Hello Papee,
It lookedlikeyou were reallymovng!!
I took my rig out today in bays near home. I was in the boat alone. It was kinda windy too. Against the wind it was awful. With he wind, it was running, I'd guess about 30 mph.
It was running fast enough to develop a bow hop.
I have my 40 hp with 60" prop mounted on a borrowed 14' Alumacraft boat with a 50"bottom. I can see where a narrow bow would be an advantage to have less drag in the wind.
I'm shopping for a 12 to 13 foot aluminum boat with a 70 to 80 inch bottom, or something near that size.
David at Alumitech Airboats in Florida gave me a pretty good price on a new one, but it's a 1000 miles away.
If anyone knows of one in the Texas area, please let me know.
Thanks
Big John