yeah skools, thats good advice. i got this short shaft 150 that truly is a hause (pushes 18.5 foot bayliner walk thrue 58.6 mph, no bs!) a bud of mine built it last summer. real low hours on rebuild. and a good trailer just sitting in the back yard. thinkin a flats boat might be a nice toy to have come fall. i have looked at the boat. thiers not but a scratch or two. i think she was tied to a pier on one of the inland rivers and just got swallowed. bud of mine at DMR will get me the owners name and we will find out more. tx