Yep...I've seen this vid before....looks good Bob! I just wish you were next to one of those bigger performance boats and chasing them down :). I had a friend with an islander that ran that thing up to 90+ mph. You talk about some pissed off owners of the "big boats". hahaha

About the hydraulic steering....I've seen a couple interesting things. There is a system by Drew Marine called the sidewinder....much less expensive. I think it is around $900. Has anyone heard or seen that? It's definitely not full hydraulic, but at 1/6 the cost....if it has half the impact as full, it would be a great buy.

There are no free rides in this sport. Once you drive a boat w/full hydraulic steering, you will not want to be without it.

I've never driven a boat with full hydra steering. Would like too. As much as I'm plan on traveling to big lake venues in the coming summers....it might be a must.

I had a 99 25 Outlaw with a 502 and whipple supercharger running 4 lbs of boost. It would do just above 80. I put hydraulic steering on it right after I got it. Mine was not full hydraulic to the helm just add on, but it still made a big difference. I think I ended up using a 27 pitch mirage plus prop that was tweaked quite a bit.

I put the Drew Marine Stabilizers on my old 22 Scarab. They definitely helped, but are not even close to full hydraulic which I have on my Velocity. The full hydraulic will hold it straight.

Yeah, my 26 has full hydraulic. It is on rails at full speed. no chine walking. no nothing.
stable as can be.