Man, they should have included your boat in the 600hp shootout (pg.94 July2007 Powerboat). You would have showed those guys how to do it. They are making a big deal how all those topped 80mph???
Just thought I would let you know one more time... congrats on the great article.
Thanks. They didn't let us do the shootout because we had a 550... but we beat every 625 in every category performance-wise, and with a fully loaded deckboat!
I can't wait for some like-powered quantitative testing. Until then, we are going to be counting on people like you to be "Blues-Clues" and match them up yourself!
Thanks for noticing though. We were proud of the numbers, but those were in some really, really crappy conditions too. They would have pulled another 2 mph out of her easily had the conditions been better, or had we been propped for speed. As it is, I think we have a great all-around performer that cruises nicely at 75 with a full boat load, runs early nineties in good conditions and does it on very modest stock power.