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PIP
I have had both single and dual ride guide set ups on my hydrostreams. to be honest, a single steer, set up properly does fine for me on a 15 foot with an inline 6 or a bubble back running mid 70s. I know it is not the best set up for safety, but I would bet that you are statistically safer doing 75 mph in a single steer boat than doing 100 in a dual steer boat, and nobody gives the 100 mph guys too much guff about it. I have an extra dual rotary stearing system out of a dynatrak ebbtide 17 foot that you can have for a song if you want it. it is a true dual system. part of my thing with liking the single is a simple issue of weight. if you have a minimal cubic inch set-up anyway, the addition of a hydraulic, or even manual jackplate, dual steering, and so on, can pretty easily tack on 50 extra pounds. you can work around a 50 pound gain when you are running a 2.5, but when you are running these smaller motors, especially the 49 and 56 inch omc motors, 50 pounds is huge. just my two cents. thanks
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