Texasmark
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I stumbled across a sales brochure for Champion Boats over the holidays while I was at a sporting goods chain store that sold boats too. I like to brouse them (sales brochures) to see all the pretty girls having fun 
. Believe it or not, they (Champion) even had girls driving some of their boats.........gotta be a first d as dad usually wins out.....course you can leave mom at home and then there is no contest.......but that could have repercussions that you might not like. :%
It (their sales brochure) has pics of Bass Boats and Bay Boats. Seems Champion uses an attached, adjustable jackplate whereas others may just mold in the setback into the hull.
Anyhew......the pics in the catalog are apparently taken from a helicopter which is positioned to the side and at or just behind the transom at an elevation of roughly 50 feet. Most of the pics are of the boats "hooked up" so you can see their performance............of course the water is glass smooth....ha! Never in Texas. d.
What is interesting is that you can see what D and Ken talk about when they get questions about setback and engine height. You can clearly see the setback, engine running angle, and if you look closely you can see the location of the anti-vent plate which is out of the water by varying degrees and the propwash. Also, when you look at pics of their "rigs" on the trailer, you can get an idea as to what prop they are running.
Might check it out.
I am not a Champion fan and never was because I didn't like their narrow hulls.....sitting on the leaning seat in the bow and looking down gave me stomach pains......and that was on the trailer at the boat show.....couldn't imagine being up there with 2-3 ft waves, trying to fish a windy point.
But, they have pretty much cured that as one model has a 105" beam on a 20' boat.
OK
Happy New Year.
Like I said, mine is off to a great start.
Mark
. Believe it or not, they (Champion) even had girls driving some of their boats.........gotta be a first d as dad usually wins out.....course you can leave mom at home and then there is no contest.......but that could have repercussions that you might not like. :%It (their sales brochure) has pics of Bass Boats and Bay Boats. Seems Champion uses an attached, adjustable jackplate whereas others may just mold in the setback into the hull.
Anyhew......the pics in the catalog are apparently taken from a helicopter which is positioned to the side and at or just behind the transom at an elevation of roughly 50 feet. Most of the pics are of the boats "hooked up" so you can see their performance............of course the water is glass smooth....ha! Never in Texas. d
.What is interesting is that you can see what D and Ken talk about when they get questions about setback and engine height. You can clearly see the setback, engine running angle, and if you look closely you can see the location of the anti-vent plate which is out of the water by varying degrees and the propwash. Also, when you look at pics of their "rigs" on the trailer, you can get an idea as to what prop they are running.
Might check it out.
I am not a Champion fan and never was because I didn't like their narrow hulls.....sitting on the leaning seat in the bow and looking down gave me stomach pains......and that was on the trailer at the boat show.....couldn't imagine being up there with 2-3 ft waves, trying to fish a windy point.
But, they have pretty much cured that as one model has a 105" beam on a 20' boat.
OK
Happy New Year.
Like I said, mine is off to a great start.
Mark
