More than likely. Militiaman/survivalist/Patriot describes me pretty good! 8)
When I first built the Aluma-Jet, I did have a set of sponsons that went around the gunwale, made out of .050" x 10" aluminum pipe, filled with inert gas. And the whole boat was originally black.
I ended up taking them off, as the bow is so low-slung, the sponsons acted to shuttle water right into the boat any time I took a wave on the bow. Also, they acted like pitch limiters, I wasn't able to bank and spin the boat around in its own wake at 30 MPH like I can now.
