new guy looking for ideas

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Thanks Corky!
My previous rig was very stable in the water, and heavy, and gave me a top speed of 6 MPH. By comparison, my Navionics app recorded my late night/low tide / mud run 2 nights ago at 24 MPH. Most folks wouldn't think much of that, but for me, a 300% increase in top end is really taking some adjustment! Blink or twitch and it feels like you could end up in the next county, or worse, especially at night! The guys with the big-dog v8 rigs that top out at 50 or 60+ are totally incomprehensible to me!
Thanks again for the encouragement, and the priceless advice from experience!
This picture is from my first experimental run on the Suwanee river, a couple months back, hadn't finished everything, just wanted to test the float/balance & steering.