Skater vs Gladiator
 

Which boat will have a better ride in the ruff stuff. Say a 3-4 ft confused sea with cruiser wakes every now and then. I know how our Gladiator handles but my dad has always wanted a cat. The boat would be a 32 Skater with bravos. Also for you Skater guys how would the drives hold up.

Thank You

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Number 6's make the real deal.
Im a cat guy so I would go for the skater. I drove Bobs Gladiater and checked yours out at the Algonquin..very nice ride.
The AMT is offically going up for sale shortly and if you want to get the insurance experience, an outboard cat might be worth a look.
It was nice meeting you and your dad.
Good luck with your choice.

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looks like in going to be giving alot of rides in the baja next season.

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you dont know nothing, about nothing.......... :evilb: :evilb:

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I need a pic of your Gladiator windshield/screen ASAP . Do you have any good ones available ??

Thanks

Bob

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?????? Why. I cant see you selling that baby

Its purrrfect

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i think hes scared of it.... :evilb: :evilb:

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Whats your email address and Ill send some to you. They're decent shots. If you want we can trace the pattern from the outside.

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The Skater won't like the bravo's. With the very high X dimention, they fail quickly.

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wants to be like me !! :evilb:

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If you are building a new Skater. It will be difficult to get it built with a Bravo, and for your own good you don't want one rigged with them.

Re-Sale Sucks with Bravos.

SSM#6's are big $$ and a tad bit too much stern weight.

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Tricky Rickey is more or less right (Hey Rick). They (#6's) are a lot of weight at the rear but it depends on the length of the Skater. I have a 32 w-#6 Dry Sumps, it is a little stern heavy but the problems that creates are very limited and the benefits greatly outweigh the problems. Resale with Bravo's is not good, and of you have no wind protection and Bravos, plan on being an Owner for a long time. If you set it up right, you can actually go faster with #6'w, even with the trannies. I am sure people will take issue with that statement, but I think I can back it up.

Gregg Reichman

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And yes, If you can get to the boat and trace the shield in the next few days that would be great, I need this project wrapped up by early next week. I leave with the boat for Florida next Friday and need to be done by Wednesday

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SBRT will have to bring out the big guns for the spring event at LK GEORGE

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A 36 Skater with # 6s would be nice.

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thats if you take it off the trailer next year... :evilb: :evilb:

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The 32 Skater with quater Canopy and Arneson drives is an excellent package if you are looking to run real fast. The boat handles excellent, ride quality is excellent, turns very well and the qtr canopy package is a necessity at speed.

If I had to do it again, I would recommend Arneson.

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Yea the wide one and a cut down deck with the extention over the drives . That would be a fast one :drink:

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Why not get a 36 Skater since your coming from a 36 Gladiator? The 32 is a fun boat but definitely get the 6's if you're going that route.

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I have spent a lot of time running both the 32 Skater and the 36 Skater. There is actually a HUGE difference in a lot of areas, but if you are pleasure boating the 36 represents a lot more work in these areas:

Cleaning
Towing
"Muscle" around the Doc

I also think that re-sale for the 36 takes a lot longer, 32's seem to sell very quickly assuming they have the right setup.

The 36 is physically a lot more boat, better in the rough but almost too big for inland waterways or lakes I think.

You can throw the 32 around like it is a Mod-VP especially with Outboards (I had a Triple) , you won't get away with that with the 36... A 36 with Arnesons and the "twin fin" skeg will turn like a Go-Kart... but I can turn the crap out of my 32 w-#6's also.

Gregg Reichman

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Go cart.

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Better check insurance.

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Pic

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Thats why I was thinking the 32 over the 36. A couple months ago I got quoted for a 32 skater with 496's $8000!!!
I think we're going to move up to a faster Galdiator or a Donzi ZR.

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That's nuts!! You guys probably have a big lay-up period too, right? I never got an exact quote but had been told for a 36 Skater or Nor-Tech with decent size power and no layup in South Florida, around $15-20k and that is just nuts. We pay a little over $6,000 for the T/S Gun and my dad is 59 with a million years of boating experience.

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OK how about a Gladiator and this Skater both boats with the same power say 525's ??


http://www.offshoreonly.com/esvon/page-3604.html

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Is that a 36 or 32? ASD 6 or 7? What power? I just priced out a 36/asd 7s and was pleasantly surprised.
-Rick

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32 ASD 7M

Talk to Rik at Arneson.

Gladiator is a great boat also. Day and Night differences. My buddy has a Gladiator

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Dan...plunk a nice pair of those Merc 700s in your present boat, should wake it up a bit :eek:

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They say you need cat experience, but how do you get it if you cant buy a cat???? We only pay $1500 for the Gladiator. Same here with the dad and experience, 61 and years and years of experience.
Indy,
That would definitely wake the boat up a bit. I heard Phil was going to build one with 700's but I dot think anything came of it. I know the Glad wasn't designed for transmission drives.

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hey kenny how bout a cockpit shot.. lets see how pretty.... :evilb: :evilb:

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You pay the piper for your experience. The bottom line is that's what it costs to own one, period. The insurance will NEVER get cheaper for one. If you want a cat, you pay the costs to own it, or you don't have one.

Your experience in a vee bottom, or your Dad's, is also pretty much irrelevant. The two designs are driven completely differently, and the cat is much faster. They want to make sure your experienced.

Edit: and if you're paying $1500 a year for a Gladiator with anything other than V-6 motors, you're getting an excellent deal.

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$1500 for Gladiator ins? Please tell me who the insurer is. I pay 4K plus with a winter layup on a lake!

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I dont quite know but Ill check with my dad in the morning. We got it from a lead on here. We used to pay $3500 through sy and Ace.

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yeah, who who.....

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I know what your saying. But I think another factor is brand. The insurance companies always say buy an Eliminator. Ive gotten pretty reasonable quotes on Eliminator and Motions, but not spectres nor Skaters. Im not trying to be negative or anything, but Spectre and Skater have killed people where as motion and eliminator haven't. My dads the one getting insurance. Im only 17 yrs old.

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Should,t you be on another thread promoting and saving yourself? :D

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Not to bring up a sad subject, but maybe that's just Motion now...... :(

And those ASD 7's sure look more friendly than the 6's and 8's for steerage.

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That's because you live in Florida. You wouldn't believe the rediculous prices I was quoted for a 24 year old 22 Donzi with a top speed of 59 mph. I was sitting on the computer reading what other guys were paying for much newer, and faster 22 Donzis while I was on the phone with Progressive. I asked how they hell could mine be so high. He asked, "Do they live in Florida?" I guess we have to pay for all the boats destroyed the previous two years in the hurricanes. No brand of boat is immune to hurricane damage. :(

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The reason eliminators are favored is because they are not a true tunnel like the skaters/spectres/nortech's/mti's.