Topic: Do you have your own real boat/vessel? (Read 136687 times)

ash · « **Reply #400 on:** October 07, 2009, 22:32:12 »

Sometimes you do hear it on bigger boats when in rough wheather. I was in a force 5 with gusts of 30knots in a 37ft boat. Oh and I'm back for those of you who know me.

llamalord · « **Reply #401 on:** October 08, 2009, 11:21:03 »

Quote from: Master Captain on October 07, 2009, 22:02:28

60? my boat only hits 40mph but its not a jetboat either

The Speed-o-meter on my boat with an upgraded engine goes up to 80Mph. I know that you can do about that but I have not because out lake has a speed limit of 45.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #402 on:** October 08, 2009, 11:40:18 »

45 MPH in a small boat is pretty fast anyway.

My boat goes a staggering 6mph in a moderate wind... Might even go faster if I knew how to sail it properly.

TerryRussell · « **Reply #403 on:** October 08, 2009, 16:18:42 »

My last one (the one in the "2 hours on the Solent" videos on YouTube) would do about 60 Kts (65+ mph), but it was starting to snake at that point. At that speed, even small waves would cause it to leap from crest to crest, bone-jarringly!

The current boat (a 36 foot Sunseeker Gin Palace job) does a more sedate 45 Kts (50+ mph). It weighs several tons and does not leap the waves. It slides through them quite happily, so the drinks don't get spilled.

Been out in it in some fairly horrifying weather, rescuing some people off the Mixon rocks near Selsey. It was not a bad ride, even with 10-15ft waves around us. Didn't spill a drop!

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #404 on:** October 08, 2009, 18:46:14 »

The speedometer on my uncles boat goes to 80 I think, but at full throttle for 2-3 minutes it only gets up to 60-65 MPH. It has two Yamaha High Output engines.

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #405 on:** October 08, 2009, 20:54:09 »

Horsepower?

60 on that! Well light boat big motors we got 80 out of our old speedboat had 2 outdrives Chevy big block 454 horspower and it was 33 ft long, I gotta find those pics of it

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #406 on:** October 08, 2009, 22:16:12 »

Not sure, but I think I read a while back 250HP combined.

ash · « **Reply #407 on:** October 08, 2009, 23:10:46 »

Still got your sunseeker then terry. What is it a portifino?

Master Captain · « **Reply #408 on:** October 08, 2009, 23:13:48 »

i think ours goes to 60 but theres no way to check now since its shrinkwraped, and we have a 135hp 4 cylinder MerCruiser I/O engine

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #409 on:** October 09, 2009, 02:42:49 »

Lakeboats

GUYS GUYS We may be getting a BOAT!!!!!!!!!

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #410 on:** October 09, 2009, 07:38:27 »

Quote from: Capt. Matt on October 09, 2009, 02:42:49

Lakeboats

GUYS GUYS We may be getting a BOAT!!!!!!!!!

Watch out for those Icebergs!!

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #411 on:** October 09, 2009, 21:00:28 »

Haha Im gonna find those pics of the speedboat today! Im determined lol

Minime · « **Reply #412 on:** October 09, 2009, 21:17:48 »

glad to hear that, but please try and not crash too many other vessels down when you get it

Master Captain · « **Reply #413 on:** October 09, 2009, 22:25:43 »

especially if you are on the same lake as me, dont sink my boat

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #414 on:** October 09, 2009, 22:57:48 »

My dads a captain, well hehe he may be a captain but he tends to attack smaller boats, we flipped a kayaker once

We were doing 28 knots on the yacht with a huge ginormous wake, we flipped a kayaker caused a jetskier to fall off and scared the crap out of a fisherman

Good Times indeed

Minime · « **Reply #415 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:08:18 »

lol your dad's crazy, I only scared the crap out of my cousins when I turned in a cirkel, they thought the boat was about to flip over

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #416 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:41:49 »

Well we almost flipped a 20 foot fishing boat hahhahaha See what happenes when you get a big boat with a big wake and a crazy captain...FUN

OH I found out a little more about the boat, Its like a Cris Craft and it has 2 250 horsepower engines I think, and a generator, doesnt work, but that would be the first thing we fix but he just redid all of the plumming, gauges, a new radar, and rebuilt the engines and its a 1975 I think but my dad says it rins great, (Its a Friend of ours) And their moving, but since its so old nobody really wants it but we know how much work they did to it and that its in perfect codition, so either we buy it or they donate it so things are looking good

Minime · « **Reply #417 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:45:07 »

tell them to donate it to me, I'll even let them pay for transport over here, that how kind I am

Anyway hope you get that boat, and if you do, be sure to take some nice pics to show us.

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #418 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:48:31 »

I love taking the boat to about 40MPH and turning hard, feels like your either going in the water, or flying in the air.

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #419 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:49:46 »

dont worry I will! And I need to find pics of our old boats we had a small 27 foot sea ray with 1 engine ( not sure the specs. And we had a 32 foot Baja Speedboat with two (Small) 454 horsepower Chevy Big Block Engines went 70-80 MPH I miss that boat

Minime · « **Reply #420 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:50:59 »

sounds like you must have had fun

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #421 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:54:35 »

How couldnt you! Many good times in the big boat.....it really was fun! My dads laptop is missing, and thats where the picsturs are, or it could be on any of our other 8 computers

Minime · « **Reply #422 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:56:26 »

ah, it's not so smart to get too fast boats here, since it's hard to find any good weather for that stuff.

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #423 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:01:46 »

Yea, well thats the thing with boating, like the yacht many people have the oopen upper flybridge for 2 reasons, they like being outside, and its cheaper, my dad had the option when the owner was building the yacht to get wither a Command Bridge or outside, he chose command bridge, So if your running inthe winter time you an have heat and be comfortable, and when theres waves when our in the ocean and the splash doesnt come towhere you are, because he has video of rough seas and the windows being pummeled with water

Minime · « **Reply #424 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:04:28 »

sounds very nice and expensive, but wheres my fishing deck?

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