Twin vs.Triple
 

How many people are turned off when shopping for a boat that has three motors vs. two motors? Does it kill the resale?
I was wondering because I see quite a few linger on the market that appear to be nice boats. Is it the overall maintenance or the excessive weight or??? Just curious.

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Insurance from what people have told me.

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Is it easier to insure a twin 1075 or a Triple 575?

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Tough to finance as well from what I hear.

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More maintenance, more fuel, mediocre performance.

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why are trips that much harder than twins, twins is not that much more that a single. WTF

Oh well

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Don't ask me, I like trip TMP750's and Arnesons ASD6's, I get sh!t all the time :D To me you get up on plane better, their is less stress on the drives cause of the hp issue, less maint. on the motors cause not as high strung....Am I missing anything, tell me O B ONEKNOBIE.

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Triple 540's natual aspr........95MPH no complaining here :D

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There are in fact banks who will not do triples but there are also some that don't like twin 1075's. Bottom line is triples give just a few less lenders to choose from.

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I heard with triples, if your boat jumps out of the water it is likely your two outer drives will be out first, and the center drive may not leave the water. What this does is place unequal stress on the center drive as compared to the outer drives. I would imagine either the center or outer drives would wear out first if you constantly fether the throttles equally.

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I looked at a nice used 42' Fountain w/ Trip 525 SC's and had trouble with insurance and reasonable financing. Didn't check with some of the high performance boating specialty insurers at the time, so insurance might not be as much of an issue. Financing was obtainable, but they wanted more down, a higher rate AND a shorter term. Wierd thing was none of them had a problem with another 42' I looked at with twin 500EFI's with Vortech's. Didn't make sense to me since the boat with trips was stock, but I gave up trying to make sense of it. Good luck.

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I find no difference in financing; however, it does increase cost/performance levels of boat so insurance may be higher. My experience is that people are generally uneasy about maintainence costs and fuel costs. Some hulls are just too big to perform adequately on two long-term RELIABLE engines; 45 Sonic/47 Fountain/47 Apache/ 50 NorTech. I think it's more of a performance expectation vs. boat size issue, when it's all said and done.
Hugh/Offshore

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I like 3 somes...... :D

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my boat name.THREESOME :evilb: :evilb:

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as in i buy my headers in "threesomes".... :D :drink: :eek:

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yep :mad: :( :D :drink: :evilb:

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Seems to hurt resale ... yes .... HOWEVER .... there's something to be said for being able to run home ON PLANE if one takes a sheet !!! :D :evilb: :rolleyes:

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I have a trip 47 Fountain, On that size boat I think twinns would not be good. But prior to owning the 47 I thought 3 x maintenence 3 x repair 3 x things to go wrong..... I think with stock power those concerns are not real valid now. My set up has been bullet proof for 1 1/2 seasons so far. If you were running big power trips I would still shy away.

On a 13K+ boat twinss are too small. I think the 46 Black thunder is just about maxxed out at 70mph with twinns.

One thing I dont like is the depth, The center drive is real deep and getting into nice areas to anchor and swim is difficult. (lake St Clair)

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triple 496 HO s are cheaper than Twin 525 and do not need more fuel - they put less stress to the drives in heavy boats
you get quicker out of the hole - if you want more power its easier to upgrade

Formula 419 SR1 came with Twin Hp 500 carbrated 53 MPH
changed to Triple 496 HO 72 MPH

Three 496 HO Bobtails are about 33000 US $
How much do two 525 cost ?

parts are much cheaper for 496 engines

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I keep eyeballing this 46X Cig with Trip 575's. Gorgeous boat! The three motors make me a little leary though. I'm not sure how the handling and performance of an identical boat with twins would compare either. I don't care about top end speed as much as out of the hole and bullet proof motors. I'd rather not spend my limited boating days with a wrench in my hand.

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I wouldnt worry about wrenching on a pair of 575's. I think its safe to say that no one on this board has had problems with that merc motor.

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try triple 1200s

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Tht would be great if I was single! I still have a wife to support. :drink:

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I agree with Jazzman, but triples allows you to run a smaller hp more reliable motor and still get the speed. and alot easier on drives, and will gety on plane if an engine goes down.dont have to stress drives and motors so much. hard on trannies also. these are big heavy boats. they just require that setup.

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OK, how about some input on this one....

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Triple Engine Pro's:
-Can run stock, reliable engines
-Can plane on two in the event of a failure
-Looks cool!
CONS:
-Tend to break a lot of center drives
-Deeper draft
-Not as well balanced
-Harder/ more expensive to service
-Harder to finance and insure

Staggered Twin Pro's
-Easier to service
-Better balanced
-Higher resale
-Easier to financing/ insurance

If it was my money I'd go for staggered twins w/ #6 drives