Lund or Tracker?

[BigKyd]

I know, seems like a dumb question, get the Lund right?

I'm looking for a summer boat for pulling cranks, and kids on tubes. Has to be easy to tow, fit in my garage, and reasonably priced. I'm looking at 17 foot aluminum deep Vs and it seems most boats in this class are only rated for 115hp but a couple like the Tracker V-175 and G2 Angler V17 are rated for 150hp. If I spec them both out with what I want the Lund Adventure 1775 and Impact 1775 with 115hp Mercurys come out at about the same price as the Tracker and G3 respectively with 150hp Mercury for the Tracker and 150 hp Yamaha for the G3 (the Impact and G3 a little pricier than the Adventure and Tracker but not by much). I know Lund and Tracker/G3 are opposite ends of the quality spectrum, am I better off getting the better boat with less power (but still maxed out for its rating) or a slightly lesser boat but with more power. Is a 115 on this class of boat enough to pull kids on big tubes and still be able to give them a good ride?

It looked like the Tracker weighs about 500 pounds more than the Lund Adventure. The Tracker says it uses .100 gauge aluminum, the Lund says it uses .143 in the bow but only .080 in the bottom. For max weight capacity the Tracker is rated for 1600 pounds and the Lund is rated for 1400 pounds.