Any comments?

[KEVIN]

Thinking of buying a convincer.All boats I know have downfalls can anyone be honest with me It will be used in salt water as well as fresh. Is it a good rough water boat?? That's a big concern of mine.
Ive been on alot of performance boats but never a convincer but everytime I see a convincer the bow is going up and down alot. Please respond Kevin

[disturbed]

It really depends on how big of a convincor that you are thinking about.I have a 242 which in all is a 25' boat.I am in mainly fresh water,butthere are always 3 to 4ft rollers and choppy waves here .My boat does come out of the water alot but it is the smooth landing that makes the diffrence.The deep hull that checkmates have is the key to a very comfortable ride.If you where to get into a 30 convincor or a 32 or even the 330 ZT im sure that you would be pleased.

Boating is not a past time its a disease

[Chris]

Well, I can tell you my little 17' Pulse is an incredible rough water boat. I'm sure its big brother must be pretty awesome! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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[Chris]

I'm going to send this over to the Play To Win forum. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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[KEVIN]

Im thinking of getting a 25 foot range trailerable. But yes thats a big concern is the pounding as long as its smooth coming back in the water thats ok with me.

[Bill]

The key to a good ride depends a lot upon the driver. Keep the boat horozontal. Many people think that to fly over the wave, you need to trim out and get the bow up, that will cause you to pound, even with a 24 degree dead rise. First, you need trim tabs. Also where the tabs are depends on the boat, water, speed, wind, ect, but use the tabs to push the bow through the waves and trim the drive to keep the prop shaft horozontal with a flat plain to keep rpm's up. You do not want the bow to dig. Watch Offshore racing and you see those guys (almost) always keep the boat flat. Flat is fast and smooth. Airbourne is slow, rough, and borderline out of control. I must admit, I love to be out of control!!
I boat on the Mississippi which believe it or not, gets very rough. WhenI went throught he process of picking out my next boat, I would have prefered the ZT220 closed deck, but that only has a 19 degree dead rise, so I went with the ZT240 because of the 24 degree dead rise. Generally boats without a pad are also better in rough water.