need to be faster

[illMATTic]

so i have come to the conclusion that i need a bigger motor. there ar e too many boats faster than me on the river. there are too many 24' baja's on the water with 454s. im gonna be in the market for a 175 hp or so motor here soon. 51 mph isnt fast enough.

[jkeiper]

175 ain't enough. http://checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/biggthumpup.gif I have a 175 and want a 225x. Yeah baby! http://checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/bounce.gif

Jim

[DONCONVINCER]

Be carefull with wanting to get much over 65 in that Predictor The boat becomes an aircraft at about 70. Mine had an In-Line 140,it's real scarey when the bow lifts. You better be wearing a dead man teather.

[jgreen]

Ya know what? these 175 efi motors on a 185 pulse, they fly pretty good. Mine was airborne for a second or two on sunday. What a feeling!! Tell me, should all checkmate owners have pilots licenses? http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[DONCONVINCER]

Making 'em FLY is lots of fun. What's really fun is flying through a series of about 3' rolling swells. If you get your speed right you can pop through a few and get air repeatedly.
Your Pulse with the 175 ought to fly good. I once had a Predictor,at high speeds they get scarey. Something about a 750lb boat with a max of 16 gal of gas at 65mph compared to a 1400lb boat with 30gallons of gas .. both with the same enging.... 2 different animals
My boat at 3000lb+ with 400+hp is a different animal still...

[jgreen]

How's the landing? mine was nice and easy, but I bet comming off a bigger wave, catching more air, they can probobly get pretty rough and scarey. http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[DONCONVINCER]

Last year I was out on the Patapsco River outside Baltimore,Md. The water was real rough with 3 foot rollers and white caps. I could get on top of them and skip through 3 or 4 at a time at about 45-50 MPH. The engine rev between swells sounded real good. I had lots of fun launching off the waves. Some of the landings were real slamers. I could come up and hit the throttle and fly. http://checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/surf.gif The 2 guys I had with me were laughing, the girl was scared to death. When we got back to the house I found some damage. The battery hold down broke and one of the gas tank brackets broke and one of the back seat brackets broke. http://checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/Eyecrazy.gif

[jgreen]

What's up with the girls anyway, my wife won't ride with me when I want to go "play" she always wants to go back to the dock. http://checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/irked.gif

[jgreen]

But, my daughter loves it! http://checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

[illMATTic]

i was just out on the saginaw bay this weekend. as i wet out there were only 1 footers wich was fine. as the day went on we were in 3-4 footers. its fun to hit a couple when your flyin down the river, but when there all over and your boat it at a 45 deg. angle........ it gets tirsome. some were so tall all i could see was water or sky.

[DONCONVINCER]

My wife doesn't mind going fast,to a point, as long as its on smooth water. The wind makes it real hard to see above about 55-60, that's when she starts fussing. She's ok in rough water as long as the bow's up and the speed is reasonable. I don't usualy see much more than 1' waves where I go, most of the time it's reasonably smooth