It still goes back to these being offshore boats.
Not enough common sense being used out there. Hence I agree w/ Joker!

Making an avoidance maneuver in a car can have negative consequences as well. Sh!t happens.

Bayliner and Regal are going to be bummed they wont be able to get their stepped hulls insured...

Good point. I have been told by several people that if they are at speed and a jetski cuts in front of them for instance, they will try to slow the boat down and manuver around them. However, if there is not enough time to react, they will not jeapordize the lives of the people aboard their boat to save the life of the idiot on the jetski who has just made an abrupt move. What do you guys think?

The stern lifts up as stepped hull boats are designed to run at neutral trim which is the imaginary line from the first step to the transom.bring the drives in boat pivots on the center of gravity and for the rest see post #1 of this thread

I was told that also when I bought my T/S.
Also don't turn hard over 60 mph.

I drove and raced a twin stepped 38 Cig the entire APBA Pro Series in 2002 (tight courses) and at full throttle , never had a spin out or problem. You can feel the bottom of the boat and what is going on if you pay attention. Tabs up - trimmed up and let er eat!

While I agree there is validity to this point, I'd also point out that the speeds are increasing noticeably also.

When I first came on Oso in 2001, an 80 mph boat was considered pretty fast, and the 100 mph mark was reached by very few v hulls (cats not being part of this dicussion). Now, it you're v doesn't run 110+, people don't consider it "fast".

At the Jacksonville PR Capt's meeting they were dividing the boats into two GROUPS ...over 100 and under......and the organizers and the COAST GUARD were freely referring to boats running 160 +++

I remember poker runs with maybe 3-4 boats that did over 100 and now we are talking whole GROUPS of them.