Perfect16
09-11-2011, 11:32 AM
Well.....I finally had a chance to take the new boat out yesterday for the first time and it was pretty awesome!
(99, 16 Classic w/5.0 and Alpha Drive).
Amazing how quickly this little boat came up on plane with the trim tabs down but getting used to the "Joystick" controller.....that definitely takes some getting used to!!
In any case I finally got the hang of it but driving the 16 is certainly sensitive and needs small corrections only and not drastic maneuvers like the larger boats I have driven so a little "Wheel" time is likely all that is needed here!
In any case the boat was great with ~2' chop and 10 MPH winds seeing to like `45MPH best in those conditions with a high speed run to 55'ish. All in all everything I had wanted and expected from this little boat!
The only down side was when we got back to the house we realized that the bottom rear cushion blew out of the boat on one of the high speed runs.....SUCKS!!! Well I guess I'll be ordering a replacement from DonziDirect.com!!
Good news is that there are only 2 of us in the boat at any time so waiting for 4 weeks for a replacement won;t slow us down, guess I'll be making sure the snaps are connected in the future!
Cheers!
Paul
(99, 16 Classic w/5.0 and Alpha Drive).
Amazing how quickly this little boat came up on plane with the trim tabs down but getting used to the "Joystick" controller.....that definitely takes some getting used to!!
In any case I finally got the hang of it but driving the 16 is certainly sensitive and needs small corrections only and not drastic maneuvers like the larger boats I have driven so a little "Wheel" time is likely all that is needed here!
In any case the boat was great with ~2' chop and 10 MPH winds seeing to like `45MPH best in those conditions with a high speed run to 55'ish. All in all everything I had wanted and expected from this little boat!
The only down side was when we got back to the house we realized that the bottom rear cushion blew out of the boat on one of the high speed runs.....SUCKS!!! Well I guess I'll be ordering a replacement from DonziDirect.com!!
Good news is that there are only 2 of us in the boat at any time so waiting for 4 weeks for a replacement won;t slow us down, guess I'll be making sure the snaps are connected in the future!
Cheers!
Paul