33/35 ride quality?
 

I am curious about the ride quality of the 33/35 fountain straight bottom boats?

I'm biased, but let me giv it a shot. I assume you boat on Erie?

My comments are all geared towards older boats

There are boats in this size range that are heavier, and may have a slight advantage in the real rough. However, those boats sacrifice a lot of speed vs the fountain for that wet heavy ride.

IMO fountain is a perfect balance between safe and fast. And for nearly all the conditions that you would consider pleasure boating in it will have a speed advantage over boats from the same era. People that own other brands will say things like "ya, my boat only does 60 but it will do 60 in 6 ft waves" blah blah blah. I hear this all the time, but I have never seen it on a boat that is of comparable size. Tabs down, a beak will take the waves with the best of them, and walk most of them with the same or less power.

The down side to a fountain is room, both cabin and cockpit. The other downside is you become a target to everyone, hahah.

Look up Kelly O on oso (holy cow boat) he has a 35 with #6 drives that is 110+. I am sure he would take you for a demo ride. He lives in western NY, and is a good dude that loves to talk boats.

I have a straight bottom 336 Formula that gives me a nice ride. Usually cruise around 50 MPH comfortably.
Building new engines now adding around 200 HP each, so some things will change.

have a 29 fountain straight bottom, and rides nice but I am no professional.

Big difference from coming out of our 25 ol.

2ftrs were not bad but a lil bumpy, our 33 which is true 33 is smoother and lil kids still play around btw cockpit and cuddy and don't notice running at 50. We dont really run hard in anything, but 3-4s the 33 can trim/tab down as needed to make a comfortable ride and not spill your drink!

Fountains have pads but break waves with bow so like 4bus said it's really about space. If I didn't need space for my lil kids, I would have a 35 fountain for the efficiency/ speed!

The space on a 33 OL is amazing IMO, nothing in the performance world compares. I used to have a 36 OL, I think the 33 is one of the best boats Baja built. They hull performs a lot better than the 36.

Coming from a 28 saber, he make think the fountain has tons of room :D

Not to hijack, but bajarick had mentioned the 33 rode on top and the 36 crushed the more? Can you elaborate on the difference in ride? Thanks

A larger boat should crush more, however the 33 is much more responsive to power upgrades and x dimension changes. The 36 has a wall that is very difficult to break to achieve speeds. Overall I think the 33 works better on the performance side, and still has most of the room of the 36. The notched 35 works much better than the 36 as far as overall performance.

ok so we got opinions on a 33 formula, 29 fountain, 33 baja..... anyone got any opinions on a 85 10 meter (33) fountain or a 91 35 lightning??? BTW the saber has way more room in it. been in both

here is a 28 pantera tied up to a 35 fountain... transoms are lined up. cockpits are lined up i dont see a whole lot different up front. just sayin
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