Where has all the excitement gone?
02-18-2018, 08:54 AM
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Not my Statement, very close friends that we go out with often. You can find my Sonic in that youtube link you posted, i have videos of it there. I sold it 2 years back and bought a small CC we sold in 17, now no clue whats next but we have a seat every weekend on thr Statement so hard to not just take that offer lol.
02-18-2018, 09:18 AM
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The CC's are just easier for this area.
I am sure i have seen ya at eggmont. Just a couple yes ago we would have my Old sonic, a big yellow and orange MTI, the 41 Apache, a 38 donzi, and Ray Hamkys old school 35.
Now all thats left is Rays boat and the Apache but the apache owner got a twin diesel 54 sea ray and now the apache never leaves and we all went to CC boats.
I think we all love power boats and maybe if we had a lake and a short season a lot might still have them. In this area though the CC works the best and gets there juat as fast these days.
Taking a couple Statements today to american social on Harbor island, should be a good run.
I am sure i have seen ya at eggmont. Just a couple yes ago we would have my Old sonic, a big yellow and orange MTI, the 41 Apache, a 38 donzi, and Ray Hamkys old school 35.
Now all thats left is Rays boat and the Apache but the apache owner got a twin diesel 54 sea ray and now the apache never leaves and we all went to CC boats.
I think we all love power boats and maybe if we had a lake and a short season a lot might still have them. In this area though the CC works the best and gets there juat as fast these days.
Taking a couple Statements today to american social on Harbor island, should be a good run.
02-19-2018, 06:59 AM
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02-19-2018, 09:09 AM
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The CC's are just easier for this area.
I am sure i have seen ya at eggmont. Just a couple yes ago we would have my Old sonic, a big yellow and orange MTI, the 41 Apache, a 38 donzi, and Ray Hamkys old school 35.
Now all thats left is Rays boat and the Apache but the apache owner got a twin diesel 54 sea ray and now the apache never leaves and we all went to CC boats.
I think we all love power boats and maybe if we had a lake and a short season a lot might still have them. In this area though the CC works the best and gets there juat as fast these days.
Taking a couple Statements today to american social on Harbor island, should be a good run.
I am sure i have seen ya at eggmont. Just a couple yes ago we would have my Old sonic, a big yellow and orange MTI, the 41 Apache, a 38 donzi, and Ray Hamkys old school 35.
Now all thats left is Rays boat and the Apache but the apache owner got a twin diesel 54 sea ray and now the apache never leaves and we all went to CC boats.
I think we all love power boats and maybe if we had a lake and a short season a lot might still have them. In this area though the CC works the best and gets there juat as fast these days.
Taking a couple Statements today to american social on Harbor island, should be a good run.
02-19-2018, 09:37 AM
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We hit Egmont or Passage Key almost every weekend in the summer, we'll watch for you guys. We have a Pachanga 22, which isn't really a "go-fast" by the standards of this board but we've still got a healthy big block that makes noise. We were looking at the boat styles during Gasparilla and it's crazy how the CC's are everything. We saw one bright cat (Spectre maybe, we didn't get too close) and one all white Fountain and 1 or two Baja's. Other than that is CC, big cruisers or small runabouts. My shops works on a lot of boats and we might see 1-2 go-fast a year. We've got a 32 Sunsation that we did last year coming in for more work before the Tampa Bay Poker run. Otherwise, its fishing boat city around here
That all white fountain is a friends and he had just finished the rebuilt on it the weekend before and he was prob running with his buddy that has a newer style 32 Spectre Cat that is red and grey.
02-19-2018, 10:11 AM
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Issue I have the CC I could buy with what i would get out of my boat would not come close to having the performance or be near as nice.
It would be a old slow fishing boat, I have no desire to fish and like performance. OB cats are cool but even more single focused and insurance is nuts, in FL.
So for now I am stuck with my reliable HP500EFI 85 mph closed bow V. Next boat no idea, but if it doesn't have performance I will have to get it somewhere else. I have been a gearhead my whole life and love it, bikes/cars/boats! I just like to drive things.
02-19-2018, 12:17 PM
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Wouldn't it just be a Statement CC?
Issue I have the CC I could buy with what i would get out of my boat would not come close to having the performance or be near as nice.
It would be a old slow fishing boat, I have no desire to fish and like performance. OB cats are cool but even more single focused and insurance is nuts, in FL.
So for now I am stuck with my reliable HP500EFI 85 mph closed bow V. Next boat no idea, but if it doesn't have performance I will have to get it somewhere else. I have been a gearhead my whole life and love it, bikes/cars/boats! I just like to drive things.
Issue I have the CC I could buy with what i would get out of my boat would not come close to having the performance or be near as nice.
It would be a old slow fishing boat, I have no desire to fish and like performance. OB cats are cool but even more single focused and insurance is nuts, in FL.
So for now I am stuck with my reliable HP500EFI 85 mph closed bow V. Next boat no idea, but if it doesn't have performance I will have to get it somewhere else. I have been a gearhead my whole life and love it, bikes/cars/boats! I just like to drive things.
Even being friends with the owners a Statement CC is still a bit out of reach for us at this time but it is a hope in the future to get a 35 from them.
We went out again yesterday with Nick as well in his trip 38 and my buddies 35 duel Merc boat. We ran just a touch slower then the 38 with triples, had a cruise of 49-51 mph area and got her up into the mid 60's with more to go. That was every bit as fast as my Sonic and we had 9 people on boat, room to spare, and the ride was out standing, hard to beat that.
