I read on Facebook that Donzi has sold 12 new classics. 10 22s with 430s and 2 18s with 300Mags. Nice. The legend continues.
I read on Facebook that Donzi has sold 12 new classics. 10 22s with 430s and 2 18s with 300Mags. Nice. The legend continues.
Cheers,
Pismo
1996 22 Classic
Red with Stainless Windshield
Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
Stock Bravo I
25" Mirage Plus
74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
27" Labbed Mirage Plus
75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)
That's a nice surprise.
Glad to see there's still some demand.
Wonder where they're all headed?
Wonder what will happen to sales now that the introductory pricing is over?
I wish them well.
Cheers,
Pismo
1996 22 Classic
Red with Stainless Windshield
Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
Stock Bravo I
25" Mirage Plus
74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
27" Labbed Mirage Plus
75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)
That's great news for sure. I can't believe they sold these boats at a loss so maybe they have found a price point that all can live with! Didn't they also sell some 38 ZRs?
Have any Fountains been built lately?
Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland
I would love to see one and check on the build quality (which is my biggest concern)
Cheers,
Pismo
1996 22 Classic
Red with Stainless Windshield
Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
Stock Bravo I
25" Mirage Plus
74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
27" Labbed Mirage Plus
75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)
Also feeds the used mkt in the future for guys like me.
Cheers,
Pismo
1996 22 Classic
Red with Stainless Windshield
Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
Stock Bravo I
25" Mirage Plus
74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
27" Labbed Mirage Plus
75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)
2 more new ones
Cheers,
Pismo
1996 22 Classic
Red with Stainless Windshield
Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
Stock Bravo I
25" Mirage Plus
74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
27" Labbed Mirage Plus
75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)
What do you think of the tapered waterline stripe?
Cheers,
Pismo
1996 22 Classic
Red with Stainless Windshield
Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
Stock Bravo I
25" Mirage Plus
74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
27" Labbed Mirage Plus
75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)
1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma
It's interesting. Am I wrong that what's different is not that it is tapered, but rather that the taper ends before it reaches the bow? Seems to me what we're used to seeing on the Classics is a pair of tapered stripes that meet right at the keel, no?
i think there is an argument to be made, as Bill stated above, that this looks better than a continuous thickness. I'm a bit more neutral, based on the particular boat. Two particular thoughts come to mind:
1. Uniform thickness is better if the stripe edge is along the chine. (The two boats above have the stripe inset slighty above the chine, not along the chine.)
2. If going with a single color below the rubrail (instead of a colored side and white bottom), a stripe usually looks better when it is right along the chine instead of being set off of it.
P.S. Looks like the taper is different in another way. Looks like the bottom edge of the white stripe is brought UP to meet the top edge of the stripe. Where in days past, I think the top edge of the white stripe was brought down to meet the bottom edge of the stripe. Sounds trivial, but the old way, the strip of hullside color between the white stripe and the chine stayed uniform all the way forward, with the bottom edge of the white stripe staying parallel to the chine. This new way, that colored strip gets thicker up near the bow, as the bottom edge of the white stripe turns further from the chine. I like the old geometry better. The new has a funny, moustachey look I can't stop seeing now that I noticed.
"I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction
I like that yellow. I never liked the older yellow, had too much white in it. This has some orange or red in it. Much bolder. Or, my computer screen is deceiving me.
Bob
Member - WAFNC
1997 22 Classic (sold)
1997 Formula 271 Fastech
502 Mag MPI
No forward engine scoops. I guess the raised scoop on hatch replaced them. I liked the scoops better.
If they can't find a stainless guy to frame out the windshield, at least darken the glass some.
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