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#42 ·
If a 288 fits your needs, it would be a great boat for you!!!!! I have never heard or seen anything bad out of their owners. I looked long and hard at a 288 before I got my Fountain. The only reason I chose the Fountain over the Sun was because the Fountain layout suited myself and my wife better. Suns customer service, fit, finish, paint, ect... was top notch...
 
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Quest1 said:
Kanookstr
How did the 32 handle the big water last fall?
Jamie
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Very good, we were among the first few at every stop with GLH, except for the last leg to the Turtle. I had my 8 year old son and some of the guys I was with wanted to take a dip before getting to the marina. For some reason they didn't want to jump in there??? :confused1
 
#45 ·
cads03 said:
GEESH....never mind the big water, how about the big payments right now! :laugher: You could be riding in a 38 T/S Cig for what your shelling out in boat payments.
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It's not the payments that kept me from a bigger boat, it's the size of my home waters. :( . My 288 was just right for my home waters, it's actually small now with the 32. But I wanted a little bigger for Champlain. :p:
 
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Kanookstr said:
Very good, we were among the first few at every stop with GLH, except for the last leg to the Turtle. I had my 8 year old son and some of the guys I was with wanted to take a dip before getting to the marina. For some reason they didn't want to jump in there??? :confused1
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If it went well that day I would have to say you will never have a problem in big water! The first leg of the race,"where the overhead came from", we were going to the front a little to fast! Hit 1 wave came down on another,almost stuffed it! I thought the windshield was going to break. I don't mind waves but that was to much for the 30. Definately we will have to get together this summer. Ian and mike usually let me know when you are coming up.
Later Jamie
 
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Canada Jeff said:
I had a camper top made for my Sun, and it came in handy for those surprize storms, and over nighting. Best money I ever spent on her!
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Did you keep the camper top on the boat at all times and if so where did you store it? I have a cockpit cover that I keep on the boat at all times, but if we get caught in a storm it can be a long time down below in close quarters
 
#51 ·
I might have to look into one of those. In my engine compartment the straps are in there, I think the guy before me had something in there. Right now I use the front two to hold my sunshade.
 
#53 ·
Quest1 said:
If it went well that day I would have to say you will never have a problem in big water! The first leg of the race,"where the overhead came from", we were going to the front a little to fast! Hit 1 wave came down on another,almost stuffed it! I thought the windshield was going to break. I don't mind waves but that was to much for the 30. Definately we will have to get together this summer. Ian and mike usually let me know when you are coming up.
Later Jamie
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Yes the first leg to Burlington was the roughest, but we had the tab settings just right and we were in a grove so to speak. :p:
 
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It took me a a few hours to find that grove as well when coming from my previous boat but now that I found it I freakin love the boat! Ate up some rough washing machine stuff on Lake Cumberland last summer and the wife never spilled a drop of her beer! :cool:
Seems to really like the rough stuff once the speedo hit's 55 and up. The boat flys level, lands soft, and true, unless you screw up...

Guess that's why I question and call B.S. postings when I see threads like that. Sheeesh, I mean Sunsation never even built a 28 with twin smallblocks so how the hell can someone have driven one? Doesn't anyone ever watch offshore powerboat races? Any boat regardles of brand will also land hard on a side if they don't attack the roller, wake or what have you correctly so that means they are all junk? ? ? Even the greatest offshore powerboaters in the world have a bad landing off a easy roller and it ain't cause it's brand so and so.... :rolleyes:

Dissapointing to see that site over there with the F-em postings and such. I'm glad Speedwake wouldn't let a thread go the route a couple over there have... :( :(
The threads over there and being a Sunation Owner makes me think I need to be aware of what Baja Owner I tie up to in a raft up! :confused1
 
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SunTime said:


Guess that's why I question and call B.S. postings when I see threads like that. Sheeesh, I mean Sunsation never even built a 28 with twin smallblocks so how the hell can someone have driven one?

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Ya I seen that too, that's why I never bother responding to those posts. I personally like every boat, as long as it floats and goes over 30 mph.. :laugher:
 
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