Fast small hulls
07-30-2021, 12:53 AM
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A good choice might be a Michael Peters' designed Maelstrom 23. A couple per year usually come up for sale. In other words, they are rare, but not impossible to find.
One is for sale in Lake Havasu now and that's kind of far to go for you, but if you stuck your motor in that you'd see triple digits. They're famous for providing a stable
ride and handle chop well. Length almost 24' and a wide 8'6" beam.
1990 23? Maelstrom Closed Bow ? The Boat Brokers
One is for sale in Lake Havasu now and that's kind of far to go for you, but if you stuck your motor in that you'd see triple digits. They're famous for providing a stable
ride and handle chop well. Length almost 24' and a wide 8'6" beam.
1990 23? Maelstrom Closed Bow ? The Boat Brokers
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CDShack (07-30-2021)
07-30-2021, 02:26 PM
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Just thinking out loud, but the ski race crowd stuffs big power in relatively small hulls and they go ridiculously fast pulling a pair of skiers. (check out the Bridge to Bridge race if you really want to fall down a rabbit hole)
Think 1350 hp in front of a 6 drive - or 2 - in a 7.14 meter boat @ 120 mph
We've already established that boat length is fairly open to interpretation lol but I believe due to class requirements I'm guessing they get as much done in a small hull as anyone while handling the power and being controllable.
If you could find one of those hulls from someone changing class or retiring ? You'd have something unique and may have a boat with "real" race history. I'd think a healthy 502 would push one of those hulls well enough to blow your hair back.
I don't know all the hulls, but Bernico is a big player and is nearly 24', and Nordic in CA makes a 21 Cyclone (which is smaller than you want) but has no platform and a short deck meaning - without throwing any rocks or bruising any egos - your real running surface might be comparable to a "larger" boat with a built in platform and more deck.
cheers
Think 1350 hp in front of a 6 drive - or 2 - in a 7.14 meter boat @ 120 mph
We've already established that boat length is fairly open to interpretation lol but I believe due to class requirements I'm guessing they get as much done in a small hull as anyone while handling the power and being controllable.
If you could find one of those hulls from someone changing class or retiring ? You'd have something unique and may have a boat with "real" race history. I'd think a healthy 502 would push one of those hulls well enough to blow your hair back.
I don't know all the hulls, but Bernico is a big player and is nearly 24', and Nordic in CA makes a 21 Cyclone (which is smaller than you want) but has no platform and a short deck meaning - without throwing any rocks or bruising any egos - your real running surface might be comparable to a "larger" boat with a built in platform and more deck.
cheers
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larslindroth (07-30-2021)
07-30-2021, 03:17 PM
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A good choice might be a Michael Peters' designed Maelstrom 23. A couple per year usually come up for sale. In other words, they are rare, but not impossible to find.
One is for sale in Lake Havasu now and that's kind of far to go for you, but if you stuck your motor in that you'd see triple digits. They're famous for providing a stable
ride and handle chop well. Length almost 24' and a wide 8'6" beam.
1990 23? Maelstrom Closed Bow ? The Boat Brokers
One is for sale in Lake Havasu now and that's kind of far to go for you, but if you stuck your motor in that you'd see triple digits. They're famous for providing a stable
ride and handle chop well. Length almost 24' and a wide 8'6" beam.
1990 23? Maelstrom Closed Bow ? The Boat Brokers
07-30-2021, 04:58 PM
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1- It's "cruise"
2 - Apologies man, I didn't mean to piss in your Cheerios, all the real FOUNTAIN owners I know aren't seriously sensitive about the beak. I won't tell the story, but it's out there, of an owner who was so insensitive when class rules were changed he applied a sawzall to a nearly new fountain to get his OAL within limits. FWIW I'm a fan, I love what RF did for both the industry and the sport, and the beak and platform were genius from both a marketing standpoint AND for insurance purposes RE HP per length calculations.
3 - I can afford one, left hand sticks don't work for me. And 200 ? No. Not 200.
4 - Seriously, I don't want to turn this into a pissing contest and it wasn't my intent to hurt anyone's feelings. If I ever bring one of the boats to NY the first round is on me by way of apology.
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2 - Apologies man, I didn't mean to piss in your Cheerios, all the real FOUNTAIN owners I know aren't seriously sensitive about the beak. I won't tell the story, but it's out there, of an owner who was so insensitive when class rules were changed he applied a sawzall to a nearly new fountain to get his OAL within limits. FWIW I'm a fan, I love what RF did for both the industry and the sport, and the beak and platform were genius from both a marketing standpoint AND for insurance purposes RE HP per length calculations.
3 - I can afford one, left hand sticks don't work for me. And 200 ? No. Not 200.
4 - Seriously, I don't want to turn this into a pissing contest and it wasn't my intent to hurt anyone's feelings. If I ever bring one of the boats to NY the first round is on me by way of apology.
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Apologies back at you as well. Bad day at work, tad too much Crown?
Went off for no good reason, for so long on here Fountains have been bashed for any and every reason known to man. Hell some hate the boats cause Reggie used hair dye.
I have owned two over a period of 16+ years and have never suffered from all the problems claimed to be so common to the brand.
I'm a Reggie fan to the core, love the look, love the Beak / and there is a reason for it's design not at all related to go fast chit . I love my boat, and though I do not use it as much as in years past I just do not seem to find a boat that I would replace it with.
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07-31-2021, 02:15 PM
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