Charlotte, NC area: hate on OP, houses, boats & hoes

Probably don't wanna ask . A lot of it depends on the hull and cruise speed. I will say the a quint of 450Rs on the back of a big cat compared to a mono the cat can get 1mpg at a higher cruise speed than any of the same size monos on the market. So keeping that in mind I'd say on a cat cruise you may actually see just under 1 mpg and monos are probably going to be closer to the .5 mpg at cruise for the big boy CCs.

 

Yami is good I too look at it like you do the Merc just does a lot of things better. I wish that new 600 would of taken a note from the new zuk with pushing the engine up over and as far forward as possible over the pivot. It would put less stress on the transom and help a little with some of the weight balancing. That zuk 350 is like a mini version of the 600 in a lot of ways. Both to me are really pushing the envelopes in their markets. I think that the Merc 600 will be far more successful than the 7marine.

 

I also really like BBC



Big Black Cowling

 

Does playing with the trim get you any better speed or ride like it does on the "normal" hulls?

 

It doesn’t plane out quite like a V Hull but I can’t really go much over 35 without trimming. Pushing the trim up to the 1/4 mark let’s me get up to 40. Don’t think a regular pontoon acts like that as much with the triple toon and the “lifting Strakes” it kind of mimics a traditional boat.

 

Intersting and those lifting strakes are totally different than a normal hull and huge!

 

Explains better than I can.

https://www.benningtonmarine.com/en-us/performance-packages/

 

What model do you have. That's pretty interesting stuff.

 

SPS. So can only take up to 200 HP. But I’m kinda thinking anything over 150 is overkill, for Lake Wylie anyway.

 

I meant the R line Q etc.

 

Oh. The SV. V for “Value”, Cheapest model.

 

another engineering job, I know when we went on that NC105 ride you were joking I should go ahead and move out since I don't have kids, etc. Definitely a cool area

That sucks, I hope you can get back at it soon. I'm meeting some friends in Tahoe for another trip in March. They just got Dumped on

 

Tahoe is beautiful year round. Went out there in July a few years back, wheeled the Rubicon, got drunk as shit on a boat, spent too much at the casino, and sobbed soft kitty on the plane ride home. GREAT trip.

 

I wasn’t joking. If the job is good and you can find a place to live you should do it!

 

Always follow opportunity!!!

 

That’s vague and not at all a good idea! For example, you have an opportunity to make $10k on a drug run, scooting heroin across the northern border!

 

I don’t see a problem with that? He would be $10k richer!

 

Assuming it works out!