600HP pontoon!

[robert graham]

I just came from the Upstate South Carolina Boat show and at the entrance was a 27 ft. Pontoon boat with twin 300 Mercury Verados on the back....with special "show discounts" price is $125,000!.....I must be getting old or behind the times, but that's an awful lot of power and money for a pontoon boat!....least it seems so to me....

 

[Scott Danforth]

we covered the same topic earlier this month

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/other...sepower-better

the conclusion, too much HP is almost enough

 

[robert graham]

Yep, I recall covering this subject recently.....600HP/$125,000!.....Wow!

 

[junkman41]

that an awful lot of weight on the transom, must sit pretty low in the water

 

[jkust]

We've got some 600hp and 300hp versions on our lake...all in the Premier line. They have a different shape than the one posted above and are Tri Toons as well.

 

[BF]

It's one of those "if you have to ask how much, it's not for you" type of scenarios...

 

[robert graham]

We've got some 600hp and 300hp versions on our lake...all in the Premier line. They have a different shape than the one posted above and are Tri Toons as well.

This was a triton but those motors looked heavy and powerful enough to cave in that thin aluminum transom.....but I guess they know what they're doing....just seems like wide open/full power and some heavy seas might cause some fatigue here?....

 

[HotTommy]

I'd guess that wide open power in a 600 HP pontoon boat could turn into a disaster quickly on anything other than very smooth water. .... As a retired aviator, I wonder how they balance the boat's tendency to fly with it's tendency to nose dive at speeds approaching 100 MPH.

 

[MH Hawker]

This one has a bit more HP, 900 in fact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRwkrBZzsA

 

[junkman41]

I don't understand the need for that much HP on a Pontoon/Tritoon, it sure sat low in the water

 

[MH Hawker]

Americans will race any thing, dont know if you have ever seen it but once a year in Vegas they have a motorized bar stool races, i have often wondered how many shots it took to get that started

http://wn.com/bar_stool_races

I did lawn mower racing for a few years

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...yfp-t-901&fp=1

 

[junkman41]

Americans will race any thing, dont know if you have ever seen it but once a year in Vegas they have a motorized bar stool races, i have often wondered how many shots it took to get that started

http://wn.com/bar_stool_races

I did lawn mower racing for a few years

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...yfp-t-901&fp=1

I guess your right, I guess it all boils down to how much money you want to spend on recreation. racing lawnmowers would be fun, I would do something like that. but 900 HP on a toon, that's to much speed for me. I'm happy with my 60 HP LOL

 

[ahicks]

Agreed. I would add it's about priorities as well. If I want to go fast, it's not going to be with a pontoon. Too many other options that are not only able to go much faster on the same amount of money, but they can do it in a much more sane manner. 3 engines is nuts...

 

[fish till ya bleed]

Old sign in hot rod shop I used to go in said " SPEED COST'S MONEY HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?"

 

[jbcurt00]

Closed