Mentalpause has the full details as it was he who took the ill-fated ride. It was a new boat. Mental was shoping at the time looking for an upgrade from his 270 Laser. He took out the 34 PQ, a 33 AVH, 33 Outlaw, and the 32 Dominator. I can only guess that the X-diminsion was set high on the boat and it had a set of tall 3-blades on it. Hopefully Mental chimes in with the full details when he gets back from LOTO tomorrow. Obviously something was seriously wrong with the boat as it was so bad, everyone that took the ride agreed that they would never buy that particular boat the way it performed. We know others do not have this problem so it was something in the setup of this boat.

Just for reference...I know much of this thread is about newer step'd hull boats...my 95 34 with 454 mags, bone stock, planes easy without tabs, with tabs she'll plane at 2.1k rpm and I have hit 71, once 72 on the gps (1 person, low fuel, right conditions).

Happy New Year!

Jeff

That's why.

3 blades don't work - the boat was designed and tested with bravo 4 blades. It should have come from the factory with 4 blades but the dealer may have put the wrong props on the boat when it was put in the water.

Glad to hear these comments. I really didn't want to have to take the vyper off the wish list.....

My boat is very tempermental as far as props are concerned. I've tried many different types of 4 blades.....stock Bravos, labbed Bravos, stock Hydros, labbed Hydros. Ended up going back to a new pair of stock Bravos which is what came on the boat. (Bad lab job on the originals.) They just are the best for my boat. She comes up great with no blow out whatsoever. And cruises at 50/3500 and 60/4000. Not bad for a boat with that much cabin eh?

That would make since, I'm sure Jim Gibbs just through something on there and figured it would work

Don't believe any of it, find one you are interested in and test it yourself. Then if you like it - buy it. It would be a great boat for you.

It wasn't Gibbs, Raymond's had PQ then. I'm sure it was just a bad set up. And it was really bad. I'm not sure what props were on it, but it was definitely not right.

Unfortunately it was a pretty uninformed sales person also that had no clue how to even answer the concern. He finally got it up on plane, and after about 2 minutes running at around 60 we ran out of gas. Not a pleasant experience. They probably would be better off doing the demos with their senior mechanic who knows what is going on.

But then again - Raymond's concentrates on Fountains.

Alrighty, who made the road trip?