On Apr 9, 12:29*pm, Jack wrote:
On Apr 9, 1:16*pm, Tim wrote:

On Apr 9, 11:44*am, Jack wrote:

The new Premier is also a 25' tritoon, but it has a different center pontoon design. *With the Yamaha 250 on it,"

Cripes, Jack! *You do have a rocket sled on rails!

It'll only do about 40mph... big, heavy, and lots of drag. *But it's
comfortable and will snatch a slalom skier up from a deepwater start.
Did you ever see the video?

http://www.pontoons.com/ptx_performa...vantage_video/

The speed isn't that important to me unless a storm brews up while
we're out. *Then it's nice to be able to get back to the slip quicker.

Here on dial-up it's hard to watch vids, ut I've seen the ones witht
he pontoons going aout 85-80 mph. Screaming engine too!


Several years ago, a guy put a Mercury 200 hp "Black Max" on a 24'
Harris and it would get after it. The pontoons made a wierd 'singing'

It was really fun to ski behind. almost no wake.


Now concerning engine power, sometime ago I bought a derilict boat for
the outdrive, and I do have a 120 hp 4 cyl mercruiser I could park in
it. Which I doub't would have the torque of the v-4 Johnsons, but
would be more economical. Maybe not as much as a modern 4 cycle
outboard, but Hey, you run what you brung, y'know. Also, If I decide
to keep the thing, I may do some work with some hybrid gas/electric
ideas .....