388SS At The Miami Boat Show............
 

Congratulations to Mike on his new 388SS Skater that was at the Miami Show. It was a pleasure helping his dream become a reality on the water. A great customer and friend. Your new boat looks awesome.

a few more...........
 

Here's a few more.

Congratulation's again.............
 

Awesome boat.............

That thing is sick, congrats Mike, cant wait to see it on the water

I LOVE the Blue. Beautiful Boat!!!

Thanks for all the support/comments on this site.
 

I want to personally thank Pete Hledin and his entire staff at Douglas Marine, Mike D’Anniballe at Sterling Performance, Bill Pyburn for all the advice with setup and tweaking along the way (and for probably driving him nuts with question after question) and Blume Loe who kept the project moving and was a huge help with the details, pictures and advice.

The friendship’s that have been made with building this boat thus far has been the most enjoyable part of this entire project.

Now if we can get some sunshine and/or boating weather along with $3.00 gas (yeah right) the summer should be fantastic………………

Thanks to all again!
Mike

Congratulations, Mike! Thats an absolutely gorgeous piece of art! Run it in good health!

A true politician...............
 

It's been fun and spoken like a true politician........"Mike For President"

Looking nice Mike! Blue is a great color! ;) See you at the lake!

What marina do you boat out of?

and which bennington do you have?
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Great Pics Blume... thnx for sharing...

That 38SS looks amazing with the blue.... Unreal!!:drink:

That has to be the truest statment I have ever herd !!!! Damn you know mike !!! P.S. Mike u know I had to throw my 2 ct in !!!!! Ha,ha, see ya soon.:evilb:

Marina: Conley Bottom Resort

The Bennington is a 2275RLI Tri-Toon with a Merc 250. Runs out around 65mph. :drink::drink::drink:

Well crap, then I'm sure I'll see you around. Did the trailering game last year, this year it's going back in a slip at conley for the season.
I've got a 2550 RCW tri toon with a 250 verado. Mine can't be that much bigger overall than yours, yet you get 20+mph more out of it than I do? :angry-smiley-038:

I need a vice president and a campaign donation? (and no the world ain't ready for Gus) :lolhit:

Leave it to you to bring in the politics..........I can assure you of one thing, we would get back to the grass roots that this country use to be based on!

You think we can park the Skater at the White House and get weekends off?

Look us up the season........over on Crazy Eight in the holler! Houseboat name is Illusion.

Went to Lee's Ford with 10 on board last year and ran 49mph on gps. Does yours have the performance upgrade on the toons? It made a huge difference on this boat over the other one I had and it turns like a vee bottom at speed!

Will do.

I didn't get mine till late in the season last year, and spent a little bit of time playing with props and motor height. I'm currently running a 15P prop, which allows me to top out at 44 and change, no matter how many people are on board, and how much fuel is in the tank. I've got all the performance package upgrades possible. But, with the front and rear extended deck layout, it's actually 30+ft long, and with the extras like the 60gal. fuel tank, it's close to 5000 lbs.
I was told to expect low-mid 50's with it by every dealer I talked to. I added a smartcraft mercmonitor to it over the winter. Hopefully it can give me some further info as to what's going on with it.

hijack off. back to skater talk.
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Skater Nation!!!!!!!!!!!

Gus for VP
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OM-n...1&feature=fvwp

check this out...............

That's unreal..................

Hope you can make it to the Thunder Run, you dont have an excuse this year lol

Justin,

Gotta a little conflict as that is the same weekend as the Lake Murray Poker Run / Columbia, SC June 24-25.

I like the idea that you are going out of Grider Hill this year and you guys have put on a great run in the past.

Not locked in any plans as of yet so we'll see. By the way do you have room for the houseboat at the dock during this run?

Mike

We can def get your houseboat in there, we have a couple other houseboats comin in also just let me know we"ll take care of ya, hope you can make it

Awesome Blume! I also love the Blue. I would love to see a RED Skater with some cool graphics. Everyone seems stuck on Oranges for some reason.

I have a quick question. You have explained the 388SLW = Super Light Weight.

What are the different models that Skater currently offers and what does the "SS" stand for? Obviously the 388 is length.

We appreciate all of the updates.

The SS is for Super Sport. The 388SS or SLW is 38' Long with no bussel and 11' beam. I will put all the models up tomorrow. Here's a red one that needs to be built.

Thank you Blume!

I saw those on the oso classifieds. The 520 is going to be awesome also.

Yeah, I would like to see someone buy it and put surface drives/rudder and some Mercury 1350's in it.

Congratulations on the new boat! Hopefully we can work that discount on the next one :lolhit:

It was great meeting you and Heather at the show!!:coolcowboy:

Josh

Josh,

Refresh my memory as to who you are/with and what discount are you speaking of?

By the way I don't know a Connie :eek:

blume...is the blue 388SS at Miami gonna be at DS ??:drink:

Maybe, that is a fun run.

yep...havasu's kinda small for these boats,, really not anywhere to run for long runs.....

Yes, that is why more need to come to the Big Cat poker run up here at the california delta. Plenty of room for long runs. Heck go all the way to San Francisco and get some tv time on a Giants game!!!

You want to make a bet on that?

Sure mr. Gary. 5 bucks a pack of baseball cards and a piece of gum! :lolhit:

Hey Gary,, i always look forward to seeing "Predator",, see you on the blvd thurs night.... cant wait..!!!!!

Thanks for letting us climb all over your boat in Miami. It is beautiful in person. I love the steps in the back.

No problem! The boat has been a really fun project and can't wait to go pick it up. If the weather holds I may go after it this week.

You bought a really nice piece yourself. I looked at your boat at cumberland a couple of years ago and that paint job is really sharp on the water. I have friend of mine who owns a 36 coupe and with 1100's and it will run in the 140's all day.

If you get to cumberland looks us up.........have fun and be safe with your 36,

Mike

Picked the 388 up and brought it to Kentucky!!!!!!!! :drink::drink::drink:

Lotta really cool projects in the shop!

Awesome Pics.... Beautiful 388... It doesnt get any nicer...

I hope to see it at DS.......