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Now my T will never get done!!.....Just picked up my newest toy......Cant wait for some warm weather! She's a Larson Senza Spectre 25 footer with a 502 big block! Is it possible to ski doing 70+mph???...lol...How I wish I still lived in Ft Lauderdale!!.......
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Me too, cant wait, my family truckster :D
Oh yeah!....thats a sweet ride!
both of those rides are sweet.
Is it possible to ski doing 70+mph???..
I grew up in Southern California near Lake Arrowhead. My best friend had a Rayson Craft with a 427 Ford spoutin two big Holley quads and let me assure you - you can ski at 70MPH! It's a real surprise to hit the water at that speed - but that's a story for a different day.
Awesome boat! You'll have some real fun with this one!
Regards,
Glenn
well your in Brownsville, thats still not too bad.
I was just working down there, well Port Isabel, nice enough water in that area.
From experience in my youth,you don't really hit the water at that speed, more like skipping like a stone until you catch the wrong edge.....At that point it is like hitting a solid wall of stone, which is what you then sink like :HMMM::whacked::rolleyes:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by glennsexton
Bill S.
Im in Brownsville, Tennessee......I believe youre thinking of Texas.....:oQuote:
Originally Posted by DeepRoots
Kinda like kissing concrete. Bloody nose and nearly drowned but we always wore the full flotation vests so i bobbed like a cork until I was fished out - not a lot of fun to crash at anything much above 30-35..
Those are 2 sweeeet rides. I too picked up a boat last month. Only a lowly 15' Westcoaster fishing boat, for me and the kids to have some fun with. I see tubing and teaching them how to water ski also. I will be ringin all 50HP out of her! Now the hot rod will get pushed farther back. Oh well, that's life with kids.
Gotta love um!
Keith
doh! tn, tx... big differenceQuote:
Im in Brownsville, Tennessee......I believe youre thinking of Texas.....
ok, so maybe not as much beachfront property in Brownsville, TN
Not sure about 70, but if you catch an edge and go over the high side at 50+ you may be on crutches for a few months and not walk correctly for over a year. I've verified that BTW. that was ~ 10 years ago. I finally gave in and sold the boat a couple years later. sure miss it however. 18' Marlin with Chev power.
Russ
I hear ya!....Im only kidding about skiing at 70mph....my old bones dont heal as well as they used to!!!!....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by lotsatoys
I dumped off a Jet Ski at about 50mph - yeah - not fun... :eek:
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Damn!
Keith
Yeah - I did the jet ski thing as well. Last thing I saw on the speedometer was 55mph - next thing I knew, I was about thirty feet away from the ski as it just bobbed and laughed at me!! I had my then 14 year old son on the back and neither of us was hurt (except dad's pride!) however I was ticked as I lost my sunglasses!
Always use the dead-man clip on as they certainly work as intended..
Brings back memories of learing to water ski... A friend had a buddy that took a boat as payment for body work - 15.5' tri-hull with 135hp Johnson power tilt in about '74. That thing would launch and hit plane in about 25', then hit 55mph with or without a skier:eek: We took it out one day in mid-August, him, my ex and me, none knowing how to ski a lick. About pulled our arms out of the sockets, but we all finally got out of the water and ski'd by the end of the day. He ended up buying the boat, and we were out on Beaver Lake (NW AR) lots, and all of us were on slalom within a couple of weeks. We did not know any better than to ski at WOT, even cranking into turns and swinging wide - must have hit 70 to 75 on a slalom ski leaning out to keep the rope tight. It's a wonder no one died....Quote:
Originally Posted by T42
Both boats are very nice rides, and should be a blast in warm weather.
Wowzer Zowzer - 135HP on a 15.5 tri-hull! That's pretty incredible. Typically those transoms were rated at about 50-75HP max. I bet it was a screamer. You're lucky that then engine didn't rip the aft half of the boat off!
Yes, as I recall Johnson brought out the 135hp outboard in 1973 and it was the biggest until about 1977 when they went to 140hp. I have no idea about the transom rating, but the little boat did fly - PowerCat Tri-Hull rings a bell.Quote:
Originally Posted by glennsexton
Sorry for the hijack - back on topic...:o
huh, we got 4,000hp on our 80 ft boat and we're always complaining it isnt enough power
I learned how to ski behind a V-drive Dimarco flat bottom with an aluminum headed 427 back in the day. I've never had so much fun and been absolutely scared to death at the same time.