I Have The 191f/s With A 150 4-stroke Yamaha; Been On The Very Lower Potomac And Rappahannock Rivers; Most Of Time Feel Very Safe, But On A Couple Of Occasions, Did Not Attempt To Put Boat On Plane As Felt Like Everything Would Shake Loose (even My Teeth) And Did Not Want To Have To Deal With Repairs (i.e. Loose Screws Etc...). I Have Heard That The Center Window Door Of The 191 Becoming Broken (probably Due To Boat Flex And To Some Degree Improper Window Installation). On One Occasion Having Too Many Little Kids (4) On Board Did Not Put On Plane And Crawled Back To Launch (approx. 5mi) Wherein A 20 Ft. Runabout Fishing Close By Left A Minute Before (also With Two Small Kids On Board) Took Off And Got Up On Plane With No Problem And Zoomed Away. Imo, The 191f/s May Not Have Enough Deep-v For The C. Bay When Weather Changes Quickly, But Then Again Maybe I'm Just Not Comfortable Flying And Bouncing At The Seat Of My Pants. I Do Frequent Very Large Lakes And Have Been In Many Rough Conditions Which Included Multiple Boat Wakes From All Directions And I Rarely Slowed Down From Top End. I Also Believe There Was A Guy With A 210 Who Would Go Off-shore And His T-top Let Loose From The Boat; I Guess It Boils Down To Ones Boating Style And Risk Taking.... I Do Like My 191f/s For The Family And Taking Friends Out Tubing & Fishing; Safe For The Kids To Play In Without Having To Stress Over Watching Them And I Really Like To Fish Out Of It; Lots Of Room For Everyone To Move Around And Clean-up Is Easy.
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