What do you think is the best V bottom boat being built today and why?
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a true answer is gonna come from a few with a lot of seat time...that person has to have been in all kinds of different water conditions with each hull
.the fit and finish most of us can see that and make that judgment ourselves.
.the fit and finish most of us can see that and make that judgment ourselves.
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Speedboats - I think Outerlimits is probably putting the most engineering effort into it. They apply a lot of fancy schmancy FEA and hydrodynamics engineering and have an engineer on staff (or at least they did). NorTech hasnt really changed their hull design have they? The decks have changed but the bottoms havent.
Center Consoles - While you are on V-bottoms dont forget efforts from CC guys like Midnight Express. They have some pretty impressive engineering for CC's.
Luxury - Merritt Yachts are using a LOT of composites and are running 10, 12, 15 knots faster than competitors with similar power and faster than themselves 5 years ago.
Center Consoles - While you are on V-bottoms dont forget efforts from CC guys like Midnight Express. They have some pretty impressive engineering for CC's.
Luxury - Merritt Yachts are using a LOT of composites and are running 10, 12, 15 knots faster than competitors with similar power and faster than themselves 5 years ago.
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Personally, I like outer limits. And yes fountain still holds the kilo record. My rationale? I'd trade my left nut for a new 43sv I don't know if I could say that about any other boat out there.
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This will probably turn into a bash thread but I am really just interested in which manufactures are still working to improve design. I would lean toward Outerlimits and Nor tech. Are their new hull designs better than the existing Fountain, Cig. Donzi hulls that have really not changed?
Foot for foot?
---(20 footers to 80 footers)
MPH for MPH?
---(stock power vs. [Mercury] production big power vs. exotic power)
Dollar for dollar?
---(working man's boat vs. unlimited budget)
CC vs. traditional go-fast sport-deck vs. hybrid
---(see Nor-Tech Monte Carlo, Cigarette Huntress/Opens, and several MCOB configs; which all blur lines)
And let's not even get into rough water handling because we can't even agree as a forum on what constitutes rough water.
I would have said Production vs. Custom builder as well; but there really are no production builders left. And the only factor that might enable such a conversation are specialty market dealers that are custom ordering custom boats from custom builders to have "in stock/on-hand" as demos to promote selling more custom boats.
Narrow down the scope a bit, MAYBE (yet extremely unlikely) this could be a meaningful discussion.
Last edited by Sydwayz; 12-07-2013 at 11:42 AM.
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Today- OL hands down!
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I'm going to go start the same type threads for cats now!! Hey it's winter and it blows lol
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