I will say 3-5-4-6's also in a Mistress, the way that boat goes through a wave is not describable, it just does the job and you can run pretty fast in that kinda water with these things, the Mistress is a heavy slow tank but goes through anything.... I would say I averaged 40-60 mph depending on how the waves were set up... passengers normally keep me from getting too stupid, but I love big water in that Mistress, people doubt it on here but unless you been on one you cant compare....

they called for 5-7's this day, not sure what you wanna call them but it wasnt flat.... I averaged 40-45 most of the time this day...and I didnt get beat up at all honestly, my Baja would beat the fuk out of me in this stuff....and it did this water is not uncommon on the great lakes..

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you are one of the few people that I see that knows how the Mistress really is, people dont get it till they ride on one....

I was out in front of the Holland Michigan pier head one day with my nephew in my old 251 Check. The water was pretty big.. 8'-10'. We headed out to play and had a blast. The waves were maybe 50' apart and this was his first ride in my boat. I could get in a trough with walls of water on each side and we got close to 50mph.. then you ride up on the peak of the way and it felt like you were 100' in the air. Not my fastest run in the Big Lake, but surely a memorable moment. I am sure he will never forget it.. just because I haven't.. Fun day on Lake Michigan.

I have a 22' Donzi Classic with a 525 and it is dialed in perfectly. 1-2s are my favorite. An absolute blast to run in at speed even with the occasional 3 footer. 3-4s are doable but not comfortably and I have to be careful of the occasional 5 or 6 or I will, and have, stuffed it. I planed out briefly in 6s on Lake Michigan once. That was crazy. 6-8s had me off plane and running at or just above idle speed on Lake Erie once. It took about 4 hours to go about 20 miles before it calmed down enough to plane out the rest of the way to the Detroit River. Great Lakes waves tend to be messed up water. Unpredictable and with some big holes. Once you think it's calmed down, guess again. This is a 22 foot boat that I run on Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie and twice on Lake Michigan.

same thing for 41 Apache, first time I took a ride in one (threes to fours) when I got back to the dock somebody asked me how it was. my answer, I dont know we were playing Jenga down in the cabin



your mistress is the right tool for the job in this lake. I just moved into a 38 Scarab thunder cant wait to get it out in the chop

last ride in my powerplay 33 70+ in 2-3-4 with occasional big ones on lake michigan with a couple buddys who own pontoons we ran racine to whinthrop about 20 miles very memorable last ride did the cig in 3s 4 s with the waves about 45 - 50 with mom and dad sitting in the back seat drinking iced tea trying to beat the rain from milwakee to Kenosha 2 totally different rides p p ran over the top cig just goes thru it looking out side at the snow I miss boating

68ish in 3's and 4's in my 33 PowerPlay. Anything bigger on that size boat and you're just beating the sh!t out of your equipment or trying to be the big man and impress people...until something breaks. 3s/4s is plenty rough...watch our for that occasional hole too LOL!

I've been in bigger but not on plane and I turned around.

6-8 in the gulf in my 33 scarab til I stuffed it, never want to do that again. I thought the boat was gunna break in half

[QUOTE=Griff;4057783]That was some snotty stuff on Sat afternoon. Solid 3-4' washing machine with an ocassional 5-6' hole[/QUOTE)

That was a FUN day!!

my 2 favorite videos,,shot on the same day,1 going over,the other a couple hours later coming home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IsXM...gvTb5A&index=3

coming home,,not bad for 490ci.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MDM...=share&index=4