Hi Butch, hope all is well. The boat was designed to run an outboard but was originally built by Chuck Adams with an inboard and ran great. I converted it to an outboard because I felt it just wasn't right unless it had one. I'm still playing around with getting the cg set at around 33% without adding weight to the nose but that may be impossible. The boat is 48" so I could extend the rear of the sponsons a few inches which would also give more flotation for the big outboard hanging off the back. We'll see. When I get some video of the boat running, I'll post it. PTI Racing now offers this hull in kit form.