With a flat bottom boat I was surprised just how sharp in corners without slide. It has a fairly sharp bow entry that makes it drive similar to the other flat bottom boats (EVox, Maverick S, etc) which makes the ride better than anticipated when trimmed correctly. Obviously doesn’t handle like a V bottom boat but better than I was expecting as it was my 1 reservation.
Overall while does require more skill to drive properly frequent input on trim tilt it rides great. The next will see if the flat bottom causes any noticeable affect on polling. It truly has no hull slap as advertised , hard to tell you are not in a fiberglass boat.
Boat is about 150lbs heavier I believe vs high end non-carbon boats and likely only about 50lbs different than the others. With that not what I would have purchased if still in South Florida but for upper Gulf coast it is perfect, hence why becoming so popular.
Hope to eventually move back to ACEbasin area after military commitment and feel will do great with oyster beds where I like to fish and duck hunt.
I bought this to be a 10-20 year boat to compliment a larger more family oriented center console in the future.
Last edited by Dawhoo; 12-02-2021 at 01:35 PM.
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