Or it could be condition.

As I recall, the first Gladiator mentioned above was the Miami Boat Show demo but I could be wrong......I've been on the boat as well and it ran 93 MPH in a nice chop.

I'm interested in one of them. I've always wanted a Gladiator, sometime in Jan. hopefully I'll be shopping for one. I'm also going to look at Dreamers 35 if it's still available. I don't really want a 38, it seems too big, slow, and bulky to me. It's a tough call between Dreamers boat and one of these.

Both Dreamers and JBK's boat are top notch. You have to decide if you want a cabin or not.

Its like comparing a Caddilac to a corvette. Cant go wrong either way !!!!

The Outerlimits you're speaking of are FAR more money, we're talking about a sweet looking Gladiator for 139k.

BTW, why are you watching the OL's for sale so closely...looking to step up ??

Sean, Explain to me why a staggered would be worth so much more. My side by side handles and flys absolutly perfect and have ridden in a staggered and didnt notice much, if any difference in ride or handling. Aside from working room on the engines themselves I dont see that big of an advantage or extra value

Educate me please

Bob

Well, staggered looks cool. And that's about it as far as pleasure use goes.

OK, mechanics like it because there's more room to work on the engines. But, I'd rather have more cockpit space than engineroom space because if you plan to spend more time in the engineroom than in the cockpit, you've got the wrong toy anyway.

It's really intended for racing where a minor advantage in balance, handling, etc. makes all the difference. And I guess that is where the cool factor comes from. It looks "all business"...

have always been told that the Gladiators like more transom weight anyway so that to me would make a side by side more desireable

Actually, I prefer the shorter staggered cockpit over the longer one. With the longer one, your rear seat passengers are too far away from the front seats and the grab bars. With the shorter cockpit, they are closer and can grab the front seat bars and make their ride a little more safer as well as enjoyable. Also, don,t forget there are narrow and wide cockpit versions. Any new Glads built now will all be staggered, narrow cockpits. Is a staggered Glad worth more? Yes, probably because they are the newer style setup and overall newer( model years) than the side by side versions. They are ALL great running boats that are a blast to own and drive!

Dude: Ray Charles and Steve Wonder would love that paint job!