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But WHY doea sll 42 have 4 tanks?????? What do you use them for?[/QUOTE]



FUEL!




Sorry, couldn't resist.

I saw that and it's a nice boat, I'm not wanting blower motors to be honest.

Does anyone have details on the 2004 525 boat Legend has?

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o33307-en.html

The 38 is a stretched 35. The 42 is its own boat and there really is nothing comparable. Let me give you a few comparisons. We have scaled all three boats. The 38 is only 400 pounds heavier than a 35 while the 42 is 4,000 pounds heavier (12,880 dry with 700's & 6's) than a 38.

While in a poker run last summer I was running a customers 38 700 boat and it started to get really rough. The 38 700 boat runs 113-115MPH while a 42 with 525's runs low 80's. Morale of the story, I could not keep up with the 42 525 boats in -5's, they ran away from me.

If you are on a lake or do not run rough water the staggered 2007 and newer 38's are a blast to drive and run mid 90's with 525's. Even more fun with 700's.

Best Regards,

Team Shogren

www.teamshogren.com

Four tanks were origonally used for the triples and are great for range and ballast. The 2010 and newer 42's do not have saddle tanks anymore.

Regards,

Team Shogren

That says a lot.

I have a couple of questions, do the 42's with 525's have any drive issues, seems like a lot of weight for a bravo style drive?

From fountains web site it looks like a 525 42 uses about the same amount of gas as a 35 with 525's, can that be true?

Of course the cult members will tell you they will have the best rough water ride.

Maybe it was the driver of the 38?

Thanks that's the real life experience I was looking for. Sounds like I'd be better off in a nice 42 then.

Having you guys in the used boat market is killing my game, if you could let a few good deals on 42 go by with out picking them up so fast it would help me out.

4000 lbs heavier than a 38? Thats 1000lbs for every foot longer. No wonder they cant keep up

I'll be nice since today is your birthday

Fuel burn is established by Mercury, not the boat builder. It is based on a given engine at a given RPM and expressed in gallons burned per hour. This number would be essentially the same if the engine was in a row boat or a barge. Where the difference comes into play is in how many miles a given hull can cover in the hour at the given RPM. This would be where hull efficiency comes into play, a more efficient hull will travel further.

The boat at Legend has aprox 400hrs on the motors. Casey says it is clean fresh water boat. I think he told me they have a little room to move on it.