on my southfork, at the top of the tunnel, the aluminum continues outward past the transom another 1' or so, I bent that up some using a hammer to through water a little higher due to some ever so slight cavitating at times. It saved me from adding cup to the prop.

, hope this helps

Resurection!!!

Does anyone know what a 17 to 18 ft x 48 southfork run $$$ nowadays...contemplating a new boat

Btw I have a 3cyl 40 merc with 60 carbs to slap on the back of that mudda fricka...

$2700 for I think an 18x46 Southfork on a McClain trailer out the door in Mamou...

Check the place in Beaumont that advertises on SE Texas.com. I've heard some of the guys at work talk about them being pretty cheap.

Thanks guys! If its close to that sounds darn good to me....

I bought a 1848 two yrs ago and it was more than what Bluechip said and that was without a trailer.

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Could be very true..... I was just going off what a gentleman told me but you know how it is.....sometimes they tell you anything to make it sound like the deal of the century.

I do know that he made this purchase in the last few weeks but that could have been a 17ft price to.

How does it run and perform?

If you're looking for stability and room get the 48" bottom but if you're not get the 42" or 46". With a stock mercury 40 with a console plywood floor a big front deck and three big batteries it'll do 30-31mph. Not a speed demon but a comfortable ride. I had it in Biglake a Friday in the wind and never was concerned. It handled the waves very good. My only complaint is the tunnel on the 48" bottom is wider than the tunnel on the 42" bottom and to me it doesn't run as shallow. That being said I know the boat is heavy with all the batteries in it. I'm fixing to reduce some weight in it and hopefully it'll improve some.

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Hell I run 32 mph in my 16x42 all day long with one battery and an aluminum floor, ice chest and 6 gallons of gas but length does slow you down a lot. I didn't know that about the tunnel on the 48" boats, I don't like that .

I have had problems getting the boat proped right and I think part of it is the tunnel. That's just my uneducated opinion. Lol

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And I forgot to include a 12 gallon gas tank also.

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Merc what motor are you running?

Sorry I thought I had included that. 😶 I'm running a stock 3cyl 40hp merc.

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Crap you sure did..."F" in reading comprehension for myself!

Lol. I thought I did but I just typed it again and didn't even check.

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Tunnel Hulls
 

Im also shooping for similar rig.

Southfork .80 gauge 18/42 Tunnel $2,500.

The 48" Southfork tunnels are .100 gauge, I didn't price that model.

The Southfork model i quoted had a "performance tunnel" not the deep tunnel, but they prob make deep tunnel.

I priced Alweld 18/44 and 20/44 La Model with deep tunnel this am, I believe price was around $2,700 and a little under $3,000.

I'm leaning heavy on the 20/44 Alweld with deep tunnel. I'm not too concerned with speed, and I would prefer not to run jack plate if possible.

What I would really like is a true flat bottom 19/50 Custom Tunnel but that's a little more $$$ than I'm wanting to spend.

Anybody have any 1st hand feedback on the performance tunnel vs deep tunnel?

Boaaaaaaats
 

One more thing, IMO if your pricing a Tunnel Hull and your getting up around $4,000 you might wanna think about a custom built boat or a good used custom built boat.

I have the 18/44 alweld performance tunnel. Very stable and solid built boat. Have t got real shallow with it yet. But runs good