Originally Posted by yahoo (Post 3814402)

Ive raced V's and Cats.

Trust me on this if you can afford it you want to sit down and strap in. The big cats are a ton better ride, than the V's.

And yes I raced a 40ft V and 40 Ft skater.

Originally Posted by sommerfliesby (Post 3814080)

Funny...yesterday on the way back from Key West, we were passed by a 40 Skater in 3-4 footers. Granted, BOTH of us were running conservatively, 45-50 mph for us, and they were both PURELY pleasure boats (well, my boat has a cabin, anyway...the Skater is a BIT more purposed built! Lol). About 5 miles later, things got BAD. As in 6-8 foot bad...wind blown chop on top of tidal swells. Pat from Active Thunder was driving my boat, and we watched that Skater come right back to us, getting beat to hell while we drove right by. Now, I am not NEARLY stupid enough to think that my boat with 525s could come even CLOSE to a Skater in virtually any condition...but something to consider in this little Onion run (for the betting crowd) is the comfort of the crew. I'd MUCH rather be standing (like my crew was yesterday) than sitting down and getting pounded. Ostensibly...neither of you guys are "racers," so this could hash out differently than I had initially considered (I was in the Skater camp...now I've got second thoughts).

Also...I've got the whole passing thing on GoPro...will edit and post! Don't know whose Skater it was...all silver...but it was a GORGEOUS boat...

Originally Posted by thumper038 (Post 3814133)

bobby b wants to throttle and i told him puck it we gots rev limiters bungee the sticks to the dash!
Plus the phone books will be flying around:angry-smiley-038:
Cahounies / onions - they will be strapped in :helmet:
Time to dust the old girl off and get started :evilb:
First time it seen the outside world since 2008.
This has finally motivated me cause it ain't rough e nough at loto:daz:

Originally Posted by yahoo (Post 3814425)

You are right it was not an Apache, it was a Hustler, not as deep of a V, or near as heavy.

But the difference was huge.

As one of my friends pointed out, you dont see the old guys with all the money racing the V's.

Originally Posted by fast fun 2 (Post 3814822)

Dont bother. Racers dont know half as much as guys who run Poker Runs...dont you know that?

Originally Posted by kreed (Post 3814788)

Im going to assume the Skater were talking about was probably taking a beating because of how slow they were going.......and not because the wave height was too big to handle......agreed?

Originally Posted by kreed (Post 3814789)

boat looks awesome !!!!!

Originally Posted by kreed (Post 3814788)

Im going to assume the Skater were talking about was probably taking a beating because of how slow they were going.......and not because the wave height was too big to handle......agreed?