Old Zutphen's
03-26-2002, 05:17 PM
#5
Guest
Posts: n/a
The 30' Ocean Pacer runs best in a little chop. I had stripped her of all the excess baggage (mother in law, wife, dog, water, gas etc...) and got her to 82mph on the GPS. Golden Racing built her motors and I can only guess that the 454's are putting out 480 HP. Never had her on a dyno. She can be very loud. Only one noise violation but that got thrown out of court when the cop didn't show.
I bought the boat because I used to own a Wellcraft. That mass produced boat had the engine mounts rot out and the replacement is a job nobody should have to do twice. The Sutphen is built like a brick sh**house. I cannot stuff the bow! I think the worst waves she ever saw were when I was up by the Manitou Islands in Lake Michigan. They were about 9' and I couldn't stay on plane.
I bought the boat because I used to own a Wellcraft. That mass produced boat had the engine mounts rot out and the replacement is a job nobody should have to do twice. The Sutphen is built like a brick sh**house. I cannot stuff the bow! I think the worst waves she ever saw were when I was up by the Manitou Islands in Lake Michigan. They were about 9' and I couldn't stay on plane.
