It's not smooth when you hit a manatee or gator at 70 plus!
It's not smooth when you hit a manatee or gator at 70 plus!
2007 Sterling 22xs-Yamaha 250-Dual 10 foot blades-Ipilot-Bobs Jack plate-HDS 8 (SOLD)
2016 Sterling 220XS: (SOLD)
2008 SCB Topcat 250 XS (SOLD)
Current:
2014 SCB Stingray Sport Merc 300XS
2018 ES Custom Revolution 25 Merc 400R
Yeah I bet not, luckily we don't have those big critters around here.
Very nice Sir!!
Hard to hit them with so little in the water. I feel safer running 85 in my boat than 70 in others.Originally Posted by linesider 159
2003 Stroker with 2014 SHO
2012 21RDC Bullet with 2016 SHO
I was thinking the same thing. There's only a very small portion of LU and a blade to a blade and a half in the water at any one time.
Not my boat, some skeg is still below the bottom. I run a bravo xs at 4 on the jackplate, was running 66 the other day and went right over a manatee. I don't think I hit it but did feel a bump which made me have to back off the throttle real quick
2007 Sterling 22xs-Yamaha 250-Dual 10 foot blades-Ipilot-Bobs Jack plate-HDS 8 (SOLD)
2016 Sterling 220XS: (SOLD)
2008 SCB Topcat 250 XS (SOLD)
Current:
2014 SCB Stingray Sport Merc 300XS
2018 ES Custom Revolution 25 Merc 400R
That's the benefit of running a sportmaster at 2 inches above pad
2003 Stroker with 2014 SHO
2012 21RDC Bullet with 2016 SHO
Just amazing the attention to detail this boat has, my hat off to everyone involved this is a awesome looking Stroker Npaaaark.
LeaLea
Herre's a real update. Went to go pick up the boat yesterday and fought some bitterly cold temps...never got above freezing I think. Boat ran good, there's some serious potential here that will be tapped in due time. Steering is weird since it doesn't have the feedback we are used to but that's just a learning curve. Running with 2, the Talon/360, TM and 100lbs of lead shot...basically loaded to fish besides about 50-60lbs of tackle we went 102. That was with a 32 Signature 4 at 6400 and still about 15psi of water pressure. There was more throttle and more jackplate left too, we were having a hard time with the steering and the quartering waves while sorting out the ballasting. Think the original (ultimate) goal of 110 loaded to fish will not be unattainable. This thing pulls like a freakin freight train in the midrange and we never saw the point it stopped accelerating, it is gonna be a seat time issue from here.
It liked both a stiff unvented 29 Promax and the Signature, the Signature felt a little better as there was less stern lift but that could have been partly due to the conditions. Thinking a 28 bravo will be a rocket of a 100mph fishing prop and a 34 will probably find its way on here pretty soon for some stripped down speed runs.
Last edited by npark; 01-11-2016 at 06:08 AM.
Nice looking rig. That motor is huge! Looks like it would snap right off the transom.
Good lord. I love it
102 MPH fishing rig!!! Wow....
That motor looks as big as the tow vehicle. nice looking rig
Dale Sinclair original
Yeah that angle def makes it look big, not that it's a small engine just that angle makes her butt look fat.
5-dinks, it's not slow but will be faster once we get some seat time. Figure it will be 105ish with all the stuff or 110 without the Talon/360 but still with the trolling motor and 2 guys then 113+++ without the troller and a single.
This angle is a little better I think
Nice boat but looks like a blow out in the future to me.
Not following you on that, blow out how? Like trailer tire, 70-0 ass kickin, prop blow out...splain yerself Lucy.
Last edited by npark; 01-13-2016 at 09:00 AM.
I'm afraid it will cause some freeway incidents from guys staring at that beast.
just curious; what gears in the LU ? what kind of rev limit ?
Nope! That motor still looks huge..cuz it is.Yeah that angle def makes it look big, not that it's a small engine just that angle makes her butt look fat.
5-dinks, it's not slow but will be faster once we get some seat time. Figure it will be 105ish with all the stuff or 110 without the Talon/360 but still with the trolling motor and 2 guys then 113+++ without the troller and a single.
This angle is a little better I think
14' Alumacraft Green machine.
24v.70# Minn Kota (bow)
24V. 75# Motorguide (tiller)
Non green- 9.9 merc
Fishnfire - lol it might, Moby causes people to do a double take for sure. The 400r has 1.75 gears and a 7k redline, heard reports that 7150 is available in the right conditions.
BB51 - good enough, it ain't small :-)...that's what she said.
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