My first boat was a 22 Checkmate with a 454 which I thought was pretty bad azz until until I got smoked by a 22 Donzi in 3 footers. I was jumping around like a yo yo and that Donzi looked flat as can be going by.

24 PANTERA
24 Magnum
24 Superboat
24 Cigarette
21 Shadow
21 Challenger
21 Tuff
21 Superboat
22 Velocity
22 Donzi classic
21 Donzi
21 Sutphen
242 Formula
271 Formula
24 Progression
22 Progression
I am sure I missed a few but the above are some of my favorites

what kinda speeds do you run with that motor?

Gotta love the details behind the preferences most people are posting here.

How's is anyone logging into this thread going to learn anything, and how are we going to learn about all subtle details from boat to boat from the other fine manufacturers out there when the list read like this-

my boat
boat I always wanted
best friends boat
boat I read about in an article
boat my friend had that I wanted
boat I heard about at the bar
boat I saw making a speed pass in front of the bar
boat dad had
love boat
98 foot cig

I cant speak for up roktoy but Im guessing he was looking for a few details in why people have a preference to particular brand.



Uncle Dave

Laveycraft 2750 Ilmor-710
Laveycraft 20.8 Sebring 406 SB
Fleetwood nitrous toy hauler
Yamaha raptor 700/Kawi KFX 450
Nissan Titan

LMAO-----Good one

My pic is the 24 Pantera. I raced it for 5 years in some pretty bad water at times and she is still as solid as the day I bought her

I would like to see a 25 switzer run 70+ in 3-5's. I always thought they were cool boats, and fast for the power, but they are not exactly wave crushers with that flat bottom.

From my experience the 25 Active is hard to beat/ They ride good and are very stable and predictable. For the dollars can't beat a 25 or 24 outlaw. I have ran the chit out of my 20 year old 240 sport and it just keeps on rockin'. After the shootout this year my buddy is ready to trade his 25 sunsation for an outlaw. Not bad for a lowly Baja.

Yes, and no.

I can tell you however why I like my boat

It's fast (80-85) with 300 hp.
It seems to handle the rough pretty well for a comparitively lightweight 24ft boat. It takes decent sized water to slow me below 70. It's fun to drive, I love flying it high at 80+ and balancing it on the pad, never thought it could be so fun. Its somewhat economical, I get acceptable fuel mileage compared to many of the boats I run with (25 sunsations, 28 sunsations, 32 sunsations, 33 powerplay, 34 phantom, etc). I love the looks, low deck 24' boat with old school squared off get the hell out of my way styling. White gel with some simple accent colors (I'm not big on crazy paint schemes). I can "hang" with a lot of bigger boats until it gets real snotty.

I could go on and on LOL. There are others I like, but all around it works exactly how I want a boat to work.

Scott, were was that picture taken?

Sounds like I need to break out Dean's 24' Bat Boat and have a 24' run-off! Maybe a brown's to sinbad's marathon???