Some of you may have seen my 68 rogers build. Well I just picked up a sleelcraft rebel (not sure of year at the moment) and its in decent shape. I bought it for parts for my Rogers build. But I'm thinking that it would take a lot less work to put it together. The kicker is that I cannot have both. So its one or the other.

The sleek is a 1/4 stringer and future plans call for a fairly high power engine. I've read that stringers aren't too important.

The Rogers needs a lot of work and im okay with that but I don't completely like the looks of the rogers. And I've read that they tend to bow steer badly because of the hull design.

I will mainly use the boat for local lakes and the river. With a rare trip down into havasu. My question for you is what route would you all go with my end goal of wanting a boat that will go fairly fast? And it does seem lighter than the Rogers and again I like the way the sleek looks more. But if the Rogers is truly the better boat here I'll continue on my path

Thanks in advance

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Be advised that there are a whole lot of the Rogers cult here.  It probably is the better boat, if it is an unbiased answer you want, you may not get it here.

Rogers for sure! It's a much better choice to try to go fast. It's a proven hull if you put the work into it. The sleekcraft........ Not so much.
 Also 6 or 700 hp in 1/4 stringers........ Not a good idea JMO

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Rogers for sure! It's a much better choice to try to go fast. It's a proven hull if you put the work into it. The sleekcraft........ Not so much.
Also 600 to 700 hp in a 1/4 stringer boat.... Not a good idea JMO

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X2 on the 1/4 stringer thing.


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How about a picture of both


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Here's my boat. 

The last picture I posted was in Needles two weekends ago it was 75 and beautiful so I couldn't resist and I made my wife go haha


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ditch em both and spend all your money on a blown 572 motor for that blue bahner in your sig.   

Personally I like the Rogers better but you have to go with your first instinct.

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