I may be a little biased because I am selling one, but I really liked my 16' with a 70hp pump. With the pump on it, it will go about 23mph. With a 50 horse on a smaller boat you will probably get the same mph. with a pump. Mine had a center console in it that I converted to a tiller. It gave me about double the room to fish. I would never go back to a center console in a smaller boat, it just takes up too much room.

The pump conversion, if you can find the pump, will cost about 1200 bucks. Depending on who you get the pump from and what kind of impeller it has.

Like I said, I'm biased, I have the 16' valco sled w/70 tiller pump (with the orginal prop lower unit) for sale in the classifieds here on this site. Take a look and consider my comments on the center console disadvantages.

Aaron