Once you drive the 42 you will KNOW the difference!!!!!

Matthew Smith set me up with a ride in a 42 with 525's and that is what got me looking at Fountains. :drink: I went thru a 52 Sea Ray's wake and never let off the sticks and the boat stayed planted.

I don't have one from you?!

I was told about a deal on a 38 and didn't know what the differences were. The 38 is a 2003 with 35.4 hours on 500 EFI's with a Myco trailer. I was thinking it might get me by for a few years until I could swing a 42 with 700's. No water yet in our cove, but I planned on being on a trailer some of the year.

Eddie...check this out......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q36ZB5URul4

I bought an '05 42 EX with 525's and never regret the bigger boat. It makes my wife happy with the ride, I never have to worry about water conditions and it will run comfortably in the low to mid 80's. We run on Lake Travis a couple times a year, I have been to LOTO years ago with a smaller boat and Travis is very similar in water conditions. The 42' is awesome. Handles all of the cruiser boat rollers with no problems. There is no substitute for length, weight, and horsepower.

Wow :eek:

What kind of water were you running in?

That's what it's all about, if mama's not happy. . . . . :kiss:

Wow :eek:

What kind of water were you running in?



That's Lake Michigan on April 2...solid 4-5's and we had FUN on the ride home!!!!!!!

PS...that boat has been to LOTO tons of times on holiday week-ends and I disagree I run from say the Salty Dog all the way to say Frankie and Louie's with the hammer down all the time...LOL there is some guy with a 38ft Elimatior V that "tried" to keep up well.....................

Have you ever had drive issues, seems like a lot of boat for bravos.

But I want one!

I have XR's. Yes, gone thru upper gears in both within about 150 hours. Long story, but not sure if it is the drives or who I bought the boat from. There may have been more hours and abuse to the drives than the actual hours shown. I do tend to drive the boat fairly hard and since gas has gone up along with my repair bills I have backed off quite a bit. Tabs down, drives in, easy on the throttle, and it comes right up on plane, the nose never comes up, and then bend the sticks. I have labbed 5 blade Maximus props. I run with several other 42's in the same age, engines, drives, and hour range and they have not had any problems.

Thanks,
Good info, I asume you are running offshore?

Where did you launch that day?

East Chicago Ind.....

We run mostly in Galveston Bay and once in awhile out in gulf here or in Florida. The roughest water is when we go to Lake Travis. Lots of cruiser wakes bouncing off the vertical walls. Our 42 handles it all with no problems. My wife now loves to go fast. We had a 32 Sunsation and it just beat us to death. We considered getting out of HP boats until the 42. Don't use my experience with drives as the standard. There is more to my story of where the boat came from than the actual hours show. Get a survey before you buy anything. Make sure they check serial numbers to match drives and engines and check the ecm for hours and usage.Don't trust anyone.

Yea when we bought our current boat I don't think any of the hour meters matched the computers.

That is good to hear, I don't want a cruiser!

Sorry US1:drink:

The other thing that didn't match was the serial #'s of the drives to the engines that were supposed to be sold together in a new boat. Always get a complete survey. Plus the engine serial #'s did not match the originals that were installed at the factory.

Thanks for all the help, I picked up a 1993 42 Lightning with triple 525sc's today. Looking forward to summer. :coolcowboy:

congrats on the new boat!