Sean

all these posts and no pics? c'mon guys...lets see 'em!

SUPERBASH

SUPER 16's had a hull speed. They wouldn't hit 90 if they had a 300X on one. They have that roundness in the hull....which would make them sort of "teeter totter" at high speed. My '80 with the 200 ran just shy of 80mph. The same motor/prop I put on a 15 'Stream went 90gps. FX10 please don't grill me.
-Now if they only had a pad..............

Pat McPherson

Man, we all must be getting old...
Talking about the boats we had back in the 80's. That's 20+ years ago fellows...
I had a 13' Glen-L Marine kit boat I built in high school with a 1972 electric shift 65HP. It went fast enough to pull a bear-footer, and it kicked azz on all the rich kids that had 13' whalers...
Then the 1981 15' Hydrostream with a 115 Merc.; paid $3,200 for in 1989. I saw that boat still running just last spring.
Those were the days...
Hell, I spend 3K+ rebuilding engines every year these days...

SUPERBASH

Hey Pat...yeah we all are getting old. But we still have the same interests as from our teen years. Just now our toys are more $$. The sad part is I only just parted with the Sweet 16 in 2000!!!

Oh yeah...lets see some pics of that "whaler Killer".

SUPERBASH

A little bit of SUPERBOAT Trivia/History.
- Who was the first to own the first 21 SUPERBOAT MILLENIUM???
-Answer John Arcerie-owner of MassaPizza in the 80's!!! JC sold him his demo for a great price. It was just 4Sale recently.

BASH KNOWS HIS SUPERBOATS!!!

Pat McPherson

Here is one I scanned a while back.
I'd have to hunt though some old albums at my mom's to find more.
Probably 1986 or 87...
Sheldon Creek on the CT River; still one of my favorite places. If you come up for the CT River run next Fall, I'll show you the spot Gene. Billy Joel has kids jumping off the cliffs in his River of Dreams video. There really is no better place on earth.

SUPERBASH

Here's the difference. Back in the '80's...everyone & their mother was running 75- 80 -90. Speedo's are f'in worthless. I don't even wanna here someone tell me what there speedo says. Radar? I know. Everyone gets clocked by radar.
- GPS don't lie. All my speeds are GPS. All the theory & math goes out the window. I have tried every setup on all my boats ...trial & error.

SUPERBASH

Oh Pat...sweet 13. My buddy has a 14" Allison Craft he is setting up for his son. Its hard to find a new motor. They are all too heavy. He does have a 85XS worth re-building. I want one too!

SUPERBASH

24 SUPERBOAT 250EFI set up without anything fancy...just setback & the right prop & right driver. 70.4 all the time. 71.0GPS on occasion. He has something wrong. Either wrong prop or wrong engine height or probably both.
- 2001 "Lightweight" 300X 24 never broke 75. I hit 75.9 on my first heat cycle run with a "heavy" 24 & a 300X.
-24 on SUPERBOAT website with the teal/pink stripe 300PM running around 'Pequa was barely able to shake me with my 250. I will blow by him with the 300X like a freight train.
-The all yellow '80 24 out of Copiague with 300PM top speed he just told me was 69... broke 70 once. Again...set up not dialed in.
-There is a blue/white '80 24SB 225Optimax Sale. I have not gotten any speed reports from him.

FX10

Theyes,
The special hull that ytour uncle ordered was a race hull. It was balsa cored from the chine down and there should be foam under the bunk.

Rick