[flyingfrizzle]

Hard to compare the two. The 18 is such different construction the way the gunnels are made. Thats got a lot to do with the stiffness. You can look at 10 different potters and see construction differences between them even some the same year made. Tracker got its bad name from the late year model boats. Late 90's or 2000's. The 80's year model's were not bad boats at all. The ply wood vs the balsa core is a downgrade but there are other changes such as length but I would feel good about the 80's boats.