Quote Originally Posted by thebige22 View Post
spoontang & Alumacraft Fisher,
I have an Alumacraft Navigator 165, so pretty much the same length as your boats but has a little wider beam. It has a 90HP Optimax. I fish Erie approx. 12-15 times a year. I feel comfortable with waves up to about 3 feet, after that the boat gets tossed about quite a bit because there's not much weight to it. The advantage of the light weight is you get great gas mileage on the lake and it is easy to tow. Have fun and good luck fishing this year.
TheBigE22
Thanks for the feedback. I have now run mine twice and am imoressed so far with the quickness of it and the efficiency. It planes in about 5 seconds and that is great compared to my 32 SeaRay that takes quite a while. I plan to run the heck out of it and when weather looks foul, untie the big boat.