It's clear the market has moved to CC's over traditional V hulls with stern drives. The Verados appear to be great packages and are now making decent power. My question is what are the disadvantages of a CC over a traditional V I/O package? Id love to hear from those who have made the switch and what regrets they have if any? Would they do it again if they had the choice?

Thanks.

I miss the unleashed thunder and scream of blower motors, but my twin Yamaha 300s are hooked up out of the hole. It's ridiculous how efficiently they put power to the water.

that being said, im shopping for another go fast V.

IMO. Wakeboard boats and center consoles are a fad and will die down significantly. Over time they don't offer that ear to ear smile, and "wow" experience... but they are much easier to maintain and run.

room is the #1 thing for us. we went from a 35 Sonic traditional V to a 24 CC O/B and can fit more friends comfortable on that smaller boat then I ever could in the Sonic.

Also easy and style of use in and out. Drop in, fire up, run (wasn't always a sure bet the i/o fired everytime). on return, load, spray down, rinse, flush, park, and go. With the I/O it was all those same steps but add in clean cabin, wax/Polish, and just assure every inch is like new.

also lots of sand bars and shallow water area around here that we go too and i can tell you that having and o/b on a Jack plate is amazing and I don't miss having to worry about my heavy ass boats draft height.

I will always miss the sound and attention of an I/O vee but have zero plans of ever going back to one. Now looking for a 30' CC is all.

As you can guess, I'm considering making the switch. What's it like at higher speeds on a CC, say 60+? I'm sure whomever is driving is well protected, but how does it compare sitting in the back of a CC vs. the rear bench of a go fast from a wind perspective?

I love doing Poker Runs and while I now have the capability of running 90+, most of the time is spent running around 60 or so. Does wind make it so uncomfortable for passengers that you don't want to run over 40?

I went from a 31' 1250 hp fastech to a 30' scarab cc. Let me tell you what, even though the cc is WAY slower, I am enjoying it lots more. Living in a salt environment its so much easier to take care of a center console and keep it nice vs the traditional go fast with tons of vinyl. I don't regret my decision to move over to the slow cc one bit. Trying to keep the go fast nice was a real time consuming process every time I took it out. The CC is much simpler to keep nice.

What kind of CC? If you move to a lower HP things get more reliable, even I/O's in the 350 HP range are bullet proof.

Clean up is much easier with fishing based CC's no doubt but if you mean one of the newer blinked out 3-4 motor ones I don't buy that. Rode on a buddies 36 Concept a fair amount, in summer the shade and wind was nice, not so in colder or rain. It's a trade off.

That one we rarely seen over 40, was a bit of a wet ride and bounced a lot. It could go faster just no reason.

As for people like Nate always has said, if you want to take a bunch of people with you they have room.

From my experience.......
I've recently sold my Fountain 34cc with triple Verados. Awesome boat, handled the chop nicely, 15 people on board one day and still went nicely, outboards are a dream to own, water is usually too rough here to run fast so high 60's suited me fine.

What do you want to do? Do you want to go for a blap with a couple of friends, making a big noise, burning fuel and looking cool or would you rather have a nice day out with family/friends and not have to worry about a thing?

That said, my next boat is currently in transit to Thailand and it's a single engine noisy go fast. It is relatively small, none of the secure feeling from twins/trips and seats 5, maybe 6 with nowhere to move on board. It's selfish, it's mine and I don't care.

CC's are super practical, Verados are far superior to sterndrives but what do you want to do......?

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depends the boat but short answer...no.

I am a passenger often on a Scarab 302, a 35 cig CC, and a handful of Statements. the only one where is any difterent is the scarab cause it is shorter and more narrow. so the ride is not as dry and smooth as the statement or Cig.

as far as wind....no different then folks riding in your open cockpit traditional Vee...most are not running wrap around windows and closed cockpits....we have/had wind deflectors. It's the same type of feel on a CC unless it's the person that chooses to ride dead up front and I am usually that guy, it's not bad at all on boats again like the Cig or Statement but is rough on the scarab and other like sized boats.

You are most definitely less protected from the wind in the back of a CC vs. most of the V's I've owned or have ridden in.

I went from a 30 Superboat with a 525efi to a 30' Concept with twin 300 Verados.

The ride.....The Superboat was 5-10 MPH faster and WAY better in the rough. The Concept can run in the low 70's, but is pretty loose above 65. Both boats offer little wind protection.

I have no regrets, I love the CC. The room to move around the boat and bring guests is nice. My usual crew if my wife and kids so we could never bring guests on the Superboat. As with most sport boats, the cabin and engine compartment were huge at the expense of cockpit space.

Best things about the Concept.....the shade, I can hear the stereo when I'm riding, getting in and out of the boat from the water, or dock is easier, BBQ grill, I can fish if I choose, can still run decent speeds, turnkey reliable engines. I get a lot of compliments on the boat when I arrive somewhere.
I don't think CC's are a fad. They been around a long time, just not in the current bling levels. The 30 Concept had been around for 20+ yrs.