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Simply put ski boats/wakeboard boats are built to be very good at what they are good at. Storage is built in and awesome, ballast tanks are built in and awesome. Also small block chevy parts are cheap and easy to come by, some obscure outboard parts may not be as easy. Direct drives and v-drives are relatively simple and very reliable and they are fun to drive. The rudder moves very quickly and the boats are very tossable. |
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07-18-2011, 05:50 PM | #46 |
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If you to party and have a good time just buy a deck boat. YOu can ski or board behind it no problem unless you are in the 5% pro bracket. Been on and around boats and jet skis for 30 years, all west coast products like Sanger, Hallett, Commander etc.. Oh and any decent boat new set up like you want will be 75 to 100K.
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as for me, I hate outboard engines.. it just looks cheap @OP, Formula, consider it if they fall in your budget...
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it's not a boat, its a yacht.
it's not too big, only 100ft. but it can be yours for only $5 billion. (yep. with a "b") http://www.bornrich.com/entry/super-...sts-3-billion/ Quote:
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ok, the T-rex bone and meteroic stone is cool, but really? 5 billion for a 100 foot yacht? abromovich's 1.3 billion dollar Eclipse is a much better boat, and the money is much better spent imo her size actually matches her price, and spent on useful, everyday items, like missile defense systems and escape submarines, instead of boring gold. also, she costs $50 million to run every year, and $650,000 for a full tank of gas... even he can't afford it so he started to charter it for 2 million dollars a week. ...some people
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What you should get depends on your location and priorities. Will you moore it, or tow it? What will you tow it with? Where will you mostly use it- ocean, big lake, river, or small lake? Is the lake big enough to do over-nighters? How rough is the water? How many friends do you want to take? What will you use it for? If partying, maybe a cabin cruiser or even pontoon boat. If going fast, I always wanted a flat bottom boat that's about 2' tall with a huge chrome 454 feeding a V-drive. Funnnnn. Something like the boats these two douche bags have...
Growing up, my dad had was pretty much like, those, but with a small outboard. It was a '69 Tahiti ski boat with an 85 hp Mercury 2-stroke. It was just enough to tow a skier. V-hull handeled the chop pretty well, and it topped out at about 40 (pretty damn quick for an 85 hp V-hull!), and had enough room to load up camping gear for 3. A great all around boat. The motor was bulletproof- practically maintenance free for the 15 years we had it. Everything wood or electrical, however, will have problems. We had to replace the floor a couple times...the frames of the seats...had to replace the wood transum with a fiberglass one, etc. It'd need a new clear gel-coat every few years, too. Last edited by carve; 07-20-2011 at 05:49 PM.. |
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what do you call those boats that are pretty much inflatable but have a motor? the front seems like it's pretty high off the water when you're going. i think it uses like a lawn mower engine. i know they've got a specific name for em....
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a dinghy?
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