Reply With QuoteI would also be interested in hearing more about this boat and manufacturer. I do know that one of the principals of Place Diverter and Controls owns this company. They are known to produce quality products. Anyone own one?
We first saw this boat at Orange County Shw. Does anyone have any experience with this hull?
I would also be interested in hearing more about this boat and manufacturer. I do know that one of the principals of Place Diverter and Controls owns this company. They are known to produce quality products. Anyone own one?
I know this reply is late but....... I had the pleasure of witnessing this craft out at Pyramid about a month ago. What a beast! This ain't your grampas party deck- He told me it was a 468ci that put out 950 HP and 103 mph on radar. It piqued my curiosity so I got the brochure. The hull is very interesting, doesn't look like a regular bowrider or a party deck- more of a low pro tunnel deck (make sense?)that looked like it handled turns real well.
I met an owner of a 22 PC deck boat at Blythe. He had a 502 (I think) and a setback Legend Pump. Not very happy as he would barely break 50 mph. He seems to think the hull just is not setup for a pump installation.
As I looked under it, there are several steps and a narrow keel section where the pump intake is.
From what I heard, it seems that keeping the pump loaded was the problem, so there is likely an inherent design issue with a pump in this hull configuration. Adding horsepower did not solve the problem.
Beautiful boat though.
I think i saw the same guy, this guy was at the sand bar down from lostlake, up from hidden valley, either way when i asked him about his boat the first thing he said was Do you want tho buy it... It did have a great stereo 4 10s up front under the seats, but after talking to him he said it was a good ride but too slow..
Interesting, I read that the placecraft deckboat was actually designed TO BE A JET. The guy that designed it bought a deckboat and was unhappy with it, so he built one. He used to be a big time jet boat drag racer and the hull was designed to be a high speed jet deckboat. As a matter of fact when he first started producing them (don't quote me on this) I don't think stern drive was even an option, I know they are now. That same article had pretty rave reviews about the boat. Typical.
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