Cool Video Of 22Cs Running Lake Michigan

[Carl C]

I stumbled onto this while poking around you-tube. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lln6FAHkqEk[/media]

[Marlin275]

That is a great Donzi video

very good camera work

shows the value of moving the camera around

usually all we get is wind noise and a bumpy shot of the GPS

[HOWARD O]

Great video. I'm sure I'll get a bunch of flak for saying this and I can't say if it was the drivers or not, but that Aronow Edition was far outclassed by the ride of the "old" 22. He smoked that red boat in the rough stuff.

[Tony]

That video is shot with a sweet camera. It can be mounted to your head, or the bow, or even on the front of a surfboard or water ski. Brad from White Lake owns it, and he has shot some really cool video with it. The AE, btw, is Jeff's from Grand Rapids.

[MOP]

I think a AE was trimmed out too much for conditions.

[Just Say N20]

Brad's got a sweet running 22. I don't remember if it is an 86 or 87, but it is an Alpha mated to a 454. It runs great. One of the best cruising Donzis I have ever been in. 47 mph @ 3,000 rpms. All day long. Effortlessly.

Jeff's (Bald Eagle) AE is about 10 mph faster, but can be a real handful. There must be some very big differences between those 2 hulls and set up. Jeff's boat requires a LOT of tab to have a chance of running flat. Some very knowledgeable folks believe a shorty on that boat would cure most/all its handling quirks. I'm not speaking negatively about Jeff's boat at all. It is gorgeous. It just drives differently than any Donzis I have encountered.

[Carl C]

Having spent a lot of time on the Great Lakes I can tell you that water was rougher than it looks!

[Greg Guimond]

Really cool video. Does anyone know how you stop the youtube clip and save the still as a picture? Those hulls look great.

[Marlin275]

Really cool video. Does anyone know how you stop the youtube clip and save the still as a picture? Those hulls look great.

Hi Greg

I just went full screen mode

stop to still image and

took a screen shot

[HOWARD O]

Brad's got a sweet running 22. I don't remember if it is an 86 or 87, but it is an Alpha mated to a 454. It runs great. One of the best cruising Donzis I have ever been in. 47 mph @ 3,000 rpms. All day long. Effortlessly.

Jeff's (Bald Eagle) AE is about 10 mph faster, but can be a real handful. There must be some very big differences between those 2 hulls and set up. Jeff's boat requires a LOT of tab to have a chance of running flat. Some very knowledgeable folks believe a shorty on that boat would cure most/all its handling quirks. I'm not speaking negatively about Jeff's boat at all. It is gorgeous. It just drives differently than any Donzis I have encountered.

Bill, that 22 sure is a great running boat. Do you know what he has for power? I was just in my boat 2 hours ago and I can manage exactly 36 mph at 3,000 rpm and I was all by my lonesome too. He must have some pitch and some power, mine is 24 pitch and pretty low hp at this point.

I don't doubt Carl, I'm sure that the conditions are definitely rougher than they look. It always looks much more tame on video!

[joseph m. hahnl]

I don't doubt Carl, I'm sure that the conditions are definitely rougher than they look. It always looks much more tame on video!

Looks pretty rough to me!

I think a AE was trimmed out too much for conditions.

[Just Say N20]

It is a stock 454 Mercruiser. I don't know what the lower unit ratio is, or what he runs for a prop.

There have been discussions before about the 1986/87 classic 22s having a higher X-dimension. I don't know what his is, but it is a great running boat.

It seems I remember one outing last summer with 5 of us on board and 3/4 fuel and still hitting 64 gps mph.

[Sweet Cheekz]

[quote=Just Say N20;582936]Jeff's (Bald Eagle) . Some very knowledgeable folks believe a shorty on that boat would cure most/all its handling quirks.quote]

Without question a 2" shortie fixes that problem from my recent experiences

Hope to be running along side you guys at some point next summer

Parnell

[Carl C]

Count me in for a Lake Michigan run.

[ITTLFLI]

Bill, that 22 sure is a great running boat. Do you know what he has for power? I was just in my boat 2 hours ago and I can manage exactly 36 mph at 3,000 rpm and I was all by my lonesome too. He must have some pitch and some power, mine is 24 pitch and pretty low hp at this point.

Cool vid!

If I am not mistaken the "filming" boat is my old boat. I sold it to Brad back around 2000 or so. It was a cool little 22. Honey and Navy color. It does have the 454 alpha combo but was very reliable for me and I had no issues with it. I tried all sort of props on that boat but I could not beat the performance of the stock "unknown manufacturer" prop. The boat ran in the high 60's but tached really low rpms. I want say 4200 or so.....