WOW YOU GUYS WERE GREAT! I GOT MORE INFO THAN I PROBABLY NEEDED. LOOKS LIKE THE JET WINS OUT. MOST OF THE RUNNING WILL BE ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER(SAND BARS AND SHALLOW AREAS. THER ARE LAKES AROUND WHERE I COULD USE THE TOP END SPEED BUT THATS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR. RIVER IS 20 MIN. AWAY AND IT WILL BE FUN AFTER WORK OR ON WEEKENDS. I'VE HERD THAT I SHOULD CHECK OUT TRANSOMS IN EARLY 80'S BOATS. TRUE OR FALSE?(HERE WE GO AGAIN!) FATBOY