How fast is your rig?? Marsh Missiles

[Ray]

I had a 20/36 Weldcraft with a 40 Merc. 3 cylinder for duck and alligator hunting.
It would run around 35 mph. But it was propped for carrying a load, not for speed.
I carried 3 men, hunting stuff and a big lab to the blind and had to take off in shallow water.
I also carried heavy loads for alligator season, in shallow water.
It had a tunnel hull with a skeg in it for weeds.
I never fished out of it, just hunted and sometimes when crabbing in the marshes behind Cameron.
Hurricane Rita damaged her, I got her fixed up and Ike made her vanish. I never seen her again after Ike.

[B-Stealth]

Originally Posted by Ray

I had a 20/36 Weldcraft with a 40 Merc. 3 cylinder for duck and alligator hunting.
It would run around 35 mph. But it was propped for carrying a load, not for speed.
I carried 3 men, hunting stuff and a big lab to the blind and had to take off in shallow water.
I also carried heavy loads for alligator season, in shallow water.
It had a tunnel hull with a skeg in it for weeds.
I never fished out of it, just hunted and sometimes when crabbing in the marshes behind Cameron.
Hurricane Rita damaged her, I got her fixed up and Ike made her vanish. I never seen her again after Ike.

Sounds like a marsh machine.

Ray, do you think those long skinny 20ft boats perform better than a wider 17, or 18ft in the shallow H20?