View Poll Results: outboard cats
28 skater 300s
52
47.27%
30 spectre 300s
18
16.36%
30 amt 300s
28
25.45%
some other cat 300s
12
10.91%
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Eggbeater cats
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by berns29scarab
when they know the water and the short cuts that always helps. i was there last year and watched them run along the shorelines not down the middle of the channel with the rest of us.
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by Havasu Cig
Sounds about right to me. The 28 I just sold was a rocket, and it would handle 2-3' chop easily. The one AMT that was in Havasu was about a 100 mph boat max. Very nice looking boat, but my Skater would walk all over it all day long. A Spectre with the same power as my Skater is at least 12 mph slower (probably closer to 15 but I am being nice). If I had to do it all over again I would buy another Skater. The only reason I sold it was because I did not have the time to use it. It is an awesome boat.
The Hot Toddy was definatly a scrammble and for the length of the run and the flat water, we were very happy were we came in.
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by Tantrum
This was some pretty decent water on Lake Champlain last year. GL has a wider shot showing more of the water and some big boat catching air.
That looks like an AWESOME photo! I clicked on it but could not enlarge. Could you e-mail it me? I hope you and the family are well.
Shane
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by Shane
Chris,
That looks like an AWESOME photo! I clicked on it but could not enlarge. Could you e-mail it me? I hope you and the family are well.
Shane
That looks like an AWESOME photo! I clicked on it but could not enlarge. Could you e-mail it me? I hope you and the family are well.
Shane
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Re: Eggbeater cats
chop isnt the issue...bring the 28 with me out either barnegat or manasquan inlets when we got 4-6ft swells with 1-2 ft chop across the top...been there done that...ask the owners of the 36 gladiator and the 39 OL i ran with from the manasquan inlet to the barnegat inlet with. they had me outside, but boy did i whoop there asssssses when we came back inside
Last edited by berns29scarab; 08-11-2006 at 09:45 AM. Reason: add'l info
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by Tantrum
Know question that a 28 Skater is a faster boat in chop. 2-3 is chop and just water that we normally run in. Nothing really to even mention however anybody that knows, and I think you are in the know, the Havasu AMT was not properly set up from the start. From what I hear it is running better back hear on the east coast.
The Hot Toddy was definatly a scrammble and for the length of the run and the flat water, we were very happy were we came in.
The Hot Toddy was definatly a scrammble and for the length of the run and the flat water, we were very happy were we came in.
I like the AMT, but on water like Lake Havasu (even when it gets windy and choppy) the Skater will smoke it all day long. As a matter of fact my Skater would handle water at 100+ that my west coast built cats could not handle at all. I think the rough water capability of the Skater is respectable IMO.
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by berns29scarab
chop isnt the issue...bring the 28 with me out either barnegat or manasquan inlets when we got 4-6ft swells with 1-2 ft chop across the top...been there done that...ask the owners of the 36 gladiator and the 39 OL i ran with from the manasquan inlet to the barnegat inlet with. they had me outside, but boy did i whoop there asssssses when we came back inside
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by Havasu Cig
I think the rough water capability of the Skater is respectable IMO.
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Re: Eggbeater cats
Originally Posted by Tantrum
I didnt mean to imply that a 28 Skater is not respectable, they are awsome. Its just my opinion that the 28's and 30's are two different boats. I looked for a nice 28 for a few years before I came across the AMT. After owning the AMT Im very happy that I did end up in the bigger boat for the conditions that we run.