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2jz 09-30-2015 12:00 PM


Originally Posted by Omni Present (Post 4267124)
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love the pics and videos she is moving
Any updates on your upgrade you giving the cats hell

Omni Present 10-24-2015 11:30 PM


Originally Posted by Omni Present (Post 4234069)
I'm finding your comment more and more true the longer I'm in this sport. Have to say I put up with a lot of crap that comes with performance boating because there's nothing better then getting in my boat alone after a long day of work and letting her rip for a nice 30 or 40 minute run to Block Island or Montauk Yacht Club for a bite to eat and a cold beer. Nothing clears my mind better and the faster and better handling the boat just seems to make it better so I'll be buying selling testing tuning critiquing and asking you more experience guys dumb questions for as long as I can afford it!!!!!! Thanks for the comment cheers


Originally Posted by 2jz (Post 4360694)
love the pics and videos she is moving
Any updates on your upgrade you giving the cats hell

Just enjoyed a awesome trouble free boating 2015 season. Boated a lot boat ran flawlessly exactly how I invisioned it when i began this oddessy. This winter I'm gonna do some up grades probably swap my stainless marine set back for a porta lift and finally get to redoing my dash stereo and trailer. How's the Activator?

https://youtu.be/ZlYZNuFwm4U

2jz 10-25-2015 08:35 PM

That's great enjoying trouble free season.
Im trying to get like you in my activator. this year made couple of changes, switch to 20" midsections and switch prop rotation to spinning out, and playing with engine height. boat was giving me too much stern lift and no bow lift. So my focus now for 2016 is props bravo 1s 26p and 28p to correct the problem. my bravo1 28p will have mild labbed, diffuser ring cut, some cupping and vent holes. im sure ill be more closer to my mph goal in 2016

Omni Present 10-25-2015 09:41 PM


Originally Posted by 2jz (Post 4369688)
That's great enjoying trouble free season.
Im trying to get like you in my activator. this year made couple of changes, switch to 20" midsections and switch prop rotation to spinning out, and playing with engine height. boat was giving me too much stern lift and no bow lift. So my focus now for 2016 is props bravo 1s 26p and 28p to correct the problem. my bravo1 28p will have mild labbed, diffuser ring cut, some cupping and vent holes. im sure ill be more closer to my mph goal in 2016

Post some pics love to see what your working with......

hogie roll 10-25-2015 11:51 PM

Man that tuff 28 with the Ilmor would shock a bunch of cat guys.

Omni Present 10-26-2015 12:01 AM


Originally Posted by hogie roll (Post 4369741)
Man that tuff 28 with the Ilmor would shock a bunch of cat guys.

Careful unless you have thick skin cat guys don't like that kinda talk they consider it blasphemy! Interesting thought however I was just talking to Pro27 about possibly when it's time to repower my boat instead of up grading to a pair of E-tec G2 300 Raves dropping a Ilmore 725 with the IMCO drive in her. Heck I'm not sure I'd do Tuff 28 numbers but if she wasn't faster she definitely wouldn't be that much slower.......

Greatguy66 10-26-2015 09:46 AM

1st amendment cat was in the same class as the V's in Key West 11/ 2014 I believe they won?

JRider 10-26-2015 12:58 PM


Originally Posted by da*****rcury (Post 4264990)
I for one can speak from experience as I owned an allison river race hull with a mariner 260 hp SS. It was propped to accelerate hard to a top end of 116. In flat water it would out run many boats including stv, skaters and spectre. It was set up for quarter mile drag racing. Super light weight hull.
In choppy or rough water conditions it felt like your life flashed before you though. Having a few close encounters in this ride made me sell it and I bought my first cat, a 30 spectre with twin 2.5s later added another to make it a triple it was a great boat.

I have a tough time believing you could run away from STVs with the same power and similar weight.

Smarty 10-26-2015 02:55 PM


Originally Posted by JRider (Post 4369874)
I have a tough time believing you could run away from STVs with the same power and similar weight.

Me too, but I would definitely like to see that race.

johnmiffco 10-26-2015 03:45 PM

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here is my triple ported 260 offshore set up on a 27 Excalibur
is definatlely a very fast excelerating boat from 0-85
and from 85 on better be I correct conditions
it is not the fastest under 30 vee,,,it is only 6' wide at transo,24deg rise,and wide full length lifting strakes 3" from bottom
so is a very fast planning and excellerating boat riding very dry
it is a rough water boat,,,,and set up for rough water,,,,props,motor heights,ballast tanks all rigged for open seas
if wanted a faster boat would have used a lake hull with a pad,less degree and wider,,,,such as tuff,super,progression,ect
or put same motors on a cat and go faster than the vees
u can always build what u want,,,fastest or best handling in rough when talking offshore hulls
if talking small 18-20 drag hulls,,,,,,F1 tunnel with same power is faster than an Allison,stv,mirage
all in want u want
just as apples to apples,,,,,
same power on same size hull ,,,tunnel will be faster
just as single i/o on a vee to" same motor package" on same sized cat,,,,,cat has less water drag and is air entrapped
not relying on power for lift out of the water,,,air speed does that
or twins o/b "same motors"on 28 vee to 28 cat
u can make any of them fast vee or cat
just in what u want,,,,,i like fast in the rough water not glass
as that's what an offshore boat is to me
so I modified a 27 hull to hold my power and cg,ed to slice through the rough at higher speeds than normal 27 would do
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and yes can get more out of it
if I move my motors height,,prop changes,
but id loose the grip I want through the rough when water gets snotty
and this little set up has passed many larger hulls in 1-3s+ at cruse speeds not opened up


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