St Pete Boat Show

[rcnight]

If you’re going to the show, stop in to the US Spars booth and say Ha. Check this monster out. If you can hang 1000lbs off your transom, this might be for you.

[Snookerd]

That motor is huuuge!

[rcnight]

Boat show special $36,500

[Snookerd]

3 425’s X $36,500=$109,500 and 2 627’s from 7 marine = $180,000

Same horsepower almost but $70k less!
What a deal!

[DonV]

Let's see, if I raised my transom to 36" ordered a single 425 hp Yamadog with a custom 35" shaft, that way I would have plenty of transom above the water, I think my old clunker would still sit at a 30 degree angle at rest. However the good news is it would drain quickly in a hard rain!!! Oh I forgot, the visibility forward would not be all that great.

[Snookerd]

Sounds like a great idea Don! "For those who make stern drainage a priority...."

[FLexpat]

Originally Posted by DonV

I think my old clunker would still sit at a 30 degree angle at rest.

Look at it this way - it wouldn't have to climb up to get up on plane; it would just launch.

[rcnight]

Here’s a few who were brave enough. Think the whole bilge is solid foam to float those monsters?

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by rcnight

If you’re going to the show, stop in to the US Spars booth and say Ha. Check this monster out. If you can hang 1000lbs off your transom, this might be for you.

A pair of Yamaha's Lightest 200 4 strokes is right at the same weight with 25" shafts so it really isn't such a monster when you compare it with twins having less HP combined. Like the 350, they will sell everyone they build and have people waiting in line for the next one to arrive.

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by rcnight

Here’s a few who were brave enough. Think the whole bilge is solid foam to float those monsters?

It's all about increased displacement to accommodate for the extra weight... Foam doesn't make a hull float any higher

I Garmin there I have a question for them?