Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic (Post 3692532)

IMO, you do not buy or own a boat that size, capable of those speeds (or even ride in one!) unless you are willing to go for a swim.
A boat that size/speed throws a blade, sticks a motor, etc, etc, you're most likely going for a swim.
None of which has anything to do w/the quality of hull and normally the part that broke.
How many realize that surfacing a prop makes it a wearable part?? It has a life cycle and it will eventually fail. Ideally we find it is as a crack while doing our pre-flight inspection (saved my ass many a time) and before it becomes a catastrophic event. Assuming we actually do one.
If you are absolutely, positively not willing to risk any of the above you have no business owning or being in one of these monsters.
Wonder how many passengers in the 100+ MPH poker run boats understand this??
How bought this? Your buddy works at a shop specializing in Hi Perf Porsches and offers you a ride.
He over cooks a corner and puts it into a wall. Do you get out blaming the car and bad mouthing it to every one that will listen or write off that you should have known better?
Just sayin.....

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic (Post 3692532)

How bought this? Your buddy works at a shop specializing in Hi Perf Porsches and offers you a ride.
He over cooks a corner and puts it into a wall. Do you get out blaming the car and bad mouthing it to every one that will listen or write off that you should have known better?
Just sayin.....

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic (Post 3692532)

IMO, you do not buy or own a boat that size, capable of those speeds (or even ride in one!) unless you are willing to go for a swim.
A boat that size/speed throws a blade, sticks a motor, etc, etc, you're most likely going for a swim.
None of which has anything to do w/the quality of hull and normally the part that broke.
How many realize that surfacing a prop makes it a wearable part?? It has a life cycle and it will eventually fail. Ideally we find it is as a crack while doing our pre-flight inspection (saved my ass many a time) and before it becomes a catastrophic event. Assuming we actually do one.
If you are absolutely, positively not willing to risk any of the above you have no business owning or being in one of these monsters.
Wonder how many passengers in the 100+ MPH poker run boats understand this??
How bought this? Your buddy works at a shop specializing in Hi Perf Porsches and offers you a ride.
He over cooks a corner and puts it into a wall. Do you get out blaming the car and bad mouthing it to every one that will listen or write off that you should have known better?
Just sayin.....

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic (Post 3692532)

IMO, you do not buy or own a boat that size, capable of those speeds (or even ride in one!) unless you are willing to go for a swim.
A boat that size/speed throws a blade, sticks a motor, etc, etc, you're most likely going for a swim.
None of which has anything to do w/the quality of hull and normally the part that broke.
How many realize that surfacing a prop makes it a wearable part?? It has a life cycle and it will eventually fail. Ideally we find it is as a crack while doing our pre-flight inspection (saved my ass many a time) and before it becomes a catastrophic event. Assuming we actually do one.
If you are absolutely, positively not willing to risk any of the above you have no business owning or being in one of these monsters.
Wonder how many passengers in the 100+ MPH poker run boats understand this??
How bought this? Your buddy works at a shop specializing in Hi Perf Porsches and offers you a ride.
He over cooks a corner and puts it into a wall. Do you get out blaming the car and bad mouthing it to every one that will listen or write off that you should have known better?
Just sayin.....

Originally Posted by TexomaPowerboater (Post 3693230)

Fine with me as long as the salesman discloses that before the boat is sold. These guys won't even say how fast they were going or if they were turning so really hard to make any of these statements or assumptions without more information. People want to know how risky the boat is. Doesn't seem like OL really cares. When some people die they will care.

Originally Posted by TexomaPowerboater (Post 3693230)

Fine with me as long as the salesman discloses that before the boat is sold. These guys won't even say how fast they were going or if they were turning so really hard to make any of these statements or assumptions without more information. People want to know how risky the boat is. Doesn't seem like OL really cares. When some people die they will care.

Originally Posted by Sbarberdds (Post 3693399)

Wish they would just respond to the original reports where the two in the boat said they caught a bad wave and were not going that fast. Then someone said it was a tab down to far and the boat was out for a speed run at over 100mph, which was it? Just tell us all the truth so the rumors are stopped.

Originally Posted by Sbarberdds (Post 3693399)

Wish they would just respond to the original reports where the two in the boat said they caught a bad wave and were not going that fast. Then someone said it was a tab down to far and the boat was out for a speed run at over 100mph, which was it? Just tell us all the truth so the rumors are stopped.

Originally Posted by stainless (Post 3693403)

The person going for a demo ride in the boat said they hit a wave. The person that stayed with the boat was Mike Fiore , ( who was driving) and he said that the tab indicator malfunctioned, causing the boat to do something he didnt expect. Not that hard to understand....