I didn't buy my Ranger for speed. All these bass boats today with 250's and similar length hulls are all within 10 +/- mph of each other, who cares if my Ranger will do 73 mph and your "brand X" does 77 mph?!?!?
If I was worried about speed I would have left my rods at home, picked up boat racing and bought a cigar boat.
I'm more concerned about what the bass are doing under the water than with you "blowing" by me at 77 mph when I'm doing 73 mph (I normally cruise at the blistering speed of 30-35 mph 99% of the time anyway)..........
Well stated....