I am in the same boat(pun intended! ) you are. If I put money into my current boat I will never see it when I sell. So, I would like to move up in size BUT I will definitely need more speed in a bigger boat to keep the rush. Stepping up 4-5' I will need at least another 10mph. Which puts me in twins (for the boats I want) which equals more $$$ to buy, run and maintain. Plus I will probably need blue motors to run the speeds I want which again = $$$. So then I come back to keeping what I have. It's a viscious circle!

Bust Out Another Thousand

Well, All I can say is you should be happy if you're running 67 on your GPS, there aren't to many 26' that run that fast with 496 power! For a non-stepped V you're faster than most, quit your whinning !!!! Steve

I have an 01. With the 502mpi I saw 60 on a good day.
Took the 502 and made a 540ci. 600hp and 630lbs of torque. I keep the stock fuel injection. With 26 bravo 1 i'm getting 70 on gps at 4900 rpm. Motor made peak hp at 5300. I still have some room for improvement. Just need $$$$ for prop work.

Damn i guess i should stop bit#@ing. Went back out last sunday ran 65.8 at 4900rpm 1/2 tank and 3 people.

Do you know what your boat weights? Mine weighted in around 6000 plus lbs.

If your looking to sell your boat and upgrade, stop calling yours a turd.

It won't help you sell it if the word gets out.

I was not going to sell i was asking about upgrades but have changed my mind. It sound like its not such a turd after all but still going to upgrade to something bigger and faster.

Well, I was lurking at this post for awhile now, and decided since this weekend is probably gonna be our last for the year, I would get a picture of my 26 going along. The water conditions weren't great, lots of big whitecaps, and holes, so this aint flat out our trimmed up plus you can see I'm a little underpropped, I was running my 28 Bravo. At least you know it has a pretty darn good ride in the ruff over 80, since my wife took the pic. from her bolster seat.