Well I bought the ZRC from Texas
 

I just purchased the silver 05 ZRC from Texas from some super nice guys. I can say with the limited time I have been in the boat I am impressed. I am going to be doing some serious upgrades and will use this thread to document the process. The boat has 525's with XR ITS and it is running 93gps on the limiter hard with 28 pitch Herring 5 blade props. I am in the process of talking to herring to purchase 30 pitch herrings and test them out. We are replacing all the carbon fiber on the dash, a new GPS, new Mercury Vessel View, new stereo and some interior upgrades. I am on the fence and repainting the entire boat with Mitcher T. Pretty excited about this boat.

Congrats on a great boat, you bought that from a good friend of mine, he was sad to see her go! But he has a few other boats to play with, as you know!!! Post a pic.

Congrats on the new ride. My favorite Donzi.

Thanks for the kind words John. Can't wait to see what you do. It always ran flawless and a blast to drive. Let me know if I can help in any way.

You got the best deal on OSO. Glad it worked out my friend. Can't wait to watch the upgrades take shape. Careful with the paint ideas, she's super classy as-is.

Im not going crazy just dont like the interior colors with red and grey. I am going for a cleaner updated look. The seats will be black alcantara with silver carbon fiber inserts and black double diamonds. The paint is nice I just hate red so I may change it up to something similar to the 46 skater v bottom with blue instead of the red in it.

Congratulations on your purchase! Good luck with the updates. I've heard talk that this Mitcher T guy can really paint. :)

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Be very careful with the alcantara because I have a couple friends who are very unhappy with the way it wears quickly compared to a good vinyl and some have issues with color bleed into the stitching.

I have been researching it and the only good quality material comes from germany and is called exo

Not only can he really paint, but he is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. Great person to work with when you want to paint your boat

John,

The boat is yours now; make it your own! Let me know if you're ever down this way and need a driver or throttleman! Enjoy!

I will ha ha what props were on the boat before 30 herrings because these 28 hit the limiter hard.

Sounds like you are running good. I ran side by side, dead even, with a 38 ZR at 85 mph. He did have a few extra passengers than me though. You have a great boat with reliable engines that like 87 octane. I would want the ZR with cabin though! Congratulations. I'm jealous!

I don't remember offhand. Let me check and get back to you. What I can tell you is the boat ran 95.2 with the sandbag out of the nose and the props I used - 94's all the time.

Sandbag in the nose? Did it fly better with some extra weight in the bow?

I am curios also. I have not looked up there but I will tonight.

Sometimes you need a little person to get into those tiny areas . :drink:

Are you referring to anyone in particular? :D

I find I can run almost the same speed with a full load of fuel and 4/5 people as I can with just 2 people and light fuel.

It's funny you talk about the sandbags because I have all my supplies (anchor, lines, extra vests, tool boxes, etc) in bungee secured Rubbermaid bins mounted in the bay forward of the deck hatches. Boat flies level and runs with almost no trim.

If I were seriously going to race the boat, I would put a small ballast tank up front that you could fill as you ran off the fuel levels.

The sand bag was in the very front compartment and yes, the boat flew a bit more level, however, it was a mph or so slower.

That's what I figured, tks. With the Ilmors my ass end might actually be a little light - thought about putting some helium balloons up front to compensate. :)