2john

Looking for another bowrider. Like something with a little more speed than most other bow riders. How is the 277 on fit and finish and so on. Not many available and have not seen one up close. When were they last made?

Hook'em

'07-08. They are nice boats with good F&F. They are also big heavy boats and need good power to run 60+. 496 mag is underpowered. I'll ask a buddy with a beautiful 277 I to chime in here so ask away if you have any more specific questions.

j21black

Love mine - Hook'em is right, 496 MAG is underpowered in this package, it gets the job done but you will not break any speed records - I know from experience - Needs an HO minimum....500 EFI would be the ticket in one of these..

With the MAG and GPS speeds mine would only get up to around 56 -57 MPH with a Mirage 21p 3 blade - Have had multiple vendors tell me that is the go fast prop for this boat. Never got a chance to test it in perfect conditions so there may be a little more speed but I doubt there is much left on the table.

Currently running a Rev 4 19p 4 blade and in perfect conditions when it will spin it up to the limiter GPS speed is 52 MPH.

PM me your cell and I will send you a few pics...I have no complaints on the fit or finish....I'm little biased, but I think mine looks better than most as it doesn't have a common graphics package..

Fountain did make a few 277 Islanders later on after they acquired the Baja line. I have seen 1 of them for sale recently and it was listed for 75k if my memory serves me right...

ETA: With a BB, you will sound better than all the other ski boats on the water!

Baja Rooster

iTrader: (1)

I love my 272 Islander, but it is a heavy pig. ~500hp 502 with a Rev4 23p barely gets me to the mid 50s.

2john

Thanks for response. May take a look if one shows up. Not the fastest but a little better than other br boats which cruise about 27 to 30mph.

Tom272Baja

I like mine a lot.
496ho mirage + 23p gets me 62-3ish on gps
66 on the wishameter.

j21black

Tom is your prop labbed?

j21black

Baja Rooster with that much HP there is no reason you shouldn't be well into the 60's. I'd call BBlades and reprop.

Tom272Baja

No my prop is not labbed.
As a matter of fact it is a repaired prop as it looked like it went through a bunch of rocks 2 yrs ago.
Did about the same then too oddly enough.

Baja Rooster

iTrader: (1)

Yea...it should. I think that I'm actually only getting about 350 out of it for some reason, but that long saga is in my other threads here.