Inexperience this

my favorite line comes in right about now...."show me,,,,don't tell me!"

how are you going to compare turning a step boat to a conventional...your going to start your turn at 90 plus in a stepped hull...a conventional doesn't even go that fast! EVEN at 3000 less lbs and stand offs. when u figure that one out...let us know!!!!

What I don't understand is why people continue to turn them so hard. I can see in a racing situation it being necesarry, but in pleasure boating??? I don't remember any hairpin turns on any poker run I've been on.

I started on this forum when a young lady was put into intensive care after a guy who had invited her and some friends out for a Sunday joy ride......barrel rolled his OL while demonstrating his "cajones". All she was armed with to protect her was some suntan lotion...... and no one ever told him..... be careful...your stepped hull might let you down when SHE needs it most.

T2x........ remembering how hypnotizing Der Fuhrer was to the masses.

Now boys, before this gets out of hand, let me see if I can summarize:

T2x et al:

• stepped hulls are the work of the Devil (or Bill Clinton, whichever is worse). He knows because he designed a pretty successful boat a long time ago and they tried steps on it once with no change. Steps are nothing more than marketing hype - wear a tinfoil hat to block the transmissions from the black helicopters with the "Fountain" labeling on the side.
• Skaters are the greatest boats in the world and could (presumably, in accordance with point #1) only be improved if they didn't have steps
• If you own any "performance" boat other than a Skater you really should've bought a Sea Ray as you're obviously just a wanna-be cruiser owner.
• No boat manufacturer other than Skater actually designs boats (perhaps they cut shapes out of folded paper?)

Numerous others:

• Stepped hull boats typically reach higher top end speeds than non-stepped hulls, given equivalent power
• It is possible that driver error (driving beyond the capabilities of the boat and/or operator) could be a contributing factor in any particular accident
• Conventional V-hulls have been known to crash, too

Now, can someone pass me the popcorn?

please keep posting NON offshore boats overtrimed going straight and smooth water...is this not OSO???

Joey: ....

Believe it or not while you're out there racing....real people are getting killed driving the stuff you glibbly endorse....... and barrel roll in races.

It's almost as if you get some form of sponsorship from these builders.


T2x

"What I don't understand is why people continue to turn them so hard. I can see in a racing situation it being necesarry, but in pleasure boating??? I don't remember any hairpin turns on any poker run I've been on."....EXACTLY,,,,your a jack ass if your out there pushing that hard with others in the boat!...o wait, you too can be a jack ass if you have a conventional hull...well,,,, a safe jack ass that is!

No .... actually many of them make molds from other builder's boats..... and call them "originals".

T2x..........

i have very little to do with DONZI these days!