Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

Only thing I don't like is the lime green vinyl accents on the seats and sides...they should have gone with yellow...

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

Now you’re talking, STEPPED HULLS!!! :D

I’m not sure why Baja has not embraced the ventilated hull concept??

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

From a safety standpoint Baja is not wanting to go with a stepped hull. I respect that.

I think they are making great strides without it.

Poker Face is a light layup boat, but from a dead stop it out ran a 35 Fountain also with 525's by a nose in two miles at the Tick Faw Poker Run.

The fountain probably had a full cuddy, but it also had twin steps. So do the math!

The owner of the Fountain was pretty funny, his comment was "That is the fastest damn Baja I have ever seen".

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

It's simple: Liability

Baja is # 1 in performance boat sales

You hear all the storys of instabilty, spin outs, lawsuits etc( step hulls).

With the high sales volume, I doubt they want to
subject themselves to the liability in this day and age
of "sue happiness".

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

I HAD THE TWIN 502'S IN A 29 AT UPPER 80S AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK BUT A HELL OF A LOT OF FUN. THE 30 BAJA IS MUCH MORE STABLE FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN IN BUT NOT OVER 80MPH.

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

The 29 I was refering to is a single with around 1200 HP.

You would not catch me in it, but the owner claims that it is very stable and runs like it is on rails.

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

You hit the nail on the head. But there is one more part to it.

Baja, because of the large lineup they make from 20 feet to 40 feet and the price factor, attracts a lot of first time performance boaters to the sport with little to no experience.

Usually the guys that go to the stepped hulls have years of experience with non-stepped boats. Many actually started out with Baja.

They have their nitch, and are doing very well with it.

Unfornunately we still hear of those in stepped boats that should have had more experience, such as the guy down at Tick Faw a couple of weeks ago.

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

Good comments and point well taken.

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

I think baja has done a tremendous job in the past few years to really push the envolpe on safe, straight hull boats. The have introduced 4 new models in as many years. That is huge.

30 outlaw
23 outlaw
35 outlaw
405 performance
and a 26 outlaw coming out this summer..........

What other builder has done that?

Re: 2006 30 Outlaw w/ 600SCI's
 

plus a couple others.

245 came out in 2004
20 Outlaw came out late 2002-2003
230 Sport Fish
202 Islander
195 Islander

All in the last 4-4.5 years.