that last post sums it up.also keep in mind most newer designed boat just cruise so dam fast u get use to that speed. some guys dont have the seat time,and they should understand any speed the are going,and as we know anything can happen.

Huh?

I don't race; Most of us here don't.

I do race and raced a boat smaller than yours with a big block around the same speed!ever see on a Dingy it says no more than 3-5 hp motor why?It's not made for a 25hp Mercury!!Quick story guy in NY converted a Bosten whaler to a duck boat almost home ramed into marker pole#13 he died passengers hurt bad lost focus to drain boat for a second 15-25 mph tops!Now you hit it @80 22' single 525hp or more more of a chance of death or serious injury!Bigger twin not out of control less chance just my 02!

you mentioned Motorsport here...

Remember


I can tell, thats why you talk about Motorsport and Recreational Vehicles in the same sentence and blend them.

I guess you're right that motorsport technically refers to racing but I used it for lack of a better word to mean any form of motorized recreational vehicle. You are right there is a difference I didn't realize until I googled the definition.

You just can't make blanket statements based on hull length. There are 22 Classics running over 100 mph and doing so safely. Here is an 18' Donzi Classic with an arneson that runs well over 100 mph. http://www.donzi.net/forums/video.ph...ils&videoid=19

Now a typical 22' Vee bottom with less deadrise and different hull design might be unsafe at much less speed.

The Donzi Classics are very predictable at high speed once you master how to drive them. Could something bad happen? Of course.

Hate to get more into this, BUT... Speed kills!!!???/ BEEeeeSSSSSsss.
A year or two ago several boaters got killed in Jacksonville, fl. by a girl driving a boat, hit a barge, drinking was an issue. 30-40 MPH. Speed was not a factor.
Guns kill?? NOOOOOooo.... people kill.
I have yet to see a 9MM get up walk around and go postal. I have yet so see a plywood with twin 1500's strapped on and No 6's and plow into a crowd. Why do some of you guys going after the product? and not the end user? Last summer a fraking drunk red neck with a john boat comes into the dock going about 15MPH. hits a boat, almost hits a boater and sais... "sorry" my shift cable went out... I couldn't stop. Now here is an idiot when I want my 9MM to take a walk by itself and take care of business. And yesssss we DO need to "police" ourself. You got the horses and the hardware.. go at it have fun, in the right place and the right time. I raced in the past, I drove my Katana 145+ and I felt safer than with my Magna going 125 and scared the $hit out of me. I drove the Autobonds as fast as the car could go. I felt safe. I drive on I-95 (70+-) and leaving a text message for my kids about my will becouse of "other" idiotic drivers. Going out on the weekend for just a casual boat ride going 30-40 and I have white knuckles due to some stupid boater who has no clue about operating a 17 fishing boat. Speed is not the issue, it's people. 10 MPH is TOOO fast when you have a moron behind the wheel, no matter what hardware is attached to the wheel.
Done with this.............

Good point,don't worry CMI has drastically reduced the number of boaters out there so it should no longer be a problem.

22' over 100 mph safe

Me too!

Kind of like asking if guns are too dangerous on NRA forums.