Nothing to be scard of, trips have their place.,but there all several things to consider. I had both a bravo boat and a 6 boat. My preference would be a twin 6 boat? Over either triple

None thank god...

Big surprise that was.

Did I mention?: One constant I have learned though in the last number of years, all the experts of why not to have a triple have came from those that have never had them.

Ok.....I'm in....

on the other hand... any twin with number 6 for sale in the 50 to 70k range? I doubt, so it might be a solution to run 80 mph without spending 100k plus...

Two engines are hard enough to work around............. 3 I think would be just a little more funner..... I think I could handle trips also........... Especially if its a 47 apache.

I've had a couple boats however. But your right what the f@ck do I know.

That last one was only a twin but I had five engines for it. Does that count? Actually now that I think of it I still have three of those five engines... That would make me a triple owner wouldn't it?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWezQgnhGok

Never owned trips. Not scared of the fuel consumption at all. Already have side by side twins an they are a pia to work on. Would hate to climb over one to work on 2 more. Haha

I still think some are still missing a MAJOR point. You are using smaller engines to achieve the same speed as the LARGER displacement/HP twins. I Think everyone can agree 6's are by far the preferred choice on an open budget, but in order to turn those drives you need BIG power, which requires WAY more mechanical ability, including more in depth maintenance and of course WAY deeper pockets overall.

As far as cost of boat, here is a secret, A TRIPLE BOAT IS CHEAPER TO BEGIN WITH!!!!!

When we ordered our Baja in 07, We looked at ordering it with Twin 525's or the Triple 496's. The Twin 525 set up was $17,000 more than the triple 496's and guess what, the 525's were 6mph slower. As I stated earlier, you would have had to step up to 575's to get the same speed, ie: More original cost yet! So a triple boat may appear to cost less on resale, but that is only a relative factor, because they were less to begin with...

Just to recap: I am NOT saying, those that have added LARGE triple engines to their boats are not experiencing a higher cost, BUT even if you ran triple 575's, you need to run 1075's or better in a twin to get the same speed... The numbers change, but it is still the same ratio. Bigger is always better.... Until you have to pay to keep them running...

As far as working on a triple boat, there was plenty of room top climb around in the bilge. the only real issue was working around the exhaust from the front engine. No matter what boat you are working on, there is never enough room for us "larger" people...