Any Other "Little Boat" Offshore Guy's Here???
 

Feel like a Guppie in a sea of sharks here:eek:Any other guys with we little boats like mine? please post pics!!! Al...24 Skater...http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...oat2010018.jpg

I'm in the "little boat" category...actually I'm in the "little, old boat" category.

1966 Donzi 16 Ski Sporter Hull#226, with a Ford HIPO 289

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not even in the same category... but i like the folk here =)

viper1996 very nice boat! I have always liked those skaters and the easy maintainance of the outboards compared to sterndrives.

22' for me, and small inland lake only.

LC

That looks like a fun boat. What top speeds to you see?

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...5th2010045.jpg I've been known to play with some smaller stuff! twin aerated hull challenger.90 on empty!

Yea, I knd of like the "small" stuff too.

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BTW, I've always had a soft spot for 24' Skaters - ever since my first 115 MPH ride in one.

Love the Challenger and Progression.

My two little ones:

21Superboat running with KattNipps 242 Checkmate:

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and the 24 Superboat (my big boat:grinser010:):

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Hey Al,

This is Dan who had the Slingshot when Warren had his, and then the Gladiator. Skater's lookin good!

I always enjoyed the little boats.

12 ft 10" 75 hp 4 cylinder.

Eventually learned to build them lighter and stronger and cut back to a 3 cylinder 75 and up.
Loved every bit of it but sold off everything to invest in camera equipment...

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One of the coolest shots taken in Fall River Mass:

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Yeah,

I got a little.................................Boat, 24 Pantera 250EFI outbooard.

I'm in !!
Donzi 22 Classic.

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26' Corsa

I've got a 1973 MAGNUM Sedan, rigged with twin 300X outboards. "HIGH LIFE"

Looks like we have a "little" family here! More than I thought...Any others???

Hey Dan, Your Kens son? Last time I saw you guys were you running a red Spectre? cat??? Mines a fun boat and I love it! It's the real deal, just a smaller version...It's runnin' lower 90s but lookin for triple digits come spring with a few "tweaks" Al

Great Pics everyone..... I love the smaller boats... Some of us, including myself,,, can't even afford a boat... So its nice to see all the smaller boat pics on OSO.... not all of us have 800K
to spend on a boat.....:drink:

Great pics!

Yep, we had the Red Motion cat that we just sold and are in the process of replacing it.

That thing was sick! Whats next??

Outerlimits

Mines smaller than yours :)

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26' PowerQuest, my contribution to the 'little' gang-

21 Scarab here. Need to reup my membership so I can post a pic.

I keep my 20 Cigarette around for fun on smooth, glass-like conditions.

It's a blast, but far from an "offshore boat" like some others mistakenly call their 20-25ft boats.

It's purely a little speedboat built for fun in calm conditions, and it's great!

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21' apache........ I wish it was as fast as Blee's cig!!! But, Its better in the rough... wink, wink....
Jr.

1988 22' Avanti; drive is off in this photo.

That boat looks sweet.

Any more info it some where.

My small boat is an 11ft Tennessee with a 25hp.

Nick

1987 24' Cigarette FireFox

I'm definitely a little boat guy. Ya know Don Aronow would loveus. He raced and developed alot of small single engine boats.

Ok so my little tunnel obviously isn't an offshore boat. I was just having fun.
My other boat is a 23 Fountain center console (25'8" LOA with the beak) and although it isn't particularly fast, it does goes much further offshore on a regular basis than any "offshore" boats I know of. We typically run from 30-65 miles out on a typical day.
For a smaller boat, she runs pretty good in snotty water.

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My "Puddle Jumper"

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These days a 30 footer is considered to be "little" depending on which side of the fence your standing on!!! Al

I am with you B! Single screw, 80+ mph, let 'er eat!

Not taking anything away from the larger offshore boats, because they are amazing. But, small boats had their place. Here is the article on our boat (it was the test boat for the Boating News article in 1966 and my dad bought it right afterwords). They sure thought these boats were the start of something great.


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1999 25 Active Thunder Tantrum Offshore.

another...

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18'6" STV Pro Comp Ski...my "little" boat. ;)

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24 Skater, that thing is a King Salmon compared to my 14' Guppie!

Here is the Little Boat thread I started quite awhile ago (2007)that comes back to life once in awhile.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...tle-boats.html

Here is my Vyper.

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