I was young and foolish when I built the 16 up,and in my 30's.
The water conditions had to be perfect and no boats within a mile.
You could not drive in a straight line as the chine walk over 80 made it uncontrollable.
Always a slight left turn at speed. That was a big reason why I put the pad and step in.
Even then it still needed the slight left turn.
I drove it over 80 hundreds of times but over 100 a handfull.
When I sold it I had already pulled the engine and drive as I WOULD NOT SELL IT
with that engine didn't need the worries of someone getting hurt or killed in it.
(I sold my E type Jag with a D type full race engine in it and the kid who bought it lost control and killed himself in it 2 months later)
I was in my 50's when I put the Gale Banks twin turbo in the Criterion.
No external steering or K-Planes. Over 80 it was very twitchy. Took it over 100 less
than a dozen times. It just scared the hell out of me. Pulled the Gale Banks out THEN
installed the K-Planes and dual hydraulic steering, and installed the supercharged much lower horsepower engine in. When I hit 60 yrs old I lost interest in going fast in boats.
Prefer 4 wheels on my go fast toys now...Finished ranting....Ed