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Originally Posted by Beak Boater (Post 3277121)

Is that 25 faster than a Y2K Superboat???Just wondering:evilb::evilb::evilb:

HaHa. It would be close, I had his 5 blade on that day, and it was not enough prop so I didn't run him. He (Dave M) has a 525 and says he went 77 on the test run the day he bought it, but it should have a couple more in it. That is a small 30' foot boat, skinny, but looks great.
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Originally Posted by R Addiction (Post 3278050)

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Your boat rides in that position the whole time your wide open? Looks like you are still on that lower strake, barely, but hard to tell.

Nice as allways.

Not always. Must have been a light day (fuel and coolers):rolleyes:

Does it porpoise when wide open? I think you said it didn't , but can't remember.

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Originally Posted by Gordo (Post 3266201)

Sorry I'm late. I got lost on the way here...

The One Vision Active Thunder really has no porpoise issues unless you are running 30 to 35 mph in perfectly GLASS water. We have played with standoff boxes, "shortie" drives, various props, and probably lots of other stuff that my damaged brain can't remember.
Some of the facts we learned;
My 25 Thunder did not respond well to the standoff box.
We gained maybe 1-1.5 mph, but the boat did not handle well and wanted to launch the nose to the moon in any .kind of rough water. We could slide the box up & down so we played with various drive heights, using various props (Hydromotives & Bravos). We studied a lot of video of our boat as well as the Neville Moberly "Chaos" boat, that aslo had a box. After a LOT of testing, we removed the box and never looked back.

Gordo is right on. I have the scars to prove the box was a bad idea. It was wicked quick but penalized you for getting greedy for those few extra MPH.

Looks like you are running right past the strakes but in the heart of the rocker in the bottom of the 25'. Check the bottom with a straight edge to see how much rocker you have. Remember these boats. (Chaos and One Vision) were not set up to run at 45-58 mph. They were set up to run WFO.

Gordo and I had to move weight around not just for our weight differance but als the boat liked to run with a few (24-40) lbs in the nose. In real rough stuff I remember putting 50-70 lbs of shot as far forward as we could. we ran props left and right hand with all differant rakes and had a rough time keeping the nose down.

Andy! Mu Man! Glad you chimed in. I was hoping my memory wasn't too far off. :lolhit: I'm sure you remember the testing details alot better than me. I do remember doing a lot of work and a lot of .testing in a short period of time. When it was all said & done, the old saying "it's not how fast you go but how you go fast" rang true
Hope you're doing well my friend

I know we ran alot of props down in Florida before the Worlds after getting the box on. Miklos gave us alot if ideas that worked on the Corsa. Right or left rotation props didn't make much difference. I remember we loweres the box an inch before the second race which helped settle the nose. Over 80 mph it was a handful no matter what.

Things are goin well.. We need to catch up