I have only been boating for 4 seasons now and I find Go Fast boats or perhaps Go Fast boat owners an assault on boating enjoyment. It started with my first boat in a low brow marina that had two of them. The first was a public launch with 3,100 horsepower and over 90 decibels of noise with his constant revving of the engines just to keep them running. The second was a 16' POS with a blown engine who also took great delight in rev the engine to an ear harming decibel level. Both boats ran on a stretch of the Illinois River that was no more than 1/2 mile across. Next was a clown at the Scorpion Bay Marina on Lake Pleasant outside Phoenix AZ. It was a nice Sunday morning and this jerk felt compelled to rev his engines to keep them running and to announce to the world that he had more horsepower than then next guy. Fast forward to the present and there is another one of these folks at my current marina on Lake Michigan right across from my slip that takes his beast out every Sunday morning when I do reving his engines just to keep them idling. Then the final straw was when I was tied up at the pier waiting for my dealer to bring a trailer to haul my boat out to get ready to ship to AZ. I was sitting at the helm enjoying my Sirius radio watching folks launch and pick up their boats at the North Point Marina public ramp. Then some clown launching his 30' Go Fast boat starts to rev his engine that startled me since I was completely relaxed enjoying the day and sights. Of course the engine died and the decibel assault was repeated.
Why do these people buy these 80+mph boats when they are not competitively racing and have rare opportunities to take the boats up to the speeds that they were designed for? I have a 496 with 400 HP in my 26' boat that will take it in excess of 55 mph which is far faster than I and I would think most would was to go, let alone do safely. So are these folks compensating for some other shortcoming or simply have no regard for others? Am I alone here or just acting my 63 years?
Why do these people buy these 80+mph boats when they are not competitively racing and have rare opportunities to take the boats up to the speeds that they were designed for? I have a 496 with 400 HP in my 26' boat that will take it in excess of 55 mph which is far faster than I and I would think most would was to go, let alone do safely. So are these folks compensating for some other shortcoming or simply have no regard for others? Am I alone here or just acting my 63 years?
