New TUFF 24 ft hull

[TooStroked]

That's the absolute sexiest 24 I've ever seen! Maybe even the sexiest boat I've ever seen.

Just noticed the thru hull fitting on the starboard bow. Ballast Tank?

[AZMIDLYF]

The red outboard has one. Not sure on this one.

[mragu]

If this was made in a bowrider, or a low console, center console, I think I would have to go back on my word of never buying a new boat. I got the motor now just need a boat. The lines on this boat are beautiful!

[cdaallison]

This is the perfect boat. I am interested to see how it performs. mike

[DPT Motorsports]

Awesome. Love the lines of the new hull. Would be really sweet to see one built with a single ROS motor.

[blacktruck]

Stunning. Love it.

[Greg G]

And a Sunday morning bump for the factory and the new 24' OB

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Written by Eric Colby

Tuff Marine president Mark Weigl is so early in the process of designing his company’s next boat that he’s not even sure about the overall length, but that didn’t stop two customers from buying the first pair. “There’s already two pre-sold and I haven’t even shown anyone a picture of it,” said Weigl. The buyers who have committed to buying the first two are both owners of Tuff 21s and they wanted bigger boats. The company builds a 28-footer, but it’s too big for many of the boathouses on Canada’s Lake Muskoka, where many Tuff boat owners live and boat, so Weigl decided on a new boat in the 24-foot range. Without a finished model to show Weigl reportedly has two orders already for his upcoming Tuff Marine 24-foot single-engine V-bottom.

Weigl explained that customers have put some big power on the company’s 21-foot model and that, like any boat in this size range, that boat can run triple digit speeds, but only in the right conditions. With a beam in the 7-foot range, the new model will actually be narrower than the Tuff 21. “I’m convinced that I can match the speeds of the 21 (with the new 24), but with everything being easier, longer boat, smoother ride and more cockpit space,” he said.

The first Tuff 24 will be powered by an Evinrude E-TEC G2 250 two-stroke outboard engine while the second one will have an Ilmor Marine 570 with an IMCO drive with an SCX upper and an SC lower. The base price for the outboard version minus power is slightly less than $47,000 while the sterndrive configuration without an engine and drive comes in right under $50,000. Like all Tuff models, the 24-foot offering will run on a V-bottom with a pad. There are two full-length strakes on each side and Weigl said the pad has a multi-stage design. The primary surface is 8 to 10 inches wide. Moving out a couple of inches on each side, it steps down slightly and there’s a second step down to an outer pad. Weigl said the boat will start climbing up on the outer sections of the pad at about 70 mph, and then the design will continue to try to pick up the boat. “The only way to make a boat go faster is to get it up out of the water,” he said. “I’m trying to use aerodynamics and above under the boat to get that lift.”

Weigl said he’s taking the same basic approach as designers of other pad bottom boats. “Tuff Marine is taking care of the details and spending double the time on the details, going for the last five miles per hour” he said. The Tuff 24 will be built with balsa core in the bottom and foam in the hull sides and deck. The transom is cored in Baltek birch. The buyers of the first two boats have asked for carbon fiber in the laminate as well. One thing Weigl won’t do is offer a bowrider or cuddy cabin versions of his boats. “If you start putting stuff that far forward, it negates what a pad-bottom boat is all about,” he said.

Like the Tuff 21’ and 28’ models, the 24 will have two bucket seats and an aft bench. “I used to say, if you need your wife’s permission or you want something practical, it’s not for you,’” said Weigl. “It’s a hot rod.”

[TooStroked]

So I have to ask. What's up under the bow in one of these? Is it finished at all or just bare?

[mragu]

Spoke to Mark about possibly extending the cockpit of the 24.
Not possible due to configuration of back.
Spoke about extending the cockpit of a 28'. Yes, that can be done.
Got a great price on a 28'.Love the exchange rate
Delivery, late fall 2017
Back to the drawing board

[AZMIDLYF]

mragu, I still think what you seek will be found among the west coast builders...or possibly a S. FL. one...

[mragu]

mragu, I still think what you seek will be found among the west coast builders...or possibly a S. FL. one...

Az,
Have seen that, wish they made it a little smaller. Like 24'. The thing I liked about the Tuff is that it would be pretty fast with a single. Mark stated 80 to 85. I think the 28' shell weighs about 1650 if I remember correctly.

[Greg G]

mragu, I still think what you seek will be found among the west coast builders...or possibly a S. FL. one.

Agree, many West Coast options BUT the challenge is getting the Tuff's narrow 7' 2" beam and 22 degrees of V. The narrow beam especially, no one out West has that IMO.

[blacktruck]

Agree, many West Coast options BUT the challenge is getting the Tuff's narrow 7' 2" beam and 22 degrees of V. The narrow beam especially, no one out West has that IMO.

Ya, not too many west coasters like that. I always liked Howards, the 25 Bullet is so nice. The old Howard 23 offshore was narrow 6'6, and 24 degree deadrise. Pretty timeless looking.

[AZMIDLYF]

Spoke to Mark about possibly extending the cockpit of the 24.
Not possible due to configuration of back.
Spoke about extending the cockpit of a 28'. Yes, that can be done.
Got a great price on a 28'.Love the exchange rate
Delivery, late fall 2017
Back to the drawing board

Why don't you get the Coens to build you a bowrider from the 24?

[623banshee]

The 21 Tuff and all hulls like them are big boats aerodynamically. Mark thinks ( and he has a pretty damn good track record of being right) that this 24 will run with 21 power for power.
I doubt the Allison will ever make it to market, at least no time soon.

I get confused sometimes so allow me to verify......you are indicating that this boat builder is saying that there 24 foot model equipped identically as there 21 foot model will have the same performance? Again, same engine prop combo running the same speed? So what else is identical? everything except the model designation numbers? Funny thing Ill bet that sitting side by side you cant tell the 21 from the 24! let me put this in the file with the boat that is faster against the current than with it on gps...