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Old 01-21-2012, 08:10 PM
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They are very fast boats.

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Old 01-22-2012, 11:08 AM
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They are very fast boats.

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It will be interesting to watch these lightweight performance hulls with the "go-fast guys" on the rivers
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It will be interesting to watch these lightweight performance hulls with the "go-fast guys" on the rivers
It's really not a "lightweight" boat. I have double walls and a factory floor in mine. The 50" wide boats have 3 longitudinal ribs and the 56" wide have 5. I insisted on 5 ribs for strength. There is a steep learning curve to driving one empty. It ain't yer standard flatbottom, nail the throttle and go. The boat is finicky about the trim. If you nail the throttle and hit the trim, it starts chine walking, gets worse and worse till you have to chop the throttle. Way to run one without chine walking is to feed the trim slowly. Bump the up button, let the boat catch up, bump the up again, let the boat catch up. Takes a few trips to learn it, then it's all good. Here is the perfect example of how NOT to do it, too uch trim too quickly:
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FIRST: I am not their saleman, I am not sponsored by Edge, I just worked with them designing a boat the way I wanted an aluminum boat to perform. By performance, I mean a boat that runs fast, carries a load well, turns great, and the quality of workmanship. I paid for my boat, no favors there. I make ZERO, NADA, NOTHING if anyone buys their boat. They have several established dealers in Arkansas. Black Ops Duck Calls sells the Edge line with Black Ops trademarked camo paint job. Go to their website, they have dealers that can and will give you a price. That said, personally, I would rather deal with a local dealer in case problems arise. I have never known Lake Area not trying to keep a customer happy.
Edge has a website: http://www.edgeboats.com/
According to their website,
550 Retail Price: 4755.00 including aluminum trailer + prep, taxes, and shipping

NOW, note that is for the Edge with a dropdeck, not the standard deck we are accustomed to. All of the testing we have done, the 556 runs within 1 mph of the 550 with a 2 and/or 3 cylinder 25hp motor.
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