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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marbleyes" data-source="post: 189643" data-attributes="member: 675">Of the boats you mentioned, I can only talk about the trophy. I’m on my second one and if you get a trophy I would suggest saving your money on a jackplate and spend some money on a good stainless steel prop and raise your motor to the second hole from the top. I did that on my first trophy and it made a big difference correcting pouposing (had a hydrofoil on it as well), and added around 4 mph top end and saved on gas consumption since raising the motor took care of the “dragging” of the motor through the water. The trophy’s use a 2XB hull system which essentially doubles the thickness of the aluminum in the hull. It also adds a decent amount of weight to an already heavy boat. If you are after speed I wouldn’t get a trophy. I have a 185 trophy with maxed out at 175hp and with a stainless prop and a 9.9 kicker and I got around 48mph at WOT before I chewed the prop up a little by hitting a barely sunken island that jumped out in front of me out of no where (okay, I wasn’t paying attention) and now I get around 45mph. The motor on the trophy I have now has not yet been raised to the second hole from the top and I can feel the motor “dragging” causing slower top end and more gas consumption than necessary. I don’t have a hydrofoil on this one and it doesn’t need it because porposing hasn’t been an issue but that motor is getting raised a hole when I get it winterized. I really like both of the trophys I had/have. They definitely sit really high in the water and boat control on windy days might take some getting used to if you haven’t had a boat that sits that high before. The trophys IMO are a solid, safe boat and while tourney fishing I’ve taken on some real sketchy days of wind on sakakawea without ever taking a wave over the bow or ever having any concern about swamping it. Also, if you end up getting a trophy I recommend getting the longest shaft possible for your trolling motor, again because it sits so damn high in the water. I know you only asked about jackplates but I figured I’d throw a little other input about the trophy in case you weren’t already aware. I wouldn’t hesitate getting another one.</blockquote>

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