interesting wellcraft

[chumbucket]

Well I can't say about the newer Shamrocks because I'm sure they've all been redesigned, but that was a common problem with older Shamrocks as well. They rode through the water bow heavy. Anything much less than planing speeds and they plowed a lot of water. The newer ones seem to be redesigned though. I just haven't seen too many of them out on the water. Inherently, I like the straight inboard design keeping the motor weight centered and low. It just makes for a difficult trailerable boat. I know that Shamrock also makes a "Pocket Drive" for shallow water running. When I look at that, all I can think of is the old Penn Yan's and all the problems they had with a "Pocket Drive". Very inefficient prop "bite" and would throw a rooster tail from here to next Sunday.
While that Wellcraft is interesting, it's too much $$. There aren't a lot of boats that can be considered an investment and I don't think that's one either.