There will be a new SBI Stock class 32-foot Doug Wright with twin Mercury Racing OptiMax 200XS engines on the racecourse in Cocoa Beach this weekend courtesy of Gary Ballough and FJ Propeller.

http://speedonthewater.com/in-the-ne...-200xs-engines

fantastic move for the class, looking forward to seeing how it stacks up to the 2.5 on the course. It makes a lot of sense to switch to that motor.

this is the future of ss racing good luck gary see u in cocoa beach

Nice work Gary!

Awesome move. Love what he says about racing too, he's right

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Congratulations!


Does the 200XS have jackplates or are they bolted directly to the transom?

Gary said he is running CMC manual 5-inch jackplates with an additional 2 1/2 inches.

great way to open up the class and bring in new blood. reliable motors that you can get a whole season out of. still go 100

When the idea was officially introduced to our class I generally liked it. At the time I had a bunch of aging 2.5's and a light 30 foot boat. The consensus was it would slow things down too much and send the whole class back to the set up drawing board.
I still generally like the idea a lot. It's hard to tell the difference between 85 and 105 from land or the cockpit. Currently I have no horse in this race. When the time comes to get back into it the 200XS would be a big check in the plus column.

SQ

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Nice shot right there! Waters were so rough...

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