Fastest in a 24 Superboat?
 

I started a thread over in general discussion about who's gone the fastest in a 24x7 hull and so far sounds like the Sunsations have the record at 104. Those all have pads, so now I am wondering what's the fastest anyone has gone in a 24 Superboat? I've heard rumors of a 24 that went 102?

I've had 2 24's one I/O and an outboard, neither went over 70 can't imagine 102 wow

I have been stuck at 92 with mine for a few years now, but finally broke thru the barrier with a different lower. So far I've seen 96 and that was really only the second time I've been able to run it hard since I've installed it. I'm sure there is a little more in it, so I can believe the 102 story.

Just wondering if it's actually true or not.

Nice, any pics for us?

Be very careful in that boat at those speeds.....

I posted a couple here in general discussion:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...24x7-hull.html

You bet! That's a right water and right conditions boat at those kinda speeds. It's surprisingly really stable and fairly easy for me to drive- but you do have to watch it. So far it's not given me any indications of being unpredictable or flighty. That lower I'm running now helped quite a bit.. might still try a imco (already tried a sportmaster with no positive results). If it keeps feeling good I'll keep going a bit and try to see a hundred just to say I did it. After that I'd consider myself done chasing speed with it.

Oh, and I'm going to break down and buy a lifeline vest for myself and probably my wife. We just about always are wearing mustang auto inflates when we are underway, but I need to be serious about vests if I'm chasing more speed I figure now.

I can drop another couple hundred pounds of weight if I need to, by pulling gear and my other battery. Might change the balance tho..

It's not going fast that is so tricky in that boat.... it's the potential bow steer when you slow down that can be very very dangerous.....

Bravos seem to do that but the mirage props and even the rev 4 hasn't offered to yet. With a bravo on the stock lower it was not a fun boat and could get you into trouble. A bravo with the shorty lower didn't bow steer at all for me, but I had a lot less control and less boat in the water at speed. I even had to chop the throttle running up around 90 a couple of times and she just eased back down vs drop the bow like that prop does on a standard lower.

Mirage was always my prop of choice on that boat....

Edited above post.

Yeah, I agree. I have a 29plus that's been labbed I'll try but really need to get ahold of a stock 29 plus to test and possibly have worked. I could stand to drop a couple hundred rpm off the top end.

Gary, did you have bow steer when you were running a mirage?

Yes...and it did come down hard a couple times Nick...almost through me out of the boat one time! went right once & left a couple times.... it was when I had to come out of the throttle quick... but that can happen any time.... and I was only running 82 and a click...

I've yet to have it happen, but when I need to slow down quickly I'm trimming in while cuttig the throttle back- think that is why?

I've yet to have to just chop the throttle without being able to trim it in at the same time in all the years I've had her. Guessing that's when it did it for you?

I might have to try it next year in open water at sane speeds to see what it does. Just hate surprises you know?

I always wear my lifeline and feel much better wearing it.

Nick you are way past what I was doing in that boat.... but trimming down when decelerating would seem to me to amplify the bow steer.... when it happened to me I had to chop the throttle & the bow naturally dropped... being able to come out of the throttle slow it never happened... just be careful .... John Coen told me that the 24's are great up to 75-80... he said you want to go 100 you're better off in a 21... or of course the Y2K.... boat looks as good or better than the day I bought it Nick.... you do take pride in your boat & it SHOWS!

Nick,if you want to do 100,I'll sell you your old 21 back.

Dun Dun Duuuuuunnnnnnnnnn......




Nick, buy it and we will LS swap it!!!!

Hey Joe, man I do miss that boat. It was a lot of fun... figure out next move is to get into something like a y2k.



If I was single I'd buy it back in a hearbeat. It ran pretty good with that 509...

There is a 24' Velocity owner / engine builder from Richmond Va. that runs 117/118 mph on GPS pretty regurally at radar runs on the lower Potomac river / Tims II resturant. There are several videos of it on youtube as well.

The boat is very stable deep into the 90's but takes alot of finesse over tripple digits.

It's running a blown 540, Bravo1 with IMCO internals.

I recently purchased a 24 step with a 250 efi ,it has a 6"set back and a 23p rev 4.Just wondering what the prop of choice for this boat would be.Thanks for your input

I loved the rev 4 on mine back when I was running it naturally aspirated.. It wasn't as fast as a mirage, but the handling more than made up for it. I'm just running a mirage now until I can find something that acts like a big rev4. Supposedly hydromotive makes something that compares to it?

Being yours is an outboard, I wouldn't really know what would be best. Try everything you can get your hands on..

I ran a bravo prop on the 24 I had. It chine walked all over with a Mirage+.

Had a 2002 step with 250EFI with 6" set back- Trophy 24P was best all around prop.