That is a nice 24. I have met the guy that owned it, and know the guy that painted it when it was in St. Pete.

Good luck with it!!!

Well I don't know about not being a chick vehicle but my chick can drive a 24 and a 28 Skater! She out ran a motorcycle the other day off the line.

I wanted a bigger RR but she went for the RRSS. The 510 HP is over the top. The RR dealer said the RRS was the #1 choice of women buyers.

I have a 2010 2500 HD with the Duramax and Allison combo it is an awesome tow rig. The boat took a dump on the lake and all I had was the RR to tow home. Your right off the line and up hills it is a beast. I'm with KevCat I would not use it as a tow vehicle for the 28 on a regular basis.

There was a guy from North Carolina in Destin last week that towed his 36 Skater with a 2500 HD. I was shocked he did not have a 3500 Dually. He said it did fine.

BTW your rig looks great!

Skate sounds like your wife is pretty cool.
I'm just messing around, I love Diesel trucks.
I don't think there is that much difference between a 2500 and a 3500 except for higher capacity rear leaf springs and of course dual real wheels, which definitely help haulling heavy loads.
I don't want the expense of another vehicle right now.

Range Rovers are like the least reliable vehicle on the planet but I still love them, I think they are the best looking luxury SUV.
If the tranny blows on the RR, which it may well do, thats ok, that's what the extended warranty is for.
I live 2 hrs from the nearest RR dealer, but they have concierge service, where they send someone to pick up the vehicle for service then bring it back.
When I get a 28 Skater I will still tow it with the RR.

That is really nice , looks like the same one Puff Daddy drives

Thats the plan eventually. Bought the shop, the dock and the truck this year. I want a 40 eventually! Grand is just too rough to run the way I want to run and be comfortable!!

Yes, they are the 300 Promaxes with 32p cleavers. Best Ive seen is 107, same as the previous owner. But it buries the rev limiter at about 99 and it takes a LONG time to milk out the last few MPH's.. I need a set of 34's but Just not convinced I need to do 115 in this thing!

Im a rough water kinda guy not really into the top speed thing, especially in this size of cat! Waves that can cause things to get sketchy show up pretty quick at 115mph!

Yeah it's a bit scary hitting an unexpected boat wake at over 100 in this little 24 Skater.
But its alot of fun pulling away from most performance boats out there in this little toy.
Life Vests, good to see you wearing them.
I've started wearing mine all the time.
This is the smallest performance boat I've owned.
But the Fun-Speed to Dollar-Cost ratio is the highest.

I still can't get over how much attention this twin outboard24 Skater gets even among performance boaters.

My buddy BLEE, set me up with those jackets. He had some extras that he wasn't using and when he found out that I bought a 24, he made sure I got them. Unless we are just running on plane to get across the lake or something, we wear them every time. Every person in the boat.

And as you know, they don't like to be driven at anything between 50 and 85.. so we are either puttering around or haulin balls. The jackets help a lot more than just a sense of security, they hold you in the seats a little bit better I think.

Its a cool feeling to hear from a a big cat owner that "If you learn to drive a 24 the way it was meant to be driven, you can drive ANY cat after that, hell I'd let you drive MINE!"

I was really spoiled by all my friends by the time I got a 24. Within a mile of my lakehouse we have a 388, a 368, two 44MTI's, a 42MTI, a 44MTI Canopy, a 46 Skater, a 28 Skater and a bunch of Top Gun cigs.. And they always gave me a seat anytime I was wanting to go! The problem with that was when I got a 24, I tried to drive it like they do the big cats.. NOT HAPPENIN unless you want an involuntary high speed free sinus flush!
The 24 will give you a reality check faster than a pink plus on a pregnancy test!

Yeah and it's real comforting to know that if we die after getting ejected from the boat they can find our bodies quicker if we've got our life vests on.

6k will get you a real nice custom interior from us. I suggest buying the fiberglass shells from Skater, and we will redo them in any color combination you want. We also wandered why the rear bench in these have such a large gap on the sides, so we would widen any by 3" that we redo.

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I have the old barrel back seats from skater and I really dont like any Skater seat and I know for a fact that Peter is looking to finally step up his Int across the board on his boats its about time compared to MTI . He pays alot and and know first hand he is stepping up