Yeah, maybe he should market it to DNR officers. There will be more coast guard (weird because I live on a river) and DNR boats than pleasure boats soon.

Yes, That one was 150K then ( I believe on S&F someone said it was an 06) it was the standard 24' Bottom with a Flat Deck and 1/4 canopy's. Slick looking ride but expensive as he!!. I'd like to know where it went and how it ran if anyone knows..

$100K 15 yrs ago? I remember quite a few years ago at the Miami boat show at the Biscayne Marriott in water display, AO had their 26' Cat in the water with a sign that read "Guaranteed 100+ mph boat"... I don't remember the price of the boat back then.

I know some of the West Coast builders are in the 100K starting range (25-28' boats) with the very of basic's Merc inboard and the prices only go up from there. They will tell you that they are not making any real profit at that range and those are vinyl boats built in less than 24-30 hrs of labor of glass work plus rigging.

Skater is in the ball park for a single outboard, epoxy, vacuum hull with good rigging and power.

have you seen the 24 with I/O that runs 100+ with stock ls 5.3l? http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...-bravo-1s.html

30 hours of labor to build a boat? We'd all be building our own in a weekend if it were that easy. I should be able to get a new hull for $3000 assuming $100/hr labor, and then materials? Is that what you're suggesting?

I remember back in like 02-03 cougar had a ad on the back of magazines that said 100mph for $100,000. So now with the dollar having a different value this seems like a deal.

Yes sir , that is what I was trying to point out . All these years later , same price , very good value .

If they could build a flat deck 24-25ft for a 100k sign me up now. I understand on the bigger skaters the decks are individually constructed, but can't see why a flat deck top mold couldn't be made for a smaller boat to standardise it?..

Ditto! Its under the Skater owners forum. Bad Ass! 100k and entry level don't belong in the same sentence. Lol

Now that the 2.5 selection is dwindling down to racers only and clapped out used stuff, I cant see too much excitement here...I am a huge skater fan too. The Opti is an option giving up the simplicity of a 2.5, the optis have had their share of problems also. Etec is also complex, but may be a better option than an opti. The four stroke stuff is not there in performance IMHO and seems to be a better fit for CC boats and pontoons. To get a 4stroke to have a reasonable power to weight ratio I think turbo outie and nobody to my knowledge builds one. There are also so many west coast cats out there in that range...given that the majority of them are pod boats, a lot of those are available with outies. All that said I cant wait to see it.