Hey Ron, tell us about your poker run experiences down in S FL w/ your 308/400, Sam's 318/450 and Jim's old 308/400 setup running against all the new 340Xs and 32/36DWs. Don't you have some good videos? Also where Chris LaMorte runs in the pack with his classic deck 36/700 setup, just to keep this thread on-topic. ;)

I have owned 2, 32 DWs, and sold both of them... terrible build quality. They are fast and look great, but that's where the party ends.

No doubt that inboard cats handle rough water and stay "hooked up" much better then outboards. I currently have a 36 DW with hydraulic Porta brackets that give me 6 inches of vertical travel and the boat does very well when you drop the motors 3 inches in the LOTO snot. I am paying 7K for insurance now and put 200 hours my boat this year so overall its been inexpensive in comparison to the 24K quote I got for insurance on an 1100 inboard package that I was considering. I will keep outboards for now.

Joe

From my experience most of the boats all run somewhere around 100mph-115mph range when running in real world conditions. No doubt if it gets over 2-3' footers the inboard boats have a much more comfortable ride. Not saying some of the outboard boats cant run in those conditions but they are much more at risk of something bad happening than the inboard boats. IMO there is too much emphasis put on top end speed these days as most of it IMO is not real world numbers. In sloppy conditions everyone with O/B's are limited to around 100mph-115mph no matter what you have for length or power and that is you taking a beating. I will see if I can some videos loaded on here. Never done it only pics Dale

This is the best thread I've seen on this site in years.......other than the bickering........Well thought out and backed up with facts!

Owned a 24 skater, raced C class back in the early 90's. I have been leaning toward the 700/#6 boats lately.

has nothing to do with cats but
 

A 39TG with bravos vs a #5 Flat Deck same thing , the Top Gun can`t stay hooked up. Calm water he pulls on me slowly... throw in some lake michigan waves and start pulling ahead.
The staggered 39 does not have that problem.Those thing fly great


I`d love to have a cat with outboards, F those inboard problems .
How long does it take to pull an engine vs an outboard.. probably not relevant as I`m sure anyone who can afford these cats isn`t wrenching on them like my dumb a$$

Okay back to the scheduled program... as offshoredriller would say let the adults talk Dan

been saying for years top speed is not what its all about.

but it is the first line of analysis that people make for determining what ranks as an enviable "Performance boat"... reality is you have to get from point A to B and survive ( and afford to run and fix the carnage)

Is it just me or is our man full on rolling a stogie in this video??? Maybe a lung dart?