Larger boat discussion

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

That's the money shot, bradford.

100 hours on a 12 year old motor

It can happen. When we got our Sundance it was 5 1/2 years old with 55 hours according to the ecm run time record. It's gotta be close to 100 now even with as little as we've used it. Some people don't use a boat but 1-2 times a year. Unfortunately old low time engines tend to have the most trouble. Age without useage is harder on seals and such than using them. And if left to sit that long and it wasn't fkushed, washed, and put away correctly can lead to alot of corrosion issues.

[Blue_Runner]

What do ya'll think of the 22/23ft cat hulls? Sea Cat, Prokat, World Cat, Glacier Bay? My old sore back likes what I've read about em, even with the handling differences b/t cat vs. mono. I've never ridden on one. Also really like the thought of twin 140 or 150 4 strokes on the back.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

What do ya'll think of the 22/23ft cat hulls? Sea Cat, Prokat, World Cat, Glacier Bay? My old sore back likes what I've read about em, even with the handling differences b/t cat vs. mono. I've never ridden on one. Also really like the thought of twin 140 or 150 4 strokes on the back.

I've always heard going into it or with it cats are great, but the 1st time you have one hook in crossing a sea, you'll never ride in one again. I know my dad grew to hate them when on his 3rd trip on one, he lost all his deep sea rods because they had a small cross wave hit them on plane, one side hooked, and THREW them all for a wild ride. Ended the trip because it threw every rod in a rocket launcher out of the boat.