Boy, one of those sure would look nice on the back of my boat!!
Nice ride, Jason!
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Thanks Mike.
Thanks John for getting the pics up for me and for helping set things up Monday. You're a wealth of knowledge and it's good to know you're on our side!
We'll see what she does Thursday morning. Will be trying a 28 and 30 Raker, and anything else I can find.
Jason Phillips
SMMMMMOOOOOOOTTTTHHHHH RIDE !!!!
That's one bad arse ride!!!I've got a similar color scheme on my bee...that evinrude brings it to life! Wish I had an etec on the back like yours! One question however, is it my eyes or is that trailer a different shade of blue? Regardless, the boat rocks! The 200 Pro XL is the best 20' boat on the market! Congrats on a great boat!
The way that I tried to brighten the pics so they would show up better messed things up a little. Is it a different color? Yes. Only because you can't get the poly-flake colors put on your trailer. It's the closest blue I could get. But right now I'm looking at my window at it in the sun and it looks almost identical but w/o the flake. When I brightened the pics it brought almost a gray tint out.
I picked out the colors to go with the H.O. But when everyone was waiting 2 more weeks, I actually placed the order with a 225 HPDI. The next week a shipment of motors came in so I swapped it over before production. Luckily, my boat only had to sit there for exactly 2 more weeks before the motor was rigged (seriously).
Jason Phillips
Had the same problem with enhancing pics. Colors are very sensitive when you edit pics. I figured it was the same color as the boat, but I saw some other pictures that had a similar color on the trailer. They were probably brightened too! You're gonna love the rude! Yamaha would have been my second choice, but that etec is worth the wait! Hope she screams for ya!
Just as an update, I fished a BFL Saturday. With two people, tournament load, and fish in the livewells, I hit 76.8 gps. I hit 77.8 gps with just myself in it later that afternoon. This is with the 28 Raker. I have ran 80.9 with a light load and a 30 Raker. I want to try a couple of other props also, but have to find the props and time.
The gentleman that fished with me out of my boat Saturday has a 520 Ranger with a 225 H.O. DI motor. When we got through our first run, I had passed 10-12 boats (and none had passed me). When I came off plane, he asked "Is this the boat they made that commercial with?" I just laughed. I told him I wasn't showing him my thong.
Still loving the boat, as does everyone that sees it. It received a lot of attention at the tournament.
Jason Phillips
That's awesome! Now that guy knows how over-rated Ranger really is (and over priced)! I'm telling ya, you've got the best 20' boat on the market! If I wasn't running a bee I wouldn't even hesitate to get a 200pxl! Of course, hats off to the almighty etec!
The 28 is stock, so it's a toss up as to what it really is. Whatever I decide to go with will get tweaked ever so slightly to ensure top performance.
With the 30, I was somewhere around 5500. I was watching the gps trying to see what it would hit while trying to control it. The motor was too low so it was a handfull to drive. I've raised the j/p since swapping to the 28, so I will try the 30 again and see if it does any better at the new height.
Jason Phillips
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