Same here. I wouldn’t have gone through the long process if I didn’t love mine. I would read Capt. Terry’s post on estimating CG shift. Never had a respect for that until I added 410 lbs and a 35 pound jackplate and 15 lbs of aluminum bandaid to my transom. Did a lot to shave weight in my rebuild. Search for bracketed 20 threads because I don’t think you find many 18s. Even the guys with 23s will offer good insight. There’s a lot of strong opinions but the real world numbers don’t lie. Depends what you are doing with it. As Beaver and others will tell you, light is right. I want to be able to waterski behind mine.... and I can’t afford a 911 or GT350 so it has to be my hot rod. It has its limits as a result but I’m not going 50 miles offshore in it. Welcome, search, and post.
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