Building the fastest V-hull boats in the world

[WavetoWave]

Our interview with Marcus from Nitra Boats was really popular, so we did another with Mark Weigl from Tuff Marine. Mark talks about the 24 design, a new model coming up and how he got started. When you look at the 28 and 24 performance based on power, they are about the fastest V-hulls around. The 28 is doing 121 MPH with an Ilmor 725 and the 24 is at 98 MPH with a stock Evinrude 250HO. Mark alludes to next years demo 24 beating that with a 300.

https://www.wavetowave.com/home/2017/10/16/10-questions-with-mark-weigl-tuff-marine

[JasonRS]

Great read, thanks! Any Tuff boat model is definitely on the dream list for me!!

[David]

Thanks very much. My lotto dream has advanced from a 21 to a 24

[wickedwitthestix]

Tuffs re enter the water like my 24 sb

[Ghost S84]

Curious if anyone has footage of a Tuff 28 running in some nasty 4'-6' seas?

[FUJIMO]

Curious if anyone has footage of a Tuff 28 running in some nasty 4'-6' seas?
Curious myself. Mentioned it in the past, to no avail. All lake stuff. Any size Tuff racing out there?

[idvette]

Curious myself. Mentioned it in the past, to no avail. All lake stuff. Any size Tuff racing out there?

Taken from interview:

We could make a rough water wave killer Vee bottom but why? There are lots of them out there, so we seem to be in the “worlds fastest in category” game of Vee bottoms.

[WavetoWave]

Curious if anyone has footage of a Tuff 28 running in some nasty 4'-6' seas?

I do know that some have ballasts, so you could certainly add some weight easily to keep it planted. I know Lake Ontario near where they are built gets really nasty.