Butch...a weight reduction in the boat will automatically take place because the hoagie will be eliminated by a call of nature and the 12 pack of Pepsi will be excreted through the human hose so everything was Ok until you mentioned your "fat" brother...that could be trouble. You are definitely over the posted load limit for your boat. Cobra's are made tough but there's limits to everything...and as he has pointed out on several ocassions, too bad you haven't caught yours in awhile. Now stop sniffing that ethanol and go out and drill another hole in the ice.