freshwaterfiend

This boat is awesome - do you guys think a half ton would be enough to tow this boat or step up to at least a 3/4 ton?

Lake rat Skater

Great numbers and a beautiful boat. A little off topic but to answer the question above I think a half ton would do fine for small trips but if doing a lot of towing a 3/4 would be much more comfortable

kaama82

I pull my 32 Skater with a half ton.

jerzeejim

real sharp boat and very fast but lets call it what it is a race boat with 2 back seats

bulletbob

I agree. That is how I would order mine. I like to run mine hard and could do without a lot of frills ex. sunpad and seating for five. I would like a larger removable lid. I love it though. Aces!!

Matt Trulio

While I appreciate your point, I'd have to gently disagree.

From the story:

"The boat is a little heavier than a typical Doug Wright mainly because it’s a pleasure boat not a raceboat,” he continued. “It doesn’t have a full interior—we opted for four Sparco racing seats—but it has a stereo system, intercom communications and all kinds of anodized hardware, including a cool carbon-fiber trim-switch handle and panel we made in house. It’s about 300 pounds heavier than a 32-foot raceboat because the bulkheads and stringers were reinforced and because the owner wanted a little more range so the boat was modified to accommodate two 100-gallon fuel tanks instead of the standard 60-gallon tanks.”

mikebrls

To a NON racer 300 lb doesn't seem like much but to a racer that could be the difference between wining and loosing , even if it's 1 mph difference

pstorti

Really not helping your point with "sparco racing seats and carbon fiber trim" lol!

Matt Trulio

Sparco seats and carbon fiber trim define a "raceboat?" Come on Paul, you know way better than that.

Have you looked inside of the big poker run catamarans with full canopies lately? They are not raceboats, in essence or otherwise, but they often have raceboat-like features such as five-point restraints, Sparco seats and carbon fiber trim. Also, raceboat hardware tends to be limited to only the essentials, not "all kinds of anodized."

Double Rigged

Matt
I have to say I have personally seen the boat and not to take anything away from it but there is not much hardware on that boat and other than the 2 seats in the back and the extra weight from tanks, stringers etc for the 400's it is a close to a race boat as you can get.
Again it really does not matter either way as it is a great run. Let's all keep in mind the 124 was with 2 guys and not much fuel. Let's add fuel, people, coolers, anchor, chain, fenders, ropes, maybe a tool box and see what she does as these are all items that are in my boat on a daily basis.
I would guess that boat weighs around 4500lbs in comparison to Steve's Skater at 5500lbs. Skater has twice the cockpit and full interior that will seat 6 people. Both are beautiful boats and would love to own either one.
Just my 2 cents.