My wife and I have owned 10 boats over the last 40 years. Some aluminum, some fiberglass. I know that each one filled a need and I enjoyed all of them. I currently own a 2010 Lowe Stinger 170 with a Merc 75 hp 2 stroke outboard. I need to change hulls to help me with some physical issues I am dealing with. I have had serious foot reconstruction and will definitely need the step up to the front deck and I will be going with a dual console. I am looking at both the X19 Pro and a Vexus 1980. My first choice is the X19 Pro with the Seadeck. I intend to continue fishing tidal waters here in MD as well as my many trips to TN and KY lakes. If you have one of their boats with the Seadeck please tell me how dry the storage boxes and rod boxes stay? Since I have already had many go fast bassboats, I am not really looking for anything earth shaking. Would a 175 on a 19X give me a good holeshot and something near 60mph? How well does this hull handle rough water? I realize it is all relative, but here on the tidal Chesapeake water I run some rough stuff sometimes. My current rig is pretty good in the rough stuff if I keep the nose up a bit and run about 25-30 mph. It tops out around 34 mph max, so a boat that runs faster would be nice again. My intention is to get my rig ready to run for this summer. I may fly out west and test run one of each of these boats. I want to see how they handle myself. I hate a boat that plows to get up on plane or can not keep level at slower speeds like while graphing. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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