I recently sold my drag car, and abuncha other crap and got out of racing altogether, the ol lady said it was takin up too much time and money so I bitched out and sold everything. Now here's the sneaky part, we're talking about buying a tame jet boat that's fun and dependable for the lake, but eventually I want to try my hand at boat racing and see if I have the nuts for it. My question is that I'm tryingto figure out what type of hull to go with. I'm looking for something well built with a good rep, rides smooth turns good has an early to late seventies look ,but it can be an 80's that will also make a damn good race boat down the road. If you want just give me your top five favorites. Thanks guys.

This may seem like a dumb question but I was wondering whenever you use a transmission in a v-drive do you use a converter or is there a special kind of coupling shaft made to bolt to the flywheel that runs directly into the transmission, in other words direct drive instead of fluid coupling you get with a converter, thanks.

 Can anyone tell me anything about a 78 hornet hull and it's characteristics, good or bad. Also I am looking at a 74 Kona hull and they seem to be pretty respected, any info on them would be good too, thanks for the help.