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HTRDLNCN 07-17-2014 11:29 PM

When I lived in Miami we called them the pontoon boats of the ocean.. Same basic principle (lots of seating,no cabin,never used for anything except cruising around to party coves) except they go faster than most pontoons and can handle the ocean.. :)

Nate5.0 07-18-2014 06:25 AM


Originally Posted by HTRDLNCN (Post 4155207)
When I lived in Miami we called them the pontoon boats of the ocean.. Same basic principle (lots of seating,no cabin,never used for anything except cruising around to party coves) except they go faster than most pontoons and can handle the ocean.. :)

Many and most have cabins these days, very large and plush ones at that.

LAriverratt 07-18-2014 06:42 AM

no mention of Sunsations CCX???? which I would put in there with all the others. I have not seen one in person but they look top notch to me.... anyone want to take a couple boats in on trade for a CCX or any of the others??? PM me :boat:

thirdchildhood 07-18-2014 06:50 AM

They are not for me. The outboards are fine but I like a long closed bow.

pstorti 07-18-2014 07:02 AM


Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 4155268)
They are not for me. The outboards are fine but I like a long closed bow.

says the guy with a 22' boat with almost no freeboard lol :)

Jupiter Sunsation 07-18-2014 07:05 AM


Originally Posted by SummerObsession (Post 4155200)
It has taken nearly a full year to build my new MTI that delivers next week. Why? Because there were quite a few ahead of me and it takes time to build one. There have been lots of performance boats delivered from MTI, Skater, Mystic, DCB, and others, just maybe not as public as the ones you mentioned. As far as "stocking" performance boats, that's a losing proposition. Most, if not all the customers in this arena at the dollars these boats cost will opt to have one built for them, painted in THEIR colors, and are willing to wait.
I agree the number of performance boats in general is probably way down, but the upper end market seems just fine. Right or wrong, that's the way it seems.

I understand your point and congrats on your new build.......but on a whole the go fast market is 5% of what it was jus 10 years ago. Remember when Randy/Fastboats would deliver 10 new Nortechs in a year? Cats/Vees, big power with awesome paint and 04,05,06 were the hottest years......just look in the classifieds now and they show the bulk of the inventory is from those years.

Jupiter Sunsation 07-18-2014 07:07 AM


Originally Posted by LAriverratt (Post 4155264)
no mention of Sunsations CCX???? which I would put in there with all the others. I have not seen one in person but they look top notch to me.... anyone want to take a couple boats in on trade for a CCX or any of the others??? PM me :boat:

They are cool, seen a few now..........but cha-ching expensive. The 29 CCX seems it has the price point figured out and it has decent performance.

thirdchildhood 07-18-2014 07:22 AM


Originally Posted by pstorti (Post 4155278)
says the guy with a 22' boat with almost no freeboard lol :)

Yes, but it's not an open bow! And it goes 85 mph. :)

Dave M 07-18-2014 07:26 AM


Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation (Post 4155105)
I would like to see some closed deck builds (37 AT, 39 TG type stuff in standard go fast trim but with triple outboards). There was a 38 PP- triple 300's but can't think of to many others. http://www.flpowerboat.com/gallery/d...bum=135&pos=25

It's only 30' but Concept makes a nice looking perf. boat with O/B's.

I'm pretty sure I'm done with I/O's after my current boat.

Dean Ferry 07-18-2014 07:50 AM

I agree, that is why we bought the Talon 25, 1 engine/XR to take care of, And that is also why the 388 is for sale now....


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