What makes the boats of today so fast?
07-14-2013, 07:02 PM
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07-14-2013, 07:19 PM
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Something nobody seems to have mentioned is the fact that many "old" high performance boats really weren't as fast as we thought they were. The "dream-o-meter" speedometers of the day made many folks think they were really hauling the mail when in fact a GPS speedometer and / or radar showed them to be much slower.
07-15-2013, 08:16 AM
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just like anything cars, planes, motorcycles. As the years go by they get lighter, more hp engines, better designes etc. pretty simple. Overall the boat or even the performance boat has not changed all that much. Its small things which on drives and engines, some hull improvements etc. Personally Id almost rather buy something older and upgrade it, sad thing is stuff just isnt made like it used to be.
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07-15-2013, 08:35 AM
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Talk to richie powers about this and you will be very surprised how little the steps make a difference. For example, take a straight bottom 38TG, build it to the same weight as the new twin steps, put 525's with ITS transoms, high x, and 5 blade props. I bet it would be very very close to running with the TS boat. Most likely 2-3 mph in perfect conditions.
But back to back 37' Active Thunders built in 1999-ish time frame; straight bottom and step bottom...
...the step bottom was 13pct faster with identical builds and power.
07-15-2013, 12:45 PM
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