I'm starting my search for my next boat. My specific needs are for it to be big enough with enough HP to carry 5 or 6 adults. I've gotten to the point where the only boating we do is in one river up and down a 20 or 30 mile stretch and it's just joy riding really. There are some stretches of river that get down to 6 or 8 inches in the summer and I need to be able to get upriver when it's like that. I've had and been in lots of jon, but I have no experience with jet outboards. Bottom sand and gravel flats. I've done a lot of looking and reading about hull sizes but I have some questions about the differences between them and their characteristics. It is my understanding that a given jet size will only plane a certain weight, but how do boats of the same weight that are different widths or lengths affect it? For instance what would be the difference between how an 1860 or a 2052 would handle? Maybe a 1760? I see a lot of boats that are 1752 or 1756 with a 60/40 jet. Shouldn't that be underpowered? Would like to narrow down what I "should" be looking for.