i have had a few allison vets look over it and they tell the lip has been removed? the boat has been raced in texas since new 1990, until just a couple of years ago. i was told its a real lite lay up, 730 pounds, but its a comp not a bass racer. bill at allison confirmed that. boat will mainly just be a pleasure boat, very lil fishing, but it does have a trolling motor, that was just put on by the last owner a couple of years ago, so boat will have 2 batteries. so my guess it will have a lite load, other than an adult beverage cooler, mostly by myself but some times with 1 or 2 people mostly since i'll just be cruising with others in allisons.