followed the whole project, looks good. i have a wriedt which appears to be the same hull and i had a question. you took out the center stringer when you converted from quarter to full stringer, do you get any flex in the hull in choppy water? i was thinking of extending my stringers, but still living the center one in to prevent flex. i know my friends rogers appears to flex even with the longer stringer.

It will distort the shape of the bottom.  You need to support the hull at the transom and the bow eye and let it hang free underneath.

makes sense. thanks for the heads up, i appreciate it.

i think whether i move the tanks to the back or not will depend on what i find.

hey guys, new here, new to boats. went for a ride on a friends boat and got hooked.

i just picked up a '77 wriedt stinger 18ft jetboat for 100 bucks. needs just about everything. right now im doing all of the stringer, floor, etc and going to make this thing like brand new for next summer.

this boat had the fiberglass tank in the bow which i am cutting out. im going to either an aluminum or plastic tank. ive noticed that some older stinger's had the tanks on the sides of the boat more towards the back.

as for my question, i know it is said that the boats are faster with the tanks in the back, however is there any reason i should keep the tank in the bow on this particular hull? it seems to not be as common as other hull makes but it looks like the same boat as a tahiti tiger.

thanks.

only pic i have of the boat right now, but on the back it says "blood, sweat, & nitrous" the previous owner said it did over 80mph with a bbf 460 on nitrous which seems pretty fast for one of these.