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Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL (Post 3807128)

I`m gonna have to call bull**** on that one.. :lolhit:
Great Lakes real 5-6' you`re getting beat up and catching some air .. 99mph? I don`t think the props are in the water enough.

what part do you not believe?? come out to lake ontario and i will give you a driving lesson

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Originally Posted by cig92 (Post 3807248)

what part do you not believe?? come out to lake ontario and i will give you a driving lesson

I would like a driving lesson in a 37' OL :whistle:

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Originally Posted by jbraun2828 (Post 3807210)

How about the kilo world record boat. Is that built like all the rest too?

good one.....you got me....

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Originally Posted by Full Force (Post 3807243)

41 saber 'Clifford" and "Wiked Won"

41 Sabers are some of the baddest boats out there... I see Clifford is in the classifieds, all I have to say is 'wow'. Definitely a great boat

I have a Scarab III and it only has a 23 ° hull but yet rides amazing in rough if the dead rise is so important than what makes it such a great wave crusher? Its massive weight? I'm not saying it is near a cig in ride and its not fast at all mid 50s. But just curious cause on paper it doesn't look all that appealing.

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Originally Posted by dba900 (Post 3807224)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sutphens. They're the only boat on the market (that I know of) with a 26 degree V and are superb rough water boats.

To the "bonded" versus "glassed" deck debate: When I was a kid we had a one-year-old 272 Formula, followed by a two-year-old Sonic 33 SE. After one year of running the Formula, the cabin was coming to pieces, the deck was ripping off in spots (this after re-tightening the screws) and the gas tank was leaking. The Sonic was run just as hard for several years without issue and ended up with a pair of Hawk 650s. I like Formulas and the Sonic was quite a bit longer, but there's no question that a fully glassed deck is a huge advantage. Land our '78 Sutphen off a wave and the deck hatches don't even rattle. There aren't too many new boats built that solidly and never mind 35-year-old boats!

You can't compare older boats to newer, I've never heard of a sr1 or fasteck hull seperating from each other and they are solid boats. I would also think it's true that the v birth construction along with the couches and bathroom have something to do with stiffening the boats up in a pleasure boat, as race boats need those other bulkheads due to a light layup.

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Originally Posted by Dkahnjob (Post 3806955)

Hi James,
I would vote for a 42' Fountain. Mater of fact I think that is what my next boat will be. But that is a couple of years off still.
Dave

Hi Dave, so you found out what a huge difference there's between the 35 and 42 Fountains,hah. My buddy has a 35 with 600's and he was blown away by how much better the 42 performed in choppy and rough conditions.

Let's get a 42 Fountain and a 38 Top Gun together :party-smiley-004:

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Originally Posted by Full Force (Post 3807243)

41 saber 'Clifford" and "Wiked Won"

If I had the means to purchase a newer boat at this time, it would deffinately be "Clifford"

If you were going to have a boat built new, would you tell them that you ran boats a bit harder than many others and wanted it built a little "beefier" with more bulk heads and things like that or.....