In light of the recent post on hole shot I'm wondering if anyone is interested in doing a shootout? If we did, how many of us can run 90mph?
I think any faster and we will exclude a lot of people and it pushes safety issues. I'm open to 85 as well (can the guys with 225's hit 90 with fishing loads?) From what I have observed on this site, 90 should be a solid number for the 250 and 300 crowd.
This would be a fishing boat configuration competition. Run what you brung on any body of water in the USA. Speeds will be determined using the app Speedometer (aprox. $5). The data collected by the app will be sent to me for posting. I will post all the runs so all can see as they are made.
The fastest boat to 90mph wins a Allison cut waterjet sign with "2017 90mph Shootout Champ" cut into it. I will include your name and boat info as well.
The rules: (I'm open to suggestions)
1. Be honest and fair. This is all done remotely at our home bodies of water. We are all running the same boats and I have found everyone on here to be extremely friendly and helpful. No reason to cheat. Not to mention I will have all the GPS data so it will be pretty clear if you run on the highway.......
2. Boat. Any XB21 with any motor.
3. Seats. At least 2 seats (Driver and Passenger). Run with more if you want, but two is all the Bassport Pro has so the 2+2 guys can run that configuration as well.
4. Trolling motor must be mounted on the bow. All batteries to run the motor must be in the boat and hooked up. If you run a 12V I guess you get to save some weight.
5. Moderate fishing load. I would assume most of us dual purpose these boats. Some would be more loaded up than others. I'm thinking of something more than a snoopy pole.....
6. Data must be logged with Speedometer and submitted to geoff.ericson@gmail.com. File should be submitted as a gpx file. Instructions to follow.
7. Runs to be started at idle speed of less than 5mph. I will start collecting data at the speed transition from 5mph prior to the next jump in speed. The data plotter logs at 1 second intervals. A chance exists that 89/90 may over lap. In all my runs this hasn't happened. Should it, I will decide accordingly. We are splitting hairs here. If its too close to tell I will make more signs and we can have a tie.
8. All files to be submitted by Nov. 30th 2017. Tournament season should be over and we should of all had the opportunity to run in cooler weather.
9. I will have an template setup for submitting data files. I will need basic info about your boat, setup, and prop.
10. I will not be running as I'm putting all the data together.
Thoughts?
Lets see who can put up the best number!!!!