Fastest SOB hull???

[vnemous]

So I hear. I am just minutes away from break in. I will be at the next run to represent. Dying to get a close look at ericks 200

[vnemous]

Races in Atlantic City this sunday just sayin. We have about 5 or 6 sobs racing in class 7 there is even an ox66 in the pack

[Chummy]

Just curious, never been around the ocean don't know what ocean boats are supposed to do....Best riding boat I ave been in is an LCB cat that ate up some rough water but even that boat had a point where it didn't like the bigger waves. Will a SOB outride an LCB? or 21 Skater?

That would be a good question for Brent, I know he has ran with some of those boats.

[dnelson964]

Just curious, never been around the ocean don't know what ocean boats are supposed to do....Best riding boat I ave been in is an LCB cat that ate up some rough water but even that boat had a point where it didn't like the bigger waves. Will a SOB outride an LCB? or 21 Skater?

Bigger and heavier SOB's with deepvee's tend to 'slice' and power through larger waves with better control. I was going 80's 2 weekends ago, Lake boating and just after filming another SOB running thru .75"-1.2' junk I came upon some angled waves maybe a bit worse (happens more often then not), went bow up and saw the sky briefly, the other boat (Mikeylarge) said he could see the floor of my boat before I came back down. My SOB landed back down like it landed onto a soft pillow, I still had full control and continued on like nothing happened. That's how an SOB handles things.

See what you missed Mike...LOL.

[xb03fs]

They have a pretty deep long keel. I think the point it goes from smooth the slamming is the sponsons that run to the front to provide stability for fishing and and keep you dry start in rough water tend to trap water instead of letting it expell once waves reach a point. The boat goes from extremely good to not so good with not a lot in between. Generally speaking if it launches evenly bow and stern together fairly soft landing, if you let the nose come up and the stern stays down it slams..again I think it is due to the way the sponsons trap water...

[mariawhitetrash]

Here's some pictures from our race last weekend


He landed safely and won our class






This one's a 25 footer running twin 200xs





And here's a video of the start run and first lap from onboard

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We had a poor start but found a nice rhythm as the race went on

[xb03fs]

I would not be feared of the condistions in that video at all.I would take that over barge and cruisser stuff any day....I hope those are not considered SOB conditions...Looked like a farily rough ride as well. That would be conditions I would feel comfortable around 65-70ish faster if not worrying about the other boat wakes..maybe the waves don't show through in the video I could be wrong. they look what I would conside 12" -18" stuff

[mariawhitetrash]

I would not be feared of the condistions in that video at all.....I hope those are not considered SOB conditions...Looked like a farily rough ride as well. That would be conditions I would feel comfortable around 65-70ish

Nice edit. No you wouldn't feel comfortable at 70ish, not even the V24s which are made for those conditions are 'comfortable' at 70. If you could run 70 in those conditions then why havent Allisons dominated offshore racing for 30 years like the Phantoms running in my class? Of course it was a rough ride, it was rough water!

That was with a GoPro with a wide angle lens from right in front of my screen, I can assure you there were much bigger holes than 18"!!

[mariawhitetrash]

Don't forget we're not just running in the chop generated by the wind (which was force 5 on the beaufort scale) but we also have ocean swells and fast running tide, which when it's against the wind makes for awful conditions.



that photo was taken from 30ft up on the sea wall, and look at how low in the trough of a wave the white boat is... A bit more than 18"!

[xb03fs]

I will assume water conditions don't translate to video well. Because the video didn't look bad

[mariawhitetrash]

I will assume water conditions don't translate to video well. Because the video didn't look bad

My back says otherwise

Horses for courses I think is the saying that applies here, I'd love to have a massive lake and 90+mph boats to play in!

[xb03fs]

I prefer rivers..on rivers you can hold em WOT for miles

I don't have any rough water videos, I have one I can share but it is pretty darn smooth and only with my ski prop so it is not fast upper 60's with too much trim to get there

[Mitchie]

Once the Koolaid is consumed... The hold is very strong. Look at the swell in Mariah's last picture..!!!! You can hardly see the back of the white boats with twins!!!! Any Allison/Triad/SRV would be launched in the air and most of them broken while trying to run 70ish in that. Good Grief. How fast will and A-boat run in these white caps?

[whipper]

once the koolaid is consumed... The hold is very strong. Look at the swell in mariah's last picture..!!!! You can hardly see the back of the white boats with twins!!!! Any allison/triad/srv would be launched in the air and most of them broken while trying to run 70ish in that. Good grief. How fast will and a-boat run in these white caps?

101 :d

[Mitchie]

101 :d

Our boats might get home in that crap... But they would be cracked and we would be wet. I took this picture across the road from my house. I have run over 100mph in this exact location though.