I took her home the other day. Got the boat and trailer with many accessories on it. Had everything on it except a fishing pole! Took her home and spent 3 hours tearing into her and washing her from inside out. Everything looks great on this boat. Filled her up with 52 gallons of gas and checked for leaks. (Anyone else notice that the gas fill and vent is right under where the driver sits and would flick ashes out?) Took her to the river and gently cruised her out of the dock and around the area for a few miles. Then took her upriver around 4500-5000RPM for 5 miles. Shut her down, checked that I was using oil out the tank, leaks, etc. Ran her down the river and out into open water this time pushing it to 5800RPM. I am cruising about 45MPH trimmed out at 5800RPM. There is little bit of throttle left, but scared to take it up to 6000RPM. I finished off the day running 50 miles only getting up to 5200RPM.
I am very impressed with this boat. Why did Wellcraft discontinue such a fine boat? I felt like I was driving a tank when I would hit large waves kicked up by other boaters. My other boat would have hurt me hitting them like this thing can. I did notice the deck of the cuddy flexing just a little bit in rough water. This part appears to be very thin fiberglass, so maybe it's just normal. I can sit on the deck and it doesn't feel bad. Underneath looks good.
Will post some pics after I get her waxed up. I am hooked on this style boat. I know I probably spent more than I should have for this rig, but from what I saw today, I think it was worth it.
