas, decks etc. I prob added about 400-450lbs. I went very light on wood framing. I really wouldn't have saved more than 50lbs if I went with Aluminum framing. Most of the weight came from the motors, batteries, decking. The way to save a lot of weight is use Aluminum framing and decking, but weight vs cost is the real issue. If I need more speed Ill get a bigger motor. The boat still gets around good enough. Took me about 10 min to get from one side of the lake to the other (about 2.3 miles) It tries to plane out and the speed slowly creeps up. That's why I was hoping the hydrofoil would help. I just don't have any experience with them. I'm also not crazy about drilling holes in my cavitation plate. What happens if I take the hydrofoil off? Will the holes be any issue? [/QUOTE]
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