Quote Originally Posted by cww View Post
If your boat only weighs 25000lb that's probably the key to it. Hatts got heavier as time went on, to an absurd degree, that 40dc is a good example, a foot shorter but weighs 38000lb dry. That is a 66% weight increase over yours with probably the same amount of power. Sea rays used to be light but by the late 80's early 90's came to suffer from the same weight problem. I think a lot of this has to do with that.
All due respect, but both Hatt's and Sea Ray's got lighter as time went on. My 41DC is not only lighter with the gas engines, but the aft sections are more flat. That helps her get up and go while keeping her draft down.