The Boat Thread

**commandomatt** · 02-07-2014

Was talking to MI Viper about boats and figured may as well start a thread with something that many other gear heads enjoy.

Plus it can really tie in since one of the best engines are made by Ilmor...a V10 Viper based engine that they are really squeezing some very good and reliable (NA) horsepower out of. 725 hp / 649 ft lbs makes it the most powerful NA marine engine available

After all, when it comes to straight pipes right at the water line, bikinis, few speed limits, cops or lanes to stay with in.....boating is just a great way to blow off some steam...or just kick back. Water is a good thing

So show us what you have that floats.....

I run a 05, 32' Sunsation Dominator. Twin 496 HO's (425 hp ea). I'm a lake boater but Lake Powell is only 2 hours away and it has 3000 miles of shore line, so definitely enough water to burn some fuel. That's at 0.9 MPG by the way.

Matt

**Mbccenter** · 02-08-2014

Donzi 38ZX here... Great fun with the family.

**FLATOUT** · 02-08-2014

Damn Matt! Very very nice! I want to pick up a Malibu Z06 boat and TT it lol.

**MI Viper** · 02-09-2014

Hey Matt,
Thanks for starting this thread. Here are our boats

2006 Hustler 388 with 600SCI's,

2000 Nordic Flame, with 2002 HP500's getting installed at Mystic power boats, soon

2007 Hydrostream Voyager XT, with a Merc 225HP O/B, our ski boat..

**MI Viper** · 02-09-2014

Matt,
Here is the latest Mystic C5000 that is headed to the Miami Boat show this week, and I'll be there Friday and Saturday, working the Mystic booth..
MI V.

**commandomatt** · 02-09-2014

MI,

Nice shots...the Hustler is a great looking boat

The Mystic is amazing (looks close to a SSG green). Does that come with an open cabin as well ? Did they put 700's in that or are the new Merc big turbos in it ?

Have a great time at the Miami show. Hope you feel a bit guilty as the rest of the country is in a deep freeze !!

Matt

**ACRucrazy** · 02-09-2014

Even if I could afford a boat, I most likely couldn't afford the fuel or repairs lol.

Bring Out Another Thousand!

**IndyRon** · 02-09-2014

Originally Posted by ACRucrazy

Even if I could afford a boat, I most likely couldn't afford the fuel or repairs lol.

Bring Out Another Thousand!

With the boats pictured above, its more like BOATT......Bring Out Another Ten Thousand...

I'd love to have any of the above pictured toys. That said, growing up on the coast of Louisiana on the water, hopping on the boat was about 100 feet from the back door of the house and going. Since moving to the midwest, I just can't get into the hassle of dealing with trailering even the Sea-Doo's anywhere. What should be 4-5 hrs of fun turns into a whole weekend of preparation...call me lazy or spoiled, but it isn't worth it to me. Now, If I were to move back to waterfront property, especially with unlimited virgin rivers plus lakes and the Gulf, then game on!

**MI Viper** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by IndyRon

With the boats pictured above, its more like BOATT......Bring Out Another Ten Thousand...

I'd love to have any of the above pictured toys. That said, growing up on the coast of Louisiana on the water, hopping on the boat was about 100 feet from the back door of the house and going. Since moving to the midwest, I just can't get into the hassle of dealing with trailering even the Sea-Doo's anywhere. What should be 4-5 hrs of fun turns into a whole weekend of preparation...call me lazy or spoiled, but it isn't worth it to me. Now, If I were to move back to waterfront property, especially with unlimited virgin rivers plus lakes and the Gulf, then game on!

Yep,
I hate the boat ramp, just idiots everywhere, that is why we have this...

**MI Viper** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by commandomatt

MI,

Nice shots...the Hustler is a great looking boat

The Mystic is amazing (looks close to a SSG green). Does that come with an open cabin as well ? Did they put 700's in that or are the new Merc big turbos in it ?

Have a great time at the Miami show. Hope you feel a bit guilty as the rest of the country is in a deep freeze !!

Matt

Matt,
This a SBI Race boat, and will have a pair of 1600HP Stotler Blower motors in it... Here's pic of a pleasure C5000, w/ 1800HP Turbines in it. The 1 that we were setting up at the boat show last night here in the second pic, (my Ford P/S sitting next to it) has 1350 Mercs in it.
Thanks,
Dean

**VoodooRob** · 02-10-2014

05 Formula Fastech 353, Merc Racing 525s with Merc Racing ITS extension boxes, XR drives and 5 blade Maximus props. Engines are a total of aprox 1,100hp (1,050hp at the props) and runs on 87 octane. If I had to choose between the boat and the Viper....I wouldn't be without a boat. We live on the water, it's an easy choice.
IMG_20130719_181207_202.jpg 353 Side View.jpg IMG_20130519_101102_737.jpg IMG_20130813_201610_298.jpg IMG_20130711_173931_088.jpg

**Vital velocity** · 02-10-2014

Damn yall have some serious boats! Here is my Crownline LPX with a 6.2L

**commandomatt** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by VoodooRob

05 Formula Fastech 353, Merc Racing 525s with Merc Racing ITS extension boxes, XR drives and 5 blade Maximus props. Engines are a total of aprox 1,100hp (1,050hp at the props) and runs on 87 octane. If I had to choose between the boat and the Viper....I wouldn't be without a boat. We live on the water, it's an easy choice.
IMG_20130719_181207_202.jpg 353 Side View.jpg IMG_20130519_101102_737.jpg IMG_20130813_201610_298.jpg IMG_20130711_173931_088.jpg

Voodoo....Awesome boat. Really like the 525's. Great quality and not stressed out at all. Wish I lived closer to the water but I still cant see giving it up.

Matt

**ACRucrazy** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by IndyRon

With the boats pictured above, its more like BOATT......Bring Out Another Ten Thousand...

Oh absolutely. While Viper's and Lambos are cool and all, a drop in the bucket to some of the rigs on the water, literally LOL.

**MI Viper** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by ACRucrazy

Oh absolutely. While Viper's and Lambos are cool and all, a drop in the bucket to some of the rigs on the water, literally LOL.

So true!!!. that's just another of many, many reasons I love our Snake, compared to our boats, it's CHEAP to own and operate. And my wife, if she had it her way, we would sell 2of 3 three boats, (Just keep the ski boat) and buy a Gen V!

**ACRucrazy** · 02-10-2014

I like the way your wife thinks. LOL

This is what I think when I think boats.

**MI Viper** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by ACRucrazy

I like the way your wife thinks. LOL

This is what I think when I think boats.

Pretty much true, EXCEPT out in the ocean running our 388, I can't get a SPEEDING TICKET!!!!

**VoodooRob** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by Vital velocity

Damn yall have some serious boats! Here is my Crownline LPX with a 6.2L

It's about getting out there and enjoying the water. Someone will always have something bigger, better, faster, etc. Boating is an escape and that is hard to put a price on... well at $5.75/gallon marine non-ethanol, 149 gallons, when running hard burning 85 GPH I guess a price can be put on it! I started out with something easy to handle and work on then moved up from there.
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No matter what you have, enjoy the hell out of it. Many people are not so lucky.

**VoodooRob** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by commandomatt

Voodoo....Awesome boat. Really like the 525's. Great quality and not stressed out at all. Wish I lived closer to the water but I still cant see giving it up.

Matt

Thank you very much. I looked at the Sunnys, I like the boats and the build quality but the right one never came up and I looked for 1 1/2 yrs. I agree on the 525s, I think they are the best all around power that Merc Race makes. Took awhile to find the right boat but couldn't be happier to have a fridge, a/c, electric footrests/seats and still get 84 MPH for a decent price.
You would have a ton of fun on Lake Erie on one of the Poker Runs with that Sunny. How does your boat fly? Nice, flat, and predictable? Bulletproof 496 H.O.'s can't beat that.
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**commandomatt** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by Vital velocity

Damn yall have some serious boats! Here is my Crownline LPX with a 6.2L

Vital..Just what Voodoo said, besides you have a great ride....love the color (got a weak spot for Yellow). Sweet tow vehicle as well.

Matt

**commandomatt** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by VoodooRob

Thank you very much. I looked at the Sunnys, I like the boats and the build quality but the right one never came up and I looked for 1 1/2 yrs. I agree on the 525s, I think they are the best all around power that Merc Race makes. Took awhile to find the right boat but couldn't be happier to have a fridge, a/c, electric footrests/seats and still get 84 MPH for a decent price.
You would have a ton of fun on Lake Erie on one of the Poker Runs with that Sunny. How does your boat fly? Nice, flat, and predictable? Bulletproof 496 H.O.'s can't beat that.
IMG_20130720_111910_767.jpg boat 3.jpg

I really like the Sunsation. Great, fast hull. Doesn't have all the creature comforts you got in the Fastech, but big enough underneath to get away.

You going to think its funny but at Lake Powell, we look for the tour Ferries. They throw a great wake. Just sneak up on them from behind and then launch....incredible feeling to be airborne with 6500 lbs underneath you (Fastech probably more like 8500 isn't it?). Gives the people on the ferry something to talk about to. Boat does fly well...real flat. I am always amazed how smooth it lands.

Lake Erie sounds good...but what a haul to get there. It would take me 3 days

Nice aerial shoots of your boat by the way.

Matt

**VoodooRob** · 02-10-2014

Originally Posted by MI Viper

Hey Matt,
Thanks for starting this thread. Here are our boats

2006 Hustler 388 with 600SCI's,

2000 Nordic Flame, with 2002 HP500's getting installed at Mystic power boats, soon

2007 Hydrostream Voyager XT, with a Merc 225HP O/B, our ski boat..

388 Looks in nice shape. I don't know much about the Hustlers. How's the cabin, or lack there of? Have you done the 250 hr service on the 600 heads? That's what is getting done to my 525s over this long winter.

**MI Viper** · 02-11-2014

Originally Posted by VoodooRob

388 Looks in nice shape. I don't know much about the Hustlers. How's the cabin, or lack there of? Have you done the 250 hr service on the 600 heads? That's what is getting done to my 525s over this long winter.

Rob,
The cabin is HUGE compared to most, we looked at a Donzi 38 ZR before the we bought the 388, and it was really short height, I couldn't sit up in the lounge seats. Wife said NO! I only have 130 hours on the 388, so it's still running strong, started her this past weekend, on the hose, try to run her 1 a month if I don't splash her....