ts w/ 150hp

 

thundertrout you think the 150 will push it fine ? The TranSport is what i am leaning towards but the Hanie looks pretty nice too. I just hear nothing but good things about the tran and fish in a friends several times a month and i just love it...

 

XLR8 but put at least 200 hp on back. The Haynie is also excellent but you don't need a tunnel anywhere in the Galveston area. The only thing a tunnel will do for you in Galveston is suck gas and speed.

 

thanks mark.. so you dont think a 175 would be enough ?

 

thanks mark.. so you dont think a 175 would be enough ?

Not really. The hull is made for speed and undergunning the hull takes that advantage away. Regardless of the power you choose, a tunnel Haynie will be much less efficient than an XLR8. If it were my XLR8, I would put a 250 Optimax on and cruise at 55 mph all day while getting 5 mpg.

 

So if i did go 250 you would go Optimax over Suzuki 250ss ?

 

XLR8 but put at least 200 hp on back. The Haynie is also excellent but you don't need a tunnel anywhere in the Galveston area. The only thing a tunnel will do for you in Galveston is suck gas and speed.

Mark,
I think Chris is making the 21 in a pad boat now. Z21 maybe??!
Cut down the sides, and you have a really efficient hull that will boogie!

 

i'm going to go with the Tran but now i dont know if i should power with merc or zuki.

 

I've been really happy with my Yamaha. If I was buying a new rig from Tran, I'd go with a Suzuki. They rig them in houhse and are most familiar with how each model matches up with their hulls.

 

So if i did go 250 you would go Optimax over Suzuki 250ss ?

Absolutely. More power, same efficiency, much lighter, and cheaper. I don't think Suzuki 250SS can beat any performance aspect of the 250 Optimax other than noise. I have a good friend who put the 250SS on an XLR8 and quickly went back to Optimax.

 

bout how much cheaper are they ?

 

Chris is making the Z21, pad style boat. Flat boogies with a 225 opti and has the great Haynie ride. I have a 21T Haynie with a 150 Opti and love it, the rough water ride is phenomenal, not sure about pricing on the Z21, mine ran around 32K fully rigged. Power Pole, Trim Tabs, Jackplate, GPS and all the other goodies one needs

 

bout how much cheaper are they ?

Depends on who you buy it from, but probably a couple of thousand.

 

you will love the tran, i do mine,here a couple pics

 

ccg how fast will she run ? That is exactly what i want but without the yemaha. I have a yamaha 150 trp on my current boat and its a dang good motor but i'm going with suzuki or merc.

 

i've had it at 67 w/3 guys and 60 gal of fuel in mansfield last yr. i've never run it w/just me too see what she will do

 

In all of the debates on this forum concerning the comparison of one boat to another, I have yet to see much emphasis placed on the differences in construction materials. For example, it is my understanding that the Tran boats are 100% composite, while the Haynie boat is wood overlain with fiberglass. Having owned a 97 Shoalwater Laguna, I know that whenever you put a screw into the floorboard of my boat, you will hit some wood. Since that is the case, would it not be much better to have a 100% composite boat than take the chance of getting rotten wood in your boat. My personal choice would be to go with the newer technology and the 100% composite boat.

 

if the wood is glassed right it will last forever, and is lighter than composite. both are good boats I would drive both and see who could give me the best deal. Also I would go with a big proXS merc.

 

if the wood is glassed right it will last forever, and is lighter than composite. both are good boats I would drive both and see who could give me the best deal. Also I would go with a big proXS merc.

I do not know which composite Tran is using, however, I would suspect that Nida-Core is lighter and stronger than any so called "100 year wood."

 

What is the difference between a 200 hp, 225hp and a 250 hp performance wise and price wise ? I know these are questions i could ask the dealer but i want as much info and feed back as i can get before i go up there.

 

when i was looking at the yamaha's, seems like each were like 1k apart or so

 

What is the difference between a 200 hp, 225hp and a 250 hp performance wise and price wise ? I know these are questions i could ask the dealer but i want as much info and feed back as i can get before i go up there.

Probably 10-15 mph between 200 and 250, heavily depending on the prop and weight distribution aboard. If you look at Mercury, all of the big-block Optimax engines are the same weight so draft won't be any different.

 

heres what you want!!! Dont go black though! Im running galveston and we dont two of the same boats in the same bay.

 

Cole, what kind of efficiency are you seeing?

 

avg 4.8 mpg per smartcraft and garmin. get around 3.6 mpg at 55 to 60. at 30 to 35 get about 5.5