Can I do this with my 23 Tsunami????

[Fr. Frank]

Not sure my 25 will get going fast enough to mimic that video (or if there is still enough craziness in me) but I would not mind finding out (once).

In those 4'-5' seas, you can easily launch off a wave at about 23-25 mph.

[strick]

If all goes well, mine will be back together and I'll be testing on Monday or Tuesday. Looks to be a bumpy day, we'll see.

get some video for us....I need a shot of adrenalin for the 25 restore...doing lots of boring sanding and fairing right now [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

strick

[Islandtrader]

get some video for us....I need a shot of adrenalin for the 25 restore...doing lots of boring sanding and fairing right now [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

strick

Ditto Strick I think I have been doing this for the last 2 years

Now it is so frickin' cold (for FL.) that to work out side is a real PIA. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Bushwacker]

Would be a piece of cake for a 23! I ran my Seafari like that for about 30 miles on my first trip back from the Bahamas in 3-4' seas . . . completely airborne on about every 10th wave! Of course I was 34 years younger and dumber back then! Carl Moesly raced the original SeaCraft 21 for 500 miles at WOT in MANY races in conditions MUCH WORSE than that! If you think that video is wild, you should see some of the films of the offshore powerboat races from the 60's! Those guys were nuts, mostly in their 20's at the time. (Moesly was in his 40's and not particularly well liked by some of the young guys in the big 1000 hp inboards that he often beat with his twin 110 I-6 Merc's, but they definitely respected him and his boats!) BTW, that Formula is little stern heavy, as indicated by the stern sinking faster than the bow when he went airborne. Moesly used a ballast tank in the bow of his race boat to eliminate that problem! (check out his ballast tank patent on Carla's web site, www.moeslyseacraft.com!)

[Fr. Frank]

For a couple of years, while managing marinas, I ran a few races as a throttle-man for Gulfwind Marine. None of the major events, but smaller, local 50-100 mile regattas. Back then Gulfwind was partly owned by Steve Stepp, and I throttled on a 30' Velocity with twin 'Rude V8 outboards and a 33' Sutphen with Arneson drives.

I've seen the videos of those 500 mile races. They WERE crazy.

[Bigshrimpin]

That boat wouldn't get so much air if they tucked in the motors. Those guys are really trying hard to launch the boat.