2004 LipShip Gladiator Craigslist
 

http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/4431172372.html
2004 cigarette gladiator , lip ship edition 36'9 with two staggered 525's, 8'beam only 255 hours. red white and blue $95,000 obo don't miss this seasons poker run

This boat is in a rack storage place in Jupiter, FL. Not sure if it is a scam ad or not but I have seen the boat from the road several times.

Gotta love the guy standing in the seat with his shoes on.

Love those staggered glads.

Cool boat, price seems decent too if everything checks out and the engines don't have crazy hours on them.

Ad says 255 hours......seems light for a 10 year old boat. I think the biggest concern with the Gladiators is the paint (no rub rail = lots of scuffs) and the question of "has it gotten wet" throughout the years/ownership chain.

Tops of the seats (headrest area) looks tired anyway.....a trip to Fine Line is probably in the future anyway!

how fast is the boat?

Pretty sure low 90's......they are a couple thousand lbs. lighter than a TG

Billy this is the old guy...

It looks like the Pirelli floor needs replacement as well.

thanks for the info.

Tough crowd....

Take that fugger out Boynton Inlet and run the pizz out it! Seas have been 2 feet all week. It doesnt need new seats or a floor to have a damn good day!

It can be dangerous running this boat hard..... http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/b...cayne-bay.html

So it has been wet! LOL I swear this is how every Glad article ends...

Rolled at 50 MPH according to the driver.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]522664[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]522665[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]522666[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]522667[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]522668[/ATTACH]they jump nice and level..

On a step boat the center of pressure that most of the boat's weight rides on has been shifted forward of a where a straight bottom or pad bottom boat will ride. The problem is that the engines are still in the back. If the center of gravity is behind the center of pressure, the boat will tend to want to spin and go backwards. The boats are sensitive to trim because you can push the back of the boat up out of the water and shift the center of pressure further forward.

A staggered boat should help alleviate this, because the center of gravity is probably moved forward. However the rotational inertia of the boat from side to side has also been reduced. Meaning it will take less force to roll the boat. The motors spinning at high RPM means the flywheels will also have lots of rotational inertia. The staggered motor configuration will offer less roll resistance also due to the flywheels being closer to the boats centerline. A staggered boat thus should resist pitching forward and aft better than a side by side, but tend to roll more.

Partially proved one of my points while I was making it.