It depends too on where you set the minimum weight. Obviously two, 190# guys aren't going to be competitive with a singlehanded boat, but if you set the minimum weight at 253#'s/115kg like the HCA has, I don't know. I think few teams could work that kind of weight, but youth teams really come to mind, and that's plenty to right it too.

I fully understand that dragging around excess weight isn't the best plan of attack, (gimme a little credit), but the minimum weight for the FXone is 158lbs uni, that extra 95lbs could pay off pretty well when that 3rd hand is needed. Plus you should be able to drive the boat that much harder. May get some of the folks who are leary of switching to a F18 something more manageable too. I've ran the front of an Infusion and it was way more work than running my boat singlehanded.

I need to get on a F17 sometime and try it out. There is a couple locally. How does it handle two people? When the FXone sticks the nose it doesn't slow down much, I've been told the F17 stops hard.

Hey Bob, next time you see Rick Adams ask him about two up on my boat on Lake Superior in probably 25mph winds and 4ft chop