Donzi in 6 to 8's
 

i was at smoke on the water when i approached a guy who pulled in with a 95 top gun. all white with a red falcon on the front. great lookin boat so i wanted to comment on it when his friend jumped off and proceeded to tell me that cigarette is a great boat but no one makes a hull like donzi. then he tried to tell me that he was in the gulf in 6 to 8's going 80 mph in his 38' donzi. i just wanted say to the guy if your still a member and you get this message, "BULL****"!!

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LOL!!!!!!!!!! :evilb: :evilb: :drink: :drink:

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hear it all the time :D

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then he woke up and bumped his head :evilb:

jr mike

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And you didn't say it to is face why? :D

So, a 38 ZR can't run 80mph in 6 to 8 footers? I've see them run hard in Factory 2 in 6+ footers, but I don't know how fast. I always assumed they were running 75-80 mph.

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I love Donzis more then anyone I know and I wouldn't run a ZR that fast with 6ft under me. Hell I dont think I would run any boat over 70 with 6ft under me. first I would worry about busting my boat up and then my body could only take so much of a beating! Don't get me wrong the 38 ZR can take a beating but when you have a 6ft roller you usally have a 12ft whole.
to fall into or stuff the next wave or 2. :rolleyes:

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I'm confused by your timing. Wasn't SOTW months ago ?
Seems like really old pointless news .

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8 footers HUH? :rolleyes: Most people will never see true 6-8 in their boat. Like Shanghied said the bigger the wave the bigger the whole :rolleyes:

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Everybody knows that only an APACHE could handle water like that! :evilb: :D

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Must Be an APache :D

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Going that fast in that big water is where the driver's skill means almost as much,if not more, as the boat.

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and a whole lotta holding on :D

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Amen!

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A lot of people mistake the entire wave face as wave height. I would bet it was 3-5s he was running in.
I used to work on a 220 foot boat and 8s suck even in a boat that big.

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Most peoples 6-8's are really 4-5's and 4-5's are really
2-3's.

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I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE RACED THE 38 ZR IN F 2 AND THE BOAT WILL RUN 80 IN 6-8 FOOT SEAS.
MIKE STANCOMBE
T MAN
TEAM DONZI
SNAP ON (SUBSTITUTE T MAN)
PEPPERS RACING :drink:

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"Most peoples 6-8's are really 4-5's and 4-5's are really
2-3's."

I Agree- Real 6-8' seas are nuts as usually there would be a 30+ knot wind along with it...

Dave

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How many boats have a name like "TOP GUN".

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Are you guys saying people do not know how to "measure" waves or they are full of chit?

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:snide: Everyone knows that only a Fountain will run fast in rough seas...

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Alleluia :rolleyes:

He did'nt say 15 mph... He said 70-80 + mph's :D

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Ya know, actually there's no point in responding to that....


Both, accent is on the latter tho
:D :D

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sounds like this story got to you a little. it has gotten to be a big joke between me and my friends up here on the the big lake. just seeing if we can find the guy. i would love to see any pics of someone in 6 to 8's.

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i agree. come up to michigan in the fall and we will show you a real 6 to 8 or 10 to 12.

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Can you say "HEAD SEA"?

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So if you can't run at speed in 6-8, how will these go fasts handle it at idle speeds? How about coming back in the inlet, when 6-8 in the ocean become 10-12 breakers?

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i would like to see the pictures of that. in the ocean or big lake?

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Isn't this what winter is for?


I didn't see any donzi's on lake michigan this fall after it got really rough so I have no knowledge of their abilities in rough water. Seems no one will take them out. :eek: NK

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Forget these no beam boats...
Give me a bigass magnum!

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I was out there racing the 38 Donzi in my 18 Donzi Classic skimning across the 6 to 8 footers with no problem. :p

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I don't know what the 6 to 8's look like in everybody's area, but I can't see a performance boat even being able to get on a plane in the Gulf of Mexico with real 6 to 8 footers. The waves are right on top of each other and steep. Not like the half mile space in between waves here on the Atlantic side. I guess they have to get up to speed before entering the pass. I'd have to see it to believe it.

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I have run my Sonic at top speed in 6 foot waves when the entire surface of the ocean was white with blowing spray. At idle speed waves were coming in the boat and my wife was panicking. I had her go in the cabin and wedge herself in, then opened it right up.

Smooth as pie, screamed right over the tops of the waves, spaced very closely together. A 50 foot police boat was rolling 90 degrees and looked like he was going to flip over, so I screamed in for a close look, he waved ok, and then I sprinted for the island.

It was THE most exhilarating boat trip in my life. Of course I have also been in 6 and 12 foot breaking waves spaced farther apart, and then it is fast idle time and alot of praying to King Neptune.

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How many people can accurately judge the actual size of a wave/waves?

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When you are in the base of the trough, and the crests are just over your head, they're about 6ft waves. :D

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I've taken wave and ocean engineering classes... real 6 to 8' waves are 12' from crest to trough... there is no way any 38' boat I don't care what brand it is is going to stay together in that kind of environment....

I usually laugh to myself when "boat" people talk about how rough the conditions they were in were.... their 6-8' waves are usually recorded as 2-4' and fyi you usually measure waves by the average to the top 1/3 biggest waves... look up some NOAA bouys where these guys are running their boats maybe they are seeing 0.5 to 1m waves... they aren't running in the hail storms..
Ernie

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Ernie, would you like to be more specific in this statement???

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My 12 foot breaking wave: twice as tall as your boat, you can't see unless you are on top of it, it gets you really wet, with water coming in the boat and the chartplotter fails in salt wash. Thought I was going to die.

Fast idle only. Same waves flipped over a 21 foot boat, coasties had to turn back after three failed rescue attempts as the coasties were breaking arms and collar bones in the inflatable orange rescue boat, not sure how that happened, but it did. Radio alert from Coast Guard kept repeating "watch for dead body."

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Can you explain the "correct" way to measure wave height?

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c'mon bro. let's be real. we all now a sonic is not going to take 6 to 12 foot waves even if they are spaced apart at full speed. let alone telling your wife to go down below and wedge herself in? is she still alive? don't you know that is the dumbest thing you could do? what would of happened if you rolled your boat?

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That big box hangout on the back of the boat? :D