Donzi Classic 18 upgrade
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Remember the 22 classic that had a lot of work done to it so he could run 100 plus?
Huge handful at speed, I understand the driver was very experienced with the boat but it seems to me, 100 is just a bit more than the boat could handle.
Tone down your speed aspirations or increase your budget, buy bigger and stay safe.
RR
EDIT: Can someone confirm I have the right video???
(don't want to look like a complete idiot)
Huge handful at speed, I understand the driver was very experienced with the boat but it seems to me, 100 is just a bit more than the boat could handle.
Tone down your speed aspirations or increase your budget, buy bigger and stay safe.
RR
EDIT: Can someone confirm I have the right video???
(don't want to look like a complete idiot)
Last edited by rak rua; 01-27-2018 at 09:07 PM.
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Remember the 22 classic that had a lot of work done to it so he could run 100 plus?
Huge handful at speed, I understand the driver was very experienced with the boat but it seems to me, 100 is just a bit more than the boat could handle.
https://youtu.be/TAhZFOSNOUs
Tone down your speed aspirations or increase your budget, buy bigger and stay safe.
RR
EDIT: Can someone confirm I have the right video???
(don't want to look like a complete idiot)
Huge handful at speed, I understand the driver was very experienced with the boat but it seems to me, 100 is just a bit more than the boat could handle.
https://youtu.be/TAhZFOSNOUs
Tone down your speed aspirations or increase your budget, buy bigger and stay safe.
RR
EDIT: Can someone confirm I have the right video???
(don't want to look like a complete idiot)
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I hear what you are saying RR. I never owned a 22 but I do have a 16 and used to have a 18 with a BBC. Doing 65 was enough with the 18. Maybe if I would have kept it longer I would have wanted more power but I never wanted to go faster at the time due to (imho) you feel like you are sitting on the boat and not inside of the boat (same reason Brownie started building the Nova 19's). 22's are a bit different but you are right, that boat is strung out on flat water. F_in wow it looks like a blast!
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I hear what you are saying RR. I never owned a 22 but I do have a 16 and used to have a 18 with a BBC. Doing 65 was enough with the 18. Maybe if I would have kept it longer I would have wanted more power but I never wanted to go faster at the time due to (imho) you feel like you are sitting on the boat and not inside of the boat (same reason Brownie started building the Nova 19's). 22's are a bit different but you are right, that boat is strung out on flat water. F_in wow it looks like a blast!
Years ago I had a 16' ski race boat with a modified 2.4 Bridgeport. I hit 96 on radar ONCE and vowed never to try it again. Up to 80 was a controllable chine walk but beyond was not worth the risk.
RR
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I suppose if the 22 Classic was the only boat on the planet and you just had to go 100 mph it might be worth the chance of not coming back alive. There are boats out there that were actually designed to run those speeds with less risk to it's passengers. Just my opinion.