Hello, I'm a little new to this forum. Someday I'm going to buy a fast speedboat. I was wondering if you could recomend a boat that fits this description. I could care less about a cabin, I would never use a cabin, if I had a cabin I would have it stripped out and probably have carpet put in. I'd like it to go at leaste 100mph. I want it to have a very nice smooth ride when in the rough water because where I live, it can be rare when it's calm. I'd also like it to very reliable and not have engine problems all the time. I really like Fountains, I like the f1 boats with the race canopy, but not sure if I'd like that. I would really prefer a v bottom rather than say a Scator. Do you guy's have any suggestions? It won't be for a long time till I think about buying, but I thought I'd ask this question anyway...
What kind of boat should I buy?
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Maybe not in the summer time but in the winter time, the lake is dead calm and nobody is around. That's partly why I'd like to have the canopy, so I can go out in the winter time when it's cold and not have to get chilly from the wind. Sound ok?
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Sure, winter is much safer for those speeds on LW. You said you were going to be running in rough water though. Just curious where. The roughest I have seen LW is either on a busy summer day, or during a windy winter storm. Other then wind storms, I had never really seen the sound that rough ecept in some of the narrows. Good luck in your boat search and be safe...
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Just do what I did. Buy a 32 Sunsation and tweak the snot out of it. :shocked: :laugher:
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Best GPS speed.
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Wow, that's an awesome boat! Are those the 575sci's? May I ask what the cost came out to after you put those engines in? In the summer time, does and can get a little rough on lake washington, not stormy rough. I'm just looking for something that will handle fairly well in the chop, a whole lot better than the boat that I have now atleast.
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If you want to keep the cost private, that's perfectly ok too.
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If I had to guess I would say my total cost in the engines alone was somewhere around ?????.car collector said:
As anyone here will tell you this boat is my baby and has been an on-going obsession for the last 3 years. :confused1 I can tell you from personal experience that once you are bitten by the boating speed bug it tends to consume you and there is NO cure. :laugher:
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Sent ya a PM.car collector said:
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No they are not 575 SCI's. They are 502 blocks that have been breathed on somewhat, :winker: with all the good stuff in the motors and a little head work. If I had to guess they are somewhere between 650-700HP per side.car collector said:
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For the most part they are reliable meaning they start everytime. But they are kinda fussy to air temp,humidity ect. But if there are trade-off's in wanting to go fast.car collector said:
Prolonged idling is the one thing they don't like on those days when its 85+ degrees or high humidity.
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I was thinking about this. Do you guy's think it would even be possible to order a boat with a stripped out cabin? If it was possible, I wonder how much they would knock off on the price? ( I should look into this!)
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To me, it seems like they would. Aren't the cabins like 50 percent of the boat? They have lighting, plumbing, bathroom ext, wouldn't that add up to alot?
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All I can say is from years of working in the marine business, no a cabin does not equate to 50% of a boat. You may get a maximum of 10% off,but that is it. On the race boat you claim to be looking at, do you think there is a cvabin on that? Have you checked out the prices in Cig's? many of those only have half a cabin or no cabin at all. For a boat you are looking at many of the dollars go into R&d, a large chunck in motors and drives. That does not leave much left...car collector said:
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