Sleekcraft question

[stvracing]

Bill, the hull weighs 1380lbs empty.I know because I weighed it.I found out more of whats getting done. He going to pull out ALL the wood and core. The will be split in two pieces, deck and hull. When its done there wont be any wood left. All composite. Single seat center steer. Im going to get it as close to 1325lbs fully rigged with engine for the COR class. I know with my 300 drag I can get over 80 with no trouble. I want to do this with a 2.0. Mainly because alot of people I know said it cant be done.

[fyremanbill]

When you say 1380 empty, does that include engine, battery, all rigging, etc, as in add fuel and driver and go?

[stvracing]

NO just the bare hull.

[fyremanbill]

OK, thats WAY heavy. Maybe there's some void spaces that are full of water. Maybe you will get 600lbs out of it, but your right, you can't race it like that.

[stvracing]

Yes it is. I noticed with both of my Sleekcrafts that they need more lift so I'm making a big change to the bottom to build more compression. This should help it get up when comming out of a corner.

[ePerformanceMarine]

At the 300 we were 1448 at the end of the day. That is even with th Suzuki on it and my gear.

[stvracing]

Jim, just think of how nice it'll run with a Merc with 100 lbs less weight on the stern.