4th of July pics of my 37!
 

Had a great time this past weekend! Special thanks to my buddy Meanstreak for the camera work! It was a h e l l of a weekend!

Nice! What are you seeing for speeds out of those 950's?.... errrr, 1100's? :drink:

I am actually pleasantly surprised with them. They run like a bat outta h e l l!

NICE!!!!!!!!

How Much did it run?

nice! I forget, is that the quad step or single step 37? How does it handle at upper speeds (110+)?

Its one good looking boat!

you have a Beautiful 37 brothu!

Thunderusone does your boat porpoise when cruising around 60mph?

Beautiful boat, I take it you bought this boat from the Chicago area from Eagan (I think that is correct spelling). He used to do fly-by's when we would hang out on the east shore of Lake Michigan. The boat ran well. We overnighted in New Buffalo alot which is where he kept it on a lift. I made him offers about 2 years ago when he had just bought the Teague motors and he decided to keep it. Congratulations, awesome boat!!!

No porpoise whatsover. Mine is a full stagger #6 boat on 24" centers swinging 5 blades.....I have been told that they drive completely different between a #6 and a bravo boat.....but this is the only 37 OL I have driven. In my experience.....porpoising can be caused by too large of diameter on the props in a #6 application or X dimension too low on a bravo boat. (or a hull that is not going to work no matter what you do). My other boat that is a 38 conventional bottom with 1000's and bravo's......would start porpoising around 80 t0 82. When I put shorties on it...it stopped the porpoising completly and you could just buzz up to the dollar mark.

Single step. Last weekend was the first time that I have been able to hammer on it multiple times north of 110mph. From what I learned in those two days.....if you did not have the boat set correctly at around 90......more throttle and eventually correct trim/tab settings would not get the boat back in shape. When you got everything set on the money around 90 and the boat stabilized....you were cleared to get on it like you stole it and it ran like it was on rails all the way up from there. After I bought he boat, I changed the throttles and shifters over to the new livorsi race throttles with 2 buttons in the throttles. I hooked the drives to one and tabs to the other. That way, I never have to take my hand off the sticks. I was very uncomfortable when I first got it taking my hand off the throttles (tabs and drives were not on the throttle) to "play the piano" at high speeds. The previous owner had no issues with it....but he had about 800 hrs in the 37 hull in both bravo and #6 so I am sure his skill level was/is above mine. We were all running up a canyon last weekend for miles....when I would throw it into a turn hauling azz.....I could pick the tabs up...then put them back down and drag them a little (which the boat likes) when I got back into a straight away. I really like the single step. Again, in my experience...most multiple step boats in this size range were designed to go as fast they could make them go with 500 to 700hp powerplants. When you put big power in them....they get squirrelly above 100mph because the hulls make too much lift at higher speeds.

Thats the boat. I feel very fortunate to have bought a used boat of this caliber from someone that I have never met and it turn out the way this one has. It is more that I thought it would be and my wife and I both LOVE THE BOAT! 2 months later....it is nicer and in better mechanical shape than I thought when I bought it now that I have had a chance to go over it with a fine toothed comb. I would not hesitate to buy another go fast from Gary. Maybe timing will work out when he gets tired of the 42 he just finished!

These boats are sensitive to trim and tab, will the boat porpoise? If the settings aren't correct for the speed any boat will. As Mike explained to me there are speeds the boat doesn't want to be at, my triple engine boat was 45-50mph, just needed to bring the drives in and add some tab.

My buddies 37' with bravo's doesn't porpoise @ 60 mph. For some reason 40' Hustler do though.

Any pics of the motors?

How are the Teague 1100 Quads doing for you.

Damn, John. That things purty! Can I have a ride the next time I come back up?

They suck! I have had to change the oil in the last 30 hours of running! I feel like something is wrong....all I do is wash it....put gas in it...and go to the lake. These motors and the ones built by Young Performance around here are the only big power that is not swinging from the end of a chain. What am I doing wrong?

Whats up Tommy....hows the baja doing?

Sorry to hear that. I had the same problem with those motors. All I did was do routine oil changes and plugs for the 1st 115 hours. Then you bought it and took over those tough tasks. You have to admit it is nice going boating all the time. Teague builds a good all aroung motor and his service is fantastic.

Running good. We're out on it almost every weekend. Boating sucks here, especially November through Feb.:grinser010:

Damn John, I think I just caught myself drooling:drink:

That's what I was doing when I saw it for the first time...you are not alone....:drink: Thanks for the compliment!

John great looking boat,congrats on the #'s. I Wish mine didnt porpoise,Im good on the chime walking now,it would probaly pick up some.Hows Eric's doing?

Rob:drink:

Why did you have to resurrect this post. I still kick myself for getting rid of it, John ended up with a nice piece.

Ya plan on getting something else?

Had another one before the 37 was sold.