Baja killers
03-07-2013 | 10:47 PM
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I plan on weighing mine when she is back together. Weight as tested, Powerboat 1996 6900# dry. Two 100 gal tanks and no water. No head, sink etc. Pretty spartan. She flies nice and carries the bow well but not flighty. As said if you bury the tabs it'll just cut through them. Your welcome for a ride any time. If I don't make it down there your welcome to make a trip up too. Up at midnight drawing paint schemes so I am making an effort to get it done. LOL
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03-07-2013 | 11:26 PM
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I agree with you. This is a very true statement. But if you go light, long, and really skinny you are introducing a whole other angle on how to make for a good handling ruff water boat. Tell me if I'm wrong and why...... If you want to make something cut ...the skinnier the better. If you want to make something fast you make it lighter. If you want to make something land flat you balance it by making it longer to off set the weight in the back. Light, long (for a 7' beam), and skinny you skip from one top to the other. These boats handle the water good for these reasons and are a way different ride than what most are use to. Not saying the best but I am saying that they do handle the waves that alot of people on here say a normal heavy wide 30 (32 if you measure like fountains and alot of other manufactures)would fall apart in. (Not knocking fountain just stating facts. Wanna make that clear before anyone gets their panties all bunched up).
03-07-2013 | 11:38 PM
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There are pros and cons to both. With a skinny boat like the y2k it is more prone to leaning while underway and rocking form one side to the other. Where in a wide heavy boat this is not as much of a issue. In a heavy boat you are more prone to needing a lot more power/fuel twice or three times as many motors to get to the higher speeds. Wrong?
03-08-2013 | 12:20 AM
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You are correct a skinnier beam will cut better. Good example is any 24x7 hull or a SVL. They will hang with boats bigger with wider beams. That is fact. But there are drawbacks also... Get some seat time in yours. Go run in some 32-35'x8 boats and you will see as the water builds they will stay ahead...
03-08-2013 | 09:44 AM
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Well compared to a 33OL, 32 Fountain, 34 Scarab, and an older Formula that I don't know what model but close to the same size. The PP has the smoothest re-entry I have felt. It just seems to land soft. It does not fly like the Fountain, and again it felt softer then a 33OL. The PP and the OL were close in what I call cutting a wave when you put the nose down.
It does feel lighter than the Scarab and the Formula, but it should as it does not have as much free board as those two. But still felt very stable.
It does feel lighter than the Scarab and the Formula, but it should as it does not have as much free board as those two. But still felt very stable.
It's been entertaining.
u r on oso lol just playing......i gess some people need to be told that like mt 7&1/2 year old lol
03-09-2013 | 04:08 AM
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From: Lees Summit ~ LOTO 10MM
Im still trying to figure out what Cig with blower motors he smoked in miami? Im all natural so i guess twins vs the single will be even? Cant wait for the harbor hop after reading this thread!!! 
