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[Jim Davis]

Roger

Since I'm familiar with the 6HP I feel qualified to weigh in.  A 6 is generally to large for any of the soft floors, including slat types.  It is too light for making a RIB plane.  It is ideal for a HP Air Floor dinghy and would probably be OK on a wood/aluminum floor type.   From personal experience it will plane an Achilles HP Air Floor with 1 1/2 adults.  This means sometimes it would plane with two, but not all the time.  A RIB needs a 9.8 or more to plane.  Overpowering a soft floor can damage the dink due to stresses.

Hope this helps.

Jim Davis
S/V Isa Lei
CT 35

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