Hi,

My brother and I are picking up a car near Ft. Myers, heading to Daytona and then north to MN in late February. I'm looking for somewhere that gives rides on decent sized boats in the area. He has a couple smaller boats here in MN (sub 60 MPH) so we're looking for something bigger and faster. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks

Sanibel Marina has a 55' Cat, seats like 50 people Cat with Diesels and Arnesons, it only goes 40ish though, with the Arnesons throwing a tail looks cool, They do an 1.5 hr trip around Sanibel for I believe $45. There is a guy at FT. Myers beach with a smaller Cat maybe 34' his boat only goes 70( he claims higher, but I have blown past him from a dead stop and it would only run 70ish .....But He does SPINOUTS......Never understood that, hope he never rolls the Cat with passengers.
Other than finding someone in the area willing to take you out, thats about it, hope it helps.

I was gonna suggest the big cat. I saw it out when I was down there last month. Looked faster than 40mph but, like you said w/the big rooster tail... We were going the oposite direction near Ft Myers beach.

A friend of mine owns it, I think it only has 350 yanmars & ASD7, He makes good $$ with it usually 35-50 passengers @45 a head and only burns 60 gals a trip.Runs 2-3 & more trips a day, depending on the weather.

440 Yanmars

http://www.sanibelthriller.com/faq.html

2 trips per day @ 20 days per month, (fuel paid ~500./day) nets about 50k/mo !!!

- Insurance, Maintenance etc.

Nice,,,,,,

I'll have to check out Sanibel Thriller. Any idea who runs the smaller Cat? 70 would still be a good time for me, if the price is right.

Thanks again for the help.

Maybe this guy?


http://fortmyersboattour.com/Pages/FastCatTour.html

Haha. Thats my buddy Louie with the 32' cat. Did'nt know he had a website. ANyhow the boat is up in Sarasota at Hann Powerboats. They are building a new one for a customer and needed to make some molds of the centerconsole and some of the floor hatches. He also has a limo bus for the complete experience. lol

And I have never seen him do a spinout. He is VERY safety oriented when it comes to passengers and friends on his boat.