Boy that's different than I was quoted. A 26 daytona with a 496ho is about an 80 MPH boat, and it was between 3 and 4K plus the tres course.

Never even came close to $1000 on my 28 pantera that ran close to that. 30 years of boating, never a claim, married with children, 760 credit scores, last speeding ticket was 15 years ago.

You must have a source other than Merkel.

Absolutely. But when you're hanging it out on the edge, $hit happens.

I saw just as many(if not more) Vees as Cats wreck when I was racing. It's just not a great thing to do in ANY boat.

Does just the prop spray from a boat in front of you cause a deep V to react that violently?

Actually, it is the reverse. The prop spray will lift a cat, but a long rooster will drive a Vee's bow down from weight. The Cat will tend to go straight when this happens, but a Vee will "hunt" for a new area and grab or spin.

Same when a Helo would get real low over us. I would get soooo pissed.

I don't remember who the source was now, and, this information that was passed along to me by the agent after the shock of seeing what a 32 Skater was going to cost me to insure.

Michael

Yeah......that must have been one of those left coast boats that T2x was talkin about.......and inexperianced drivers too. Damn poker runners!

Left coast of Europe.

Ok,
The best powerboats make poor airplanes or submarines!

I remember a picture of Team Victory, a blue cat flying upside down. It was incredible!

LOL....oh yeah! And one time, at band camp......