EVERYONE NEEDS ONE OF THESE

Ikan Besar · #1 01-12-2007, 06:37 PM

Good drug running boat I guess.....for the SKA off-season of course.

jongolds · #2 01-12-2007, 07:48 PM

Actually set up like the throttles on a 747 would look pretty cool.

I was picturing 4 throttles similar to the giant plastic mostrosity that I have for my single Merc 225. Four of them would take up an area about 2 feet wide on the console. You'd need pretty big hands.

muddywater · #3 01-13-2007, 08:21 PM

Um, isn't one of the big selling points of the Verado supposed to be that you can control multiple motors from one throttle.

Also, I seriously doubt those are 150's. If you can afford a 39' center console (why you would want one I don't know...) you can afford some 275's.

-Muddy

Capt Chuck · #4 01-14-2007, 11:24 AM

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If you can afford a 39' center console (why you would want one I don't know...)

Well lets see, Bahamas bound in a stiff 20 knot wind gusting over 6-8ft swells. A two million dollar 58’ sport fish would make 19 knots, a speed considered great!
How about a 45ft Center Console with twin 480HP Yanmar deisels clipping around @ 73mph

Click here for specs, details and more Pics -----> Don Smith Boats

NoBones · #5 01-14-2007, 08:53 PM

Dad gum-it Chuck, I knew I did not make the barn big enough
to put one of those in it.

For a good reason too. To keep me from wanting one of those bad boy's.

It is sweet, I saw them at the Miami Boat show and had all I
could do to walk straight after lookin' at one.

See ya, Ken

Fr. Frank · #6 01-15-2007, 12:57 AM

That Smith boat reminds me of the old early-mid 80's Tempest 44 cockpit sport yachts. It came with a choice of triple 370hp mercruisers turning TRS drives (remember those?) or if you wanted, it was available with twin 375 or 475hp Caterpillar diesels or with twin 610hp Detroit 12V92's. It was also available in a center console version with a single 900 hp 16V92, all with stainless inboard surface piercing drives. Stainless drive pic here. I understand only one of the single engine center consoles was ever made.

I was the Dockmaster at Waterway marina in Palm Beach Gardens and we were a Tempest dealer, although we only ever sold one of the 44's, and it had twin 475 Cats. We also had one with triple Mercruiser 44's in stock for more than a year. VERY expensive.

It was a heavy boat. Top speed with the gas Mercruisers was about 62, and with the 475hp Cat diesels it topped at about 65. I don't know what top speed was with the other set-ups.

Here's a couple of links with some pics of a Tempest
Tempest 44 for sale
Another here in FL
I understand Tempest still makes custom yachts, and still seems to prefer surface piercing drives. The current 72' Tempest comes standard with Triple Detroit Diesel 16V92's and surface drives, just like the 88' Tempest in the early 90's
88' Tempest from 1992

Wobbet60 · #7 02-01-2007, 12:23 AM

I went to the SeaVee open house on 1-20 where they showed the 39' for the first time. I took a bunch of pix and posted on ClassicMako. Here are the pix for the Seacraft guys from my CM thread.

http://www.classicmako.com/forum/top...earchTerms=Sea,Vee

FELLOW-SHIP · #8 02-01-2007, 11:46 AM

Ha Wobbet

Great pictures very impressive boat but for me the 29 or 31 would be the rite size.

FellowShip

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deepsushi · #9 02-01-2007, 04:54 PM

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Well lets see, Bahamas bound in a stiff 20 knot wind gusting over 6-8ft swells. A two million dollar 58’ sport fish would make 19 knots, a speed considered great!
How about a 45ft Center Console with twin 480HP Yanmar deisels clipping around @ 73mph

Well, truthfully I would much rather be doing 34 knots riding in one of these (while watching satellite tv on my 60 inch flat screen in my air conditioned cabin) than getting tossed around in that center console...

http://yachtworld.com/core/listing/b...g_id=5224&url=

and 34 knots is not even all that fast in 60 foot plus convertables these days... and 6-8 foot swells is like a duck pond to a 60 footer...

gbf03 · #10 02-01-2007, 06:04 PM

The dark blue 39 I believe is being built for a family friend of my brothers. These boats are being built in inticipation of the larger outboards that are expected to come. The 42, I think is suppose to be a express or day boat I cant remember what they told me. Yellowfin also has a 42 fisharound coming out, and I believe that intrepid has a 42 out right now. Another slightly smaller boat for those of you in the market for these rigs is the 36 invincible http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=583023 . They screamed past everyone in SKA Kw in the 6ft seas last weekend.