Hey Billy,
Definately is an advantage and I know this is driving you crazy being left behind watching everyone else dissappear into the distance, I know when I fished with you I felt like paddling to get some extra speed, time for you to upgrade :ohyeh: .
More speed equals extra fishing time and means having the ability to reach those long off spots. Bigger boat means when you are a long way from home in bad weather you can stay out longer. As you know in the first tourny of the year my partner and I travelled a long way at full throttle and from memory the Yammy 80 was pushing us at 38mph, we only got approx 5 hours or less of fishing in a 7 hour day due to the distance but it paid off big time.
As you know some spots will only work when there is some run in the water, if this is late in the day it could be crucial to stay out that bit longer like the 20-30 minute difference in travel time you stated.
As to the question of max size get outa here, serious tourny anglers will do what ever they can to get an advantage, we all want a big fast unit, whether we can all afford one is another matter, now in saying that you''ve still gotta catch fish and they are''nt always gonna be miles away, but with alot of smaller rigs in the field the closer spots can get crowded.
You''re good now Billy but imagine how good you could really be with a big rig :ohyeh:, go on mate I know you want one.
Yeah it will take an incident before any assessment will be made and it will most likely be caused by some cowboy that''s full of himself.
Buz
