Rough Rider :D

If money were no object the 48 Fountain Supercruiser or even a used 65 (dont make anymore) would be a good option, when it got to rough you could easily live on the boat and cruise at 60mph.
But the Rough Rider would be a good choice too or maybe a 46 skater but thats a different thread.

47 Apache.....Trips.....:D

Cigarette hands down.....come on here......on agood 4-6 day TG, Tiger, or RoughRider all the way....but you can always step up to the elite bunch who run MTI, Skater, Apache, & Outerlimits......

From Gelderland

Uh...40-46 Skater. If it's behind me, outrun it. If it's coming towards me, turn and go back, outrun it the other way. LOL!

The great thing about OS go-fast boats. We just did this on our last trip for the season. We saw the dark sky (after having dinner in town and not realizing the rain was coming in that quickly). Got out to the lake, uh oh, we better boogie. We outran it (all 5 boats). Well, till we got in the 20-30 minute no wake in our stupid stupid river. Got wet at the launch ramp.

So, anything you have that goes 50-55+ works for that!

Cigarette
 

I would put my life behind the Cigarette. I remember one day my old boss was on his 42' fountain running with a 45 Sonic and they lost a motor. Well, waves were crashing over the back of the boat, and over the sides into the cockpit. They thought they were going to die. Well suffice it to say, the Sonic had no problem. My opinion, higher freeboard saved him!!

go with the Cig and be safe.

Bring that bad boy down here for the fest and see for yourself.
On to the other question...I would rather have a 41 Apache in the roughest of stuff here in Chicago.

Good stuff guys!
Keepin' it lively.

I agree completely...I would expect the general consensus to be with the largest Freeboard...That's what makes a great Offshore boat in my opinion. :cool:

BACK4MORE, :eek: Hope the wind is kickin in july:p

Me too...Lets do a little "wind dance" the night before.

Midnightrider

If you want speed check out the 35' Nordic compared to the 35' Fountain twice the cabin room, better looking and it is faster, faster, faster, faster by a wide margin!!!!

Faster?? by a large margin?? wonder why nobody races them in F2? If your faster than a 35 beaker "by a large margin" then a F2 title would be easy pickens...........

Nordic Gary- Well its funny you say Nordic. This summer we roll out of Holland heading to Saugutuck and this 35 Flame decides he wants to lock horns with the 11 year Fountian. Well, he thought he might have a race on his hands until I smiled and gave him the 1000 RPM I was sitting back on. It was great, and I still had an extra 70k to spend on my other toys!:D Midnight

Flat??? Where is this located?
 

My 9600lbs Fountain has no Flat?
that angle might be less than the 24* further up, but it ain't flat.

Just finished the Lauderdale Boat Show. Cigarette and Fountain are right across the dock from one another. One side of the dock looks like Marilyn Monroe, the other (in comparison) looks like gravel gertie!

Great question Nick.
Having recently been in the exact situation you described, and having done it in the back seat of a 36' Cigarette Gladiator, (fairly low freeboard), I think I'd like to answer this one...
My first choice would say Princess Cruise Lines on the side of it. If that was not available, I'm thinking the Cigarette hands down.

Princess Cruise Lines...LOL!
Thanks!

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Wow, Great thread! Is that BROWNIE guy still alive?