New single outboard record at LOTO Shootout

[greghvac]

Just spoke with Ken, his has twin 300 2 strokes

Heard today he's running 90mph with that set up. Two stroke outboards are way more fun-
Some photos- please note the out of date interior? Check the rear shot- bottom a little different.

I seen you (fasttoon) out on the lake sunday pointed you out to everyone on my boat. Looks good in the water.

[PQ29]

Nobody has video of this 76mph pass....

[woolznaz]

PQ29, I'm sure there is video out there. However, when the top gun for the day ran 244 MPH, a pontoon laboring down the course in the mid 70's does not exactly bring out the average Shootout visitor's camera. I do enjoy seeing the toons run, though. Especially when they break 100. The entire Shootout is televised locally so I'm sure video is out there.

[fasttoons]

out of date graphics, I think not, poor seating? seats 16-17. and definitely fast!

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Are you selling it?

[fasttoons]

Nobody has video of this 76mph pass....

If I find it I'll post it. Go to here for the results of each run by class-

http://www.shootoutresults.com/byclass.php

Then look at

Class:MPO1S1-David Dorris

[pond tuuunes]

out of date graphics, I think not, poor seating? seats 16-17. and definitely fast!

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Are you selling it?

Nope, cant, thats my baby

[LittleRiver]

This thread has opened my eyes to the speed these boats are getting. I had no idea a pontoon boat, and a good size one at that, with a single would be in the mid 70s. Have a 250 on the back of the bass boat and I have bumped 75/76 but to do it in a pontoon? Awesome
Nothing I can add.. Just learn!!!

[fasttoons]

This thread has opened my eyes to the speed these boats are getting. I had no idea a pontoon boat, and a good size one at that, with a single would be in the mid 70s. Have a 250 on the back of the bass boat and I have bumped 75/76 but to do it in a pontoon? Awesome
Nothing I can add.. Just learn!!!

Just think of the boating future here. You have a pontoon platform that you can fish off of in the morning and take your entire family out in comfort to swim and ski off of. You add a performance bottom and your bass boat motor and you have the speed you want. If it's a 20'-22' boat it's a light easy tow and because of the hull design it also handles rough water very well.
You can consolidate down to one boat. It's turned into the SUV of the boating world.

[ToonGuy]

It's turned into the SUV of the boating world.

Love it...been using that same saying for the last 5 years

[jayw]

Can't wait to see the Hampton step hull design. Still working out the next boat in my mind.

[woolznaz]

There is a reason tri-toons are getting such major market share right now. Even on big lakes like LOTO, they are everywhere. I never thought I would want a pontoon at all.... they never turned my head even for a second. Then, one fateful day in 2008 I took a ride on a new tri-toon and was immediately hooked. Since 2010 we have owned our '07 South Bay and I have never been so happy with a boat. I realize the tri-toon is not the sexiest boat on the water, but we really love it and have no desire to replace it with another boat. Since owning the tri-toon we have bought and sold 1 Monterey and 4 Sea Rays from 19 to 23 feet in length (long story). NONE of them have even tempted us to go back to pointy glass boats. The tri-toon just works better for us.

[LittleRiver]

This thread has opened my eyes to the speed these boats are getting. I had no idea a pontoon boat, and a good size one at that, with a single would be in the mid 70s. Have a 250 on the back of the bass boat and I have bumped 75/76 but to do it in a pontoon? Awesome
Nothing I can add.. Just learn!!!

Just think of the boating future here. You have a pontoon platform that you can fish off of in the morning and take your entire family out in comfort to swim and ski off of. You add a performance bottom and your bass boat motor and you have the speed you want. If it's a 20'-22' boat it's a light easy tow and because of the hull design it also handles rough water very well.
You can consolidate down to one boat. It's turned into the SUV of the boating world.

I"m seeing that. Already added the big remote control trolling motor and striper season is right around the bend for us here coastal. Troll 4 rods while partying and leave the bass boat in the stall. LOL
Some of the ones at the lodge do the over night fishing parties to. I"m for sure going to get in on those.
I'm sitting back learning from you guys post what is going on with these things and loving trying to get mine finished so its all water and not work.

[wickerbill]

I wonder at what speed that one needs to be concerned about a blow over? That's a lot of air under that thing.....scares me....

[woolznaz]

I wonder at what speed that one needs to be concerned about a blow over? That's a lot of air under that thing.....scares me....

I can remember in 2013 (pretty sure) at The Shootout when I thought Brad's South Bay lifted a little too much for comfort near the end of the run. I know if I would have been in the boat I would have been well advised to wear my brown shorts that day. I suppose I would need those if I ever got in that boat though! I don't think that was even his run of 114, either. I'm pretty sure it was not, but he was still cookin'. I never heard anything about it, but it looked like it was not far from grabbing too much air and flipping. It scared me to watch it. He may have been comfortable with it and maybe it was not that close, but it did scare me for a second.

This year we did unfortunately see the 46-foot Outerlimits full canopied catamaran get too much air under it. Holy crap that was a scary thing to witness. I know there were a few other guys on here that were there, too. I hope to never see anything like that happen again. That boat must have been 40+ feet in the air at one point. One guy was barely hurt. Another unfortunately lost his life a couple of days later from the crash. He was the CEO of Outerlimits and from what everyone says he was a heck of a good guy. They were running about 179 when it went over, so we are talking about vastly different boats here.

[tuned]

I wonder at what speed that one needs to be concerned about a blow over? That's a lot of air under that thing.....scares me....

I can remember in 2013 (pretty sure) at The Shootout when I thought Brad's South Bay lifted a little too much for comfort near the end of the run.

I saw the video of that. About the time he blew through the trap, the bow started coming up. Looked like it was about ten feet off the water before he managed to drop it back down. I'd say he was REAL close to the dreaded 'pancake flip'. I've felt that feeling before, but not on a toon....super hellascary