thanks. i saw the boat for several years as the original owner lives on the canal inlet leading to TnT and commented on it nearly every time we boated thru. Very nice guy. Had the boat and trailer wet sanded and waxed etc... the paint REALLY pops now.

Changed the dash configuration to fit the new Garmin 710 (I believe that's the model # ???), updated the drives w/ swept back XR's, and unfortunately, having the motors gone thru now.

---- oopse, just realized I may be hi-jacking this thread!!!! Sorry...

joe

welcome back to the cig family!

Congrats joe. I saw a pic in a mag of you running her and thought wtf?!

Sweet rig. Drag it to havasu.

Stil have the skater?

thanks... still have all my apparrel and propoganda!!!

Loved the Skater for poker running. it's just to uni-purpose for me -- and in order to get the 'thrill ride' you have to run too fast for me... too much on the line if anything goes wrong. i do still say, if you wanna go fast, Skater is THE ONLY way to do it.

the goal of the gladiator was to replaced my ski boat, which i use to bum around the lake here at home. it's a much better option when the lake is busy -- i don't have to worry about getting swamped or run over on the weekends.

my friend who owns Helios must have a second sense about him. nearly every time i plan on taking the air nautique out, he's already left his house 2 minutes prior and ready to douse me w/ his rooster tail. LOL........

Still not sure what I want next for a PRun boat. Planning on sitting out this season and buying a turbo RRider next season, after the bugs have been worked out --- similar to what Merc. did when the 1075's 1st generation came out.

Joe

PS: haven't been around here much.... i missed it that you bought dino's old boat. i love that one --- and HATED IT when it drove by me in Offshore Cowboy in KW a few years back!!!!!


joe

that's my birthday weekend. it's always hard to make it. motors will most likely not be done by then.

Joe

Well, I'm sure we'll catch up with you at loto or destin or key west. Congrats again bro.

JT found a buyer for the Skater. It was a lot of fun, and I'm REALLY GLAD I did it... One thing I learned from it was, as much fun as it was, I'm a V-hull guy.

trailering permitting
forklift/ crane to get it in the water
need a crew to dock it (no rub rail etc...)

I want something simplier and more day-to-day that you can set the throttles at 70-80 MPH and have a relaxing cruise vs. going 150+ or on edge all the time when running in the ocean, looking out for a rogue wave etc... Running 115-125 MPH, at 4000 RPM's cruise speed is fun, but I found I never relaxed... too focused on the boat and what's in the water in front of me.

Seriously considering Big Max, and actually called Phill to discuss. He was in a meeting with Skip and never called me back. I took it as that is just isn't meant to be..... and, I really want Merc. power. I'd most likely have called him back otherwise (as I'm sure everyone else would as well) :-) My thinking was to paint the gladiator to match. I love the side-by-side gladiator. it handles great, is more than fast enough for my purposes, and has a significantly larger cockpit.


Joe

Joe,
Glad to see your back and with a Cig. Good luck with the new one!

Thanks!!!!

Did you sell yours?
What are you wanting to buy next, if you haven't already?

Joe