Perfect Havasu / River Runner?!

[Tank]

I’m
Not even a big outboard guy but this little 28’ cat by performance boats is pretty bad ass. I could definitely see cruising the river in this thing. Fantastic lines, good speed, cool runner.

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[jeepdog]

Nice. A couple 300 hundys, slam the sticks a buck twelve, bad ass

 

[lake p.a.l.]

Dial it in, will easily run 120+

 

[JFMFG]

I’m
Not even a big outboard guy but this little 28’ cat by performance boats is pretty bad ass. I could definitely see cruising the river in this thing. Fantastic lines, good speed, cool runner.

Twin-Outboard Performance Powerboats P-280 Cat Testing Underway

Performance Powerboats Twin Outboard P-280 Catamaran

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That red one is badass

 

[Todd Mohr]

What's the money on the one with 300's? Great looking float.

 

[lake p.a.l.]

What's the money on the one with 300's? Great looking float.

Haven't seen any real pricing but fairly certain it's north of 300k

 

[Dog]

Order yours today, "click for a quote"

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[lake p.a.l.]

Someone with big $$$$ should order 1 with "big" turbo or supercharged 6 cylinder inboards.......

 

[Dog]

Someone with big $$$$ should order 1 with "big" turbo or supercharged 6 cylinder inboards.......

According to their website they are only doing outboards, of course they are custom boats and may be able to be talked into it...

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[Nosocks]

This is definitely in my wheelhouse of things I'd like. Some of the bigger true-tunnel cats are a bit much around a dock.

Got some rough numbers from wozencraft for going to a fast twin-ob cat. Kinda wild, but I might suck it up for a bit depending on how things go over the next few months.

Cobra's cats also look cool, but not a true tunnel.

 

[lake p.a.l.]

This is definitely in my wheelhouse of things I'd like. Some of the bigger true-tunnel cats are a bit much around a dock.

Got some rough numbers from wozencraft for going to a fast twin-ob cat. Kinda wild, but I might suck it up for a bit depending on how things go over the next few months.

Cobra's cats also look cool, but not a true tunnel.

Once u go true tunnel u will never go back to training wheel center pod

 

[lake p.a.l.]

According to their website they are only doing outboards, of course they are custom boats and may be able to be talked into it...

They are so cut down @ the transom is why I said 6 cylinder

 

[pixrthis]

This is a perfect dependable dual purpose lake and ocean boat that’s easy to tow. Not that expensive to maintain either.

 

[SJP]

Looks like a pretty cool ride. Hard to beat the 4 stroke OB cats.

 

[Tank]

This is a perfect dependable dual purpose lake and ocean boat that’s easy to tow. Not that expensive to maintain either.

Oaf. I don’t know if I’d run that in the ocean

Great river lake runner though.

 

[pixrthis]

We used to race a 25’ Motion in the ocean and I’d take it anywhere. A 28 Skater is an incredible ocean boat so I wouldn’t be worried about this one, I also used to take my 21 Laveycraft to Catalina and Santa Cruz Island regularly so this seems like a great all around boat for me. A Spectre 30 with 300’s would be nice for my wife and I also even though she wants another 42 Fountain. Thie P280 might be a little wet being so low profile but the windshield should keep the front two seats dry. Remember Nigel Hook racing the shit out of a 25 Warlock?

 

[clarence]

A 28 Skater is an incredible ocean boat so I wouldn’t be worried about this one . . .

It's a very different boat:

You literally can't compare a 28 DW [P280] to a 28 Skater, they are VERY different boats. The DW [P280] will not like the rough water, the tunnel is very shallow & wide, makes it very fast in flat to moderate water.

They feel like drastically different boats [the Skater 28 and P280]. The DW [P280] accelerates better & has a bigger hop zone but once that clears out its gone & a Skater isn't catching it on civil water. Best way I can describe is DW [P280] is a 28 STV kinda.

 

[Lord M((Squared))]

That new PBC 280 is a sweet boat hands down. Personally I've had my eye on that 23 Trick......mostly because the pricing on the trick isn't thru the roof...yet . I've become a spoiled bitch with the full windshield on my SV29, which the trick offers in a smaller river size package. But having just bought the SV40 and already having an STV with a built 2 stroke, and of course the SV29, yea it would be safe to say that my wife would make sure my picture ended up on the back of a milk carton in a convenience store near you if a new Trick was delivered.

 

[adam909]

Since you said perfect havasu/runner. To me this isnt a perfect boat to be a runner. Clean and good looking lines for sure. But the type of boating your talking about I would rather go with a eliminator speedster. This p-280 is a two seater and looks butt hole tight in the cockpit. Besides going straight the p-280 seems like it would be a shitty boat to be stuck in when doing the havasu style boating.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Since you said perfect havasu/runner. To me this isnt a perfect boat to be a runner. Clean and good looking lines for sure. But the type of boating your talking about I would rather go with a eliminator speedster. This p-280 is a two seater and looks butt hole tight in the cockpit. Besides going straight the p-280 seems like it would be a shitty boat to be stuck in when doing the havasu style boating.

Go Ohio State….. That is all

 

[Tank]

Since you said perfect havasu/runner. To me this isnt a perfect boat to be a runner. Clean and good looking lines for sure. But the type of boating your talking about I would rather go with a eliminator speedster. This p-280 is a two seater and looks butt hole tight in the cockpit. Besides going straight the p-280 seems like it would be a shitty boat to be stuck in when doing the havasu style boating.

It’s offered in any seating configuration you want up to 5 people. The cockpit is tighter than the speedster but you have a side deck on the p28 to stand on while docking or getting in. You don’t have to step off the dock into the boat. Cockpit doesn’t look horribly tight.

I don’t get how the boating would be any different between the two.

I do like that the speedster is optioned with an I/O though. But I’d rather have a true tunnel.

Think it’s the perfect size to rip from needles to havasu springs. Not to small, not too big. Eat up chop comfortably. Speedsters a nice boat. Good looking. But For me, if I had a boat I was only going to boat on havasu with this would be a strong contender. Sexy as hell.

 

[toto]

It’s offered in any seating configuration you want up to 5 people. The cockpit is tighter than the speedster but you have a side deck on the p28 to stand on while docking or getting in. You don’t have to step off the dock into the boat. Cockpit doesn’t look horribly tight.

I don’t get how the boating would be any different between the two.

I do like that the speedster is optioned with an I/O though. But I’d rather have a true tunnel.

Think it’s the perfect size to rip from needles to havasu springs. Not to small, not too big. Eat up chop comfortably. Speedsters a nice boat. Good looking. But For me, if I had a boat I was only going to boat on havasu with this would be a strong contender. Sexy as hell.

What about the 255 Speedster True Tunnel - Seemed to handle good and be a pretty sweet boat. Not sure how many they have built to date.

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Perfect river boat is a silverwing tunnel anything bigger than 21 feet belongs on the lake