32 vs 36 significant differences
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09-01-2014, 08:10 PM
#25
A 32 with 850hp blower motors will run 140 pretty easily. I just talked to a guy today that has been in this exact setup (standard deck 32 w/ quarter canopies, 850hp blower motors w/ wet sump #6 SSM drives) and he said it runs 140 w/ 4 people and 1/3 tanks of fuel. My 30 runs well past 150 w/ 800hp NA Sterlings and ASD7s. In getting back to the main topic of this thread, I've been in/raced a 36 (former Fountain/Mercury Super Cat) and I've owned my 30 for 10 years now - it's really hard to compare a 30/32 to a 36. With light power, the smaller Skaters will still run pretty good, the 36 will not - but the 36 is a MUCH better boat in the rough. If you plan to run mainly in the ocean or water conditions typically over 3' - get yourself a 36! If you run mainly inland waters that are typically under 3' - get a 30 or 32. IMO, it's that simple!
09-02-2014, 09:03 AM
#28
IMO, 900hp and under in today's high performance boating market would be considered light power - and the minimum I would be satisfied with in a 36 for the mostly smoother waters I boat on. The 36 I've spent a lot of time in has a pair of 732ci single carb motors making around 900hp and the boat would run in the low 140s when light. Another 36 of a friend of mine's (which just sold to Todd Welling) has a pair of 1,000hp blower motors and runs 150 when light. My 30 w/ twin NA 588ci/800s will out-accelerate and out-top-end both of these 36s (I've done it) with considerably less torque and hp. So, from my personal experience, which I am not saying is the "official word on 36s", I feel that a guy wanting to run 600-800hp engines would be better off in a 30/32. UNLESS he will be running mostly in big water! If that's the case, I don't care if he plans on running a pair of 525s, I'd go with the 36, hands down!
Last edited by Skater30; 09-02-2014 at 09:06 AM.
09-02-2014, 03:53 PM
#30
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IMO, 900hp and under in today's high performance boating market would be considered light power - and the minimum I would be satisfied with in a 36 for the mostly smoother waters I boat on. The 36 I've spent a lot of time in has a pair of 732ci single carb motors making around 900hp and the boat would run in the low 140s when light. Another 36 of a friend of mine's (which just sold to Todd Welling) has a pair of 1,000hp blower motors and runs 150 when light. My 30 w/ twin NA 588ci/800s will out-accelerate and out-top-end both of these 36s (I've done it) with considerably less torque and hp. So, from my personal experience, which I am not saying is the "official word on 36s", I feel that a guy wanting to run 600-800hp engines would be better off in a 30/32. UNLESS he will be running mostly in big water! If that's the case, I don't care if he plans on running a pair of 525s, I'd go with the 36, hands down!
I would need to go to a newer 36.
