I must say my bubble just got busted, big time! I've had my eyes on a new 2750 with a Teague 800. I was planning to plunk down the money this spring and go for it. I was gonna compare it to a few other boats next weekend at the show, but must admit I was leaning towards the Lavey because of my relationship with them and the quality of their boats. That is until I read the review in Hot Boat! HOLY CRAP BATMAN! What I was told a while back by one by one of our "Forum Gods" is the real schiznit!
I was told by one of our own that the 2750 has a wicked handling problem over 75 MPH and they'd never own one for that reason only. They went for a ride in one and were damn near thrown from to boat it was so unstable. I had an invite to go for a ride in that same boat over Thanksgiving, but couldn't get away that weekend. Man I wish I had now.
What really torques me is Lavey's respone to the problem. It is my understanding that some of the owners have reported the same problem to Lavey, and were told it was "fixed" in models manufactured after thiers. And now Hot Boat tests one, presumably after the alleged fix was put in place, and it still porpoises and chine walks at speed! WTF! When Hot Boat asks Lavey about the problem, Lavey says there's noting wrong with the boat! Are they NUTS?!?!??? They have customers and an independant test telling them there's something wrong. One would think they would take a long hard look at the hull design, CG, or what ever wouyld make the boat handle this way. Or at the very least, not sell it with the power to achieve the speeds where it becomes unstable.
I figured that with the Teague 800, I would be in the mid 90's. Stuff happens really fast at that speed, and I don't want to stack up a boat and hurt someone. Besides that fact that if you're going to spend in the ballpark of 150 grand for a boat, it damn well better run smooth and sweet.
Does anyone have a 2750 that will do 80+? If so, is the article in Hot Boat true?