Jack Redington wrote:
tony thomas wrote:

Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed
for it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque
of the engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big
hp/torque power plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it
you may find that it does not run straight.


I had a buddy that had a 19ft rs? Bowrider with the Z-Plane hull. with a
4.6 V6 the thing would do around 50mph. But it pounded any waves it hit.
One of the hardest riding boats I was ever on. The botton was pretty
flat. I have no idea what the deadrise was.

Capt Jack R..


That's what I like about the Stingray... a 50 MPH boat with just the 4.3
liter. On our little pond, the hull would be fine.

Rob

trainfan1 wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:

tony thomas wrote:

Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed
for it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque
of the engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big
hp/torque power plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it
you may find that it does not run straight.


I had a buddy that had a 19ft rs? Bowrider with the Z-Plane hull. with
a 4.6 V6 the thing would do around 50mph. But it pounded any waves it
hit. One of the hardest riding boats I was ever on. The botton was
pretty flat. I have no idea what the deadrise was.

Capt Jack R..


That's what I like about the Stingray... a 50 MPH boat with just the 4.3
liter. On our little pond, the hull would be fine.

Rob

Yep most boats have a enviroment that suits them well. If lots of big
boat wakes are not a problem the one my buddy had would be great, on gas
preformance etc. Lake Lanier was not a good home for it :-)

Cheers

Capt Jack R.

I'm doing low 60's in my 5.7 19.5" and it tracks straight. A little
squirley in light chop at that speed. Definately not a boat for rough water
though, pounds like hell. I think with a little more prop I could get to
65. Or a blower :-)

"tony thomas" wrote in message
news:KaPsd.448578$wV.385074@attbi_s54...
Which creates drag and partially defeats the purpose of more hp.

--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:14:29 GMT, "tony thomas"
wrote:

It is really fom the prop. You would be turning a lot bigger pitch prop
than stock which will pull on the boat more than the hull can support.

===============

Easily fixable with trim tabs in my experience.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:08:06 -0500, "Kyle" wrote:

anyone own a stingray powerboat

I have a Stingray 240CS. It's a good boat at a reasonable price.
It's a cheaply produced boat in some ways, but solid enough and suits
my needs just fine. I bought it new at the end of 2002 and I've had
very few problems with it. It rides great in the open ocean ( I go
pretty far offshore in it in New England waters,) and tops out close
to 50mph.
My 240cs fits my needs well as I need a boat that is fairly big, easy
to trailer, can live aboard for a week or so fairly comfortably, has
an enclosed head, stove and sink. I also wanted a cushy boat with nice
seats and good styling.
I paid only about $38k for it brand new with 5.0L EFI Mercruiser
and included a galvanized trailer as well as a few other extras I
threw in like a cockpit cover and full camper canvas. Compare that to
the cost of a similar Maxum and you'll see a major price difference.
IMHO, I think the quality of a Maxum is better , but not THAT much
better than the Stingray to justify the large price difference.
Anyway, you can check out the models at www.stingrayboats.com

For other reasonably priced pleasure boats you might check out Rinker
boats or Sea Ray boats.
..
For fishing boats I'd go for Parkers, Sea Swirls, or ( expensive)
Grady Whites.

John C.

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:04:07 GMT, "JamesgangNC"
wrote:

I'm doing low 60's in my 5.7 19.5" and it tracks straight. A little
squirley in light chop at that speed. Definately not a boat for rough water
though, pounds like hell. I think with a little more prop I could get to
65. Or a blower :-)


I bought a brand new 23' Stingray about 10 years ago. It was a fast
boat, but it was built too light, and suffered accordingly. Read my
full review he

http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj/stingray.htm

Dave