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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gnappi" data-source="post: 455452" data-attributes="member: 22374">Actually, in relative terms compared to the Topper it was MUCH quieter in ripple waves caused by a headwind, and the motor is now quieter with the 3 blade prop. My passenger was very impressed by the general lack of sound and he has a Tracker. I judge the boat overall noise envelope by how close we get strikes from snakeheads. These fish are V-E-R-Y skittish and are spooked really easily. ANY noise from a boat will cause them to rush from the shallows away from the source of the sound.Yesterday my passenger was hitting them directly abeam of us in a canal ~30'-40' wide. That's a first. In the past, we have to cast well ahead of us along the shoreline to get snakehead strikes.Now I have to qualify some of the internally created hull noise regarding carpeting.I wear crocks and my passenger wore sneakers so I suppose if you wore clunky shoes (or had a female passenger with hard soled and heel type shoes, perish forbid) and generally banged gear about you'd want carpet. Also ALL of my gear is plastic of one sort or another so there's little there to contribute to hull noise. For me I won't install carpet because I would rather stand in a half inch of water than a soggy carpet, and I HATE the mildew smell you can get from drying carpet... but YMMV. Oh, congrats on the Lowe, I'm sure you will be as fond of it as I am of mine.</blockquote>