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Originally Posted by codeman671
Taken from the Baja site: "2005 BAJA 36 OUTLAW
Speeds near 80 mph. 3.5 seconds to plane at 30 mph. "
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The Baja page you are quoting is for a boat equipped with twin 575 HP motors (an unfathonable 1150 HP!!!). See
http://www.powerboatmagazine.com/2001tests/feb1.php for data on a standard 36 Outlaw with "only" 575 HP.....planes in 3.5 seconds at 16.5 MPH.
If you supe a boat up with faster props and bigger engines to get higher top-end speed, of course you will sacrifice planing speed, is that not your own fault? If I put straight pipes on my bike, can I use the argument that there should be no noise statutes because my altered bike can't pass? Should we really be compromising public safety to make allowances for 1150 HP racing boats on this otherwise beautiful inland freshwater mountain lake?
The bottom line is this...speed kills. It kills on highways, it kills on ski slopes, it kills on race tracks. History is replete with evidence and statistics to verify that speed and safety are polar opposites. 45MPH on water in a boat with no brakes, no headlights, no tires, no seat belts, no road signs, no lane lines, and compromised steering is equivalent to at least 100MPH on land in an automobile. If this bill was about a 100MPH speed limit on 93, you guys would all be moaning about that too...complaining about such an infringement on your "rights". Whether this bill goes through or not, the time is rapidly approaching when one will. The big accident is all it is going to take to show Flynn and Barrett for the idiots they are and force the Governor to put someone in there who takes safety seriously. The way you guys fly around this lake, bobbing and weaving at full throttle well within 150 feet of any boat that gets in your way, that big accident is inevitable. Leaving you all unfettered as you've been is like giving guns to kids...its just a matter of when. Where are you guys going to go for your "partying" then?