Zero to Sixty?

[Larry Harp]

Thumbing through Car & Driver magazine got me to wondering about the acceleration times of bass boats. I know most boat acceleration times are expressed in terms of hole shot or time to plane. I was wondering what is considered a good 0 to 60 for a boat. I would try timing my boat but I would have to drop it off a cliff to get it up to 60 mph.



Harpo

 

[TrepMan]

Harpo - One of my favorite mag's is Trailer Boats Magazine (I think for some reason Bass & Walleye boats mag is a sister publication) they do for every boat test a 0 - 30mph test. I've not seen any bass boats tested but for instance a 24.5 ft Baja (off shore performance boat) with a 375hp I/O v8 did 0-30mph in 8.0 seconds. I'd bet a fast bass boat would do it a lot quicker.



Anyone get B&W boat mag? Know if they do 0-30mph??

 

[Bob G.]

I'll check my times this spring, but I'll only be able get a 0 to 58mph time!!! I've only GPSed it at 60mph once, but I only get the GPS out and check it when the fishing is slow.



Bob G.

 

[TrepMan]

Checked another issue, they just did a 20ft Jet boat with twin 155hp jet drives, 0-30mph at just 4.6 seconds!!!

 

[Julio Santana]

Wow... I've seen some Storm Bass Boats get up and go.



That new yellow Stratos is supposed to be over 84 mph isn't it? That's just a rediculous speed for a bass boat. Imagine nailing a submerged stump at that speed.

 

[Staci Matheis]

What someone looks like after a day at 60 mph in a bass boat.....

 

[Rob LaMoy]

That's what they look like after a 1/5 of Jack and just before they try to shave some unsuspecting guest's eyebrow off!!!

 

[Ken Neeley]

60MPH??? That's just a leisurely cruise.



And I think this pic now holds the NTOWS record for being posted the mosted!!!