hey skater experts
 

I am looking at a 36 skater to buy, found one that has a transom step with no trim tabs and 6's. I am wondering why, all others seem to have no step and tabs. Is this a good thing.

Re: hey skater experts
 

Your looking at a Bravo setup boat.

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I am hardly a Skater expert; however when I did my first 36, back in 2002, I was told by Peter that they only put the transom step in for Bravo boats. The below picture is the Skater that was being built for me back in 2002. You can see it has been drilled for SSM#6 and no NO transom step.

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Transom notches dont work with 6's.

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Really.

Best look at the SCL class boat, and the 40' Skaters.

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True forgot bout those
Not on a 36 spectre anyway

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36 skater CL Showtime - has the notch, was a bravo boat and now has sixes - with 525's we can get 3.5% slip @ 118 mph with std set up - 1.5 ratio - the engines need to move all the way forward to get the cg in line - boat will weigh 9,000 lbs with canopy - great boat ans with a little power will go like the wind -

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Looked Good in camebirge 3 yrs ago. kicked our asses! :D

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james, did you put tabs in the notch and if so do you need them. bill

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Boat has tabs - do you need the tabs ??? for sure it the water get more than 3' a little tab helps, but not much - a wet ballast tank takes care of most of the level flight rather than tabs - Boat planes out very easily with VI's and 525 - will stay on plane at very low mph with no tab - the water PU for the ballast tank is on the tab and tabs are used more for water pu to the ballast tank - they are easy enough to add later if you do not have them - If you need tabs then it is bumby out - if it is bumpy then you need to have your CG right, depending on the engines, and total boat weight then engines need to be moved almost to the bulkhead - CG is more important then tabs if it is bumpy out -

If this is a new boat for you and you are purchasing props get a 5 blades the harmonics of a 4 blade are just too loud at low speeds and will drive you crazy - the 5 blades are only noisy in a narrow 500 rpm band range

Re: hey skater experts
 

I have never used my tabs.

Notched boats have drive lines (drive shafts)

My 40 is notched.

Non notched the power can set back farther in the boat.

Smaller the boat less room in the engine compartment.

CG is everything

My 40 planes effortlessly at 1900 RPM, 25 mph

5 blades greatly reduce the harmonic vibration in relationship 4 blades.

Bill, got the bug after this past weekend?

Re: hey skater experts
 

Check Out The Yellow One In The Classifieds

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YOU BET !!!

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What is the story on this boat?

New lowers
New canopies
Re-painted
New hardware

Seems like a lot of new stuff for a 1999 boat with only 79 hours. From the pictures, it does look perfect, and seems like it is priced for a quick sale, but it all depends on the boats history.

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Balance/CG is everything - take time to know what you are buying and before you get it wet check the CG - depending on how you are going to use the boat an aft cg can be fast until it trips up - then you have to get the check book and bandages out - spend the time/money now to balance the boat -

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color and motors probably downfall, smaller motors mean smaller insurance bill , i would be interested without motors.

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I don't think so

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Just where should the C/G be ?Look at the above thread by CAFE on history of 36.The way that 36 is sitting on the lift truck,looks like the C/G is way back !thanks

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Boat Came From Lake Texoma Bought It From The Orignal Owner John Carbona Only 29 Hrs At The Time.The Boat Had Clouds For A Paint Design Ugly Thats Why It Was Painted And The Canopys Were Starting To Turn Colors And Wouldnot Polish Out Anymore So peter At Skater Sent New Ones Out To Us We Freshened Up The Motors And Updated The Drives With New Hering Lowers Vinny From The BAD Skater nows The Boat And So Does Jeff Cropper From JC Perf. Call Peter At Skater He Will Verifie That ..Boat Never Had Any Problems At All Heres What It Used To look Like

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I thought that it might have been the Carbona boat.

It is going to make someone a really nice boat, you have done lots of recent upgrades and maintenance. The ability to verify that the boat has a good history always helps. Hope it works out for the seller and future buyer.

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The Boat Is In Super Mint Condition And Perfect It Dosnt Need A Single Thing The New Owner Can Put Any Graffics He Chooses But Looks Cool Like It Is ..theres A New MTI In Powerboat That Is All Yellow And Same Style Interior ///Need To Sell This Boat To Fund A New A Fuel Dragster

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The CG - each boat is a little different - Pete is the best one to get you in the ball park based on year, style and length - If your fuel tanks are centrally located the amount of fuel in the tank will not vari the CG much - quick answer is where are your fuel tanks - body style makes a difference enclosed vs open cockpit - No one owns a skater to go slow - it is imporant on an open cockpit boat to understand if you are getting lift as the air comes over the cockpit - the faster you go the more the factor - like an aircraft wing lift comes from above - the faster laminer air over the top creates lift - you may of may not have lift @ 100 and may not have it @ 150 if you have a lot of turbulence - the lift or lack of it can shift your dynamic cg - so you have a couple of factors to consider - a simple hg or WC guage can get you some of these answers for less that 50 bucks

Jmes- Showtime has a ballast tank right?

Carbona Boat
 

If anyone is interested everything quoted about the boat "carbona" is accurate. I am th eoriginal owner and Pete built the boat for me. The art of design did the paint scheme and he was given the freedom to come up with a different idea from, the then stripes. I loved it. And yellow was the color of all 3 skaters I had , plus 5 Ferrari's..Peter got as close to that color as he could and I approved the pantone. We put the bigest motors Merc had at the time...And for a short time it was the fastest package around. I personally went 147MPH in it. It was a weekender and I was spending more time in FLorida then Dallas, so it sat, in storage, motors fogged every 6 months, for like 2 years..So I sold it..
I still miss that boat and would have boaught it back had I known it was for sale...Who ended up buying it???
John Carbona
PS I have a bunch of photos of it being built and running in poker runs....
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Hi John Sold It To A Local Guy Here On Long Island Gave It Away For 185K ..Mike Didnot Want It Anymore Wish You Would Have Bought It Back,, We Spent Alot Of Time And $$$ Redoing The Boat

I just looked at all the photos..It looked pristine....So sorry it was given away..looks like th eguy got a GREAT deal....Sorry you had problems with the canopies, glad Peter sent you new ones..I also see you put some tabs on and took off the rain drops...? Was it easy, did you just wet sand it off?
I hope your doing well, sorry you didn't call me first..
Have a good Summer
John

Hi John We Sanded The Complete Boat Then Shot New Yellow And Clear Coated The Entire Boat ,,Came Out Mint,And Every Piece Of Hardware Was Replaced Motors were Freshened Up And Put New Hering Lowers On It ,The New Owner Is Real Happy, If Your Lookin For A Toy For The Lake I Am Selling My Brand New 29 Kryptonite With A 598 800 Hp Runs low 100s For A Good Deal?? Have A Great Summer,, John

non notched bottom worked on our 1996 36 skater for yearseven with bravos