All things aren't ever going to be equal since the tunnels on larger boats are longer & wider, nor will they weigh the same. My understanding is that no 2 flat deck boats are the same either, there is no template or fixture & Peter cuts them all himself.

The 368 and 388 can run rt around 130 with 525's (amsoil and stihl)
That's pretty darn efficient. Then you've got the 388's with big power running 188 +. I'd say that's a hard combo to beat.

+1

if things were able to be equal, physics says the smaller / lighter boats would be faster. but there are a lot of things going on besides length and weight.

That's Funny. My old 36 ( Bacardi Silver ) is still to this date the fastest piston powered boat with a 202 mph

Exactly. So going back to the OP's question, which is going to be faster? Let's compare like models and modifications.

It's not fair to say an ultra light lay-up 36 with the tunnel widened 8" is faster than a plain Jane 32 with the std tunnel/lay-up, therefore a 36 is faster than a 32. That's horse sh!t. Comparing a light weight 368 or 388 or a canopy boat to a std 32 is not comparing apples to apples! These boats have had the tunnel widened over the std model, are lighter, and possibly even a canopy! If you make the same mods on a 32 (328) so that both have equally widened tunnels with the same lay-up and areo, the 32 becomes much more efficient... just like the 36 and 38 do when you widen them 8", lightened, and a canopy is added.

Doing like mods to both and given the same amount of development/setup, the 32 will be faster. With that said, I'd rather own the 36/38 all day long, but that wasn't the question. ;)

I've had an ultralight carbon cut down 328 ob race boat and now have an all carbon Kevlar cut down 32 with 710 ilmors and #6's, if I put my power and drives on a 36, 368, or 388 with the same layup and deck those 3 would be faster. End of story. The 36, 368, and 388 are more efficient hulls. Don't shoot the messenger . Ps this is the 4 th skater I've personally owned, and I used to race a 36 triple ob boat (snake man) as well.

Lets face it this thread is never going to amount to anything more than bench racing UNLESS one of you order 2 boats from Peter w/ the same power & specifications that SRE is inquiring about.:party-smiley-004:

Count me out b/c I already own a Skater & ordering 2 more would leave me w/ 3 which simply wouldn't make sense.:drink:

That I would agree with! :drink:

I really like what you did with that boat. It turned out awesome!

BTW, I wanted to thank your club for the tremendous hangover I had this morning. LOL

Just thought this would be a fun thread to start up but like you said there really can't be a fair comparison.