impressive at 15

Ok, I watched it......so what does that say about me?.......yup I'm bored too

Actually quote a good clip, and quite a good demo of bumping the gear selectors


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yes but it's 5am here. i haven't slept yet. going to try to sneak an hour in real quick.
 
Very nice. Makes me think a few more years and I can kick back and relax while my son handles the boat.

Nah, I'd be too nervous...
 
Maybe this is too harsh but what's so impressive? Pulled out of the slip and drove down a fairway. I do love that 56 Post though.

I was delivering Carvers to the boat show when I was 12 from our dealer!
 
Was thinking the same thing too. Could have been done with a lot less shifting.


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Carver370 said:
Maybe this is too harsh but what's so impressive? Pulled out of the slip and drove down a fairway.
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+1 :thumbsup: Our kids were driving our boats as early as 8 years old. None of them were as big as this one though but the principals are the same, or more complex in the case of lighter single screw outdrives. Our rule has always been, "NO SHOWING OFF". Piloting a boat is serious business, just like driving a car and flying a plane. If you need attention then go seek it somewhere else, not in places where a moment of inattention can be catastrophic. Sorry to have to be such a dink on a beautiful spring morning.
 
i was kicking rocks at my sister's head at 15. That is why i said impressive. if i was running a boat that big i would have not been so calm and collected. I would have been trying to show off or find a rock and my sisters head.
 
Yeah, he probably could have shifted it a lot less, but it's still impressive that a 15 year old has the huevos to handle that boat.

I remember years ago when we were at Roche Harbor. Our dock guy told us a 70-something footer was bring brought in solo by a 13 year old who was delivering it to Roche for his dad who owned a yacht sales place in Seattle. The kid had radioed ahead asking for some dock help when he arrived. He did a great job of bringing it in, the dock hands did a great job of tying it up, then the Kenmore Air float plane showed up to take the kid back to Seattle.

A much different lifestyle than what I'm used to.
 
OK, I am going to be the ignorant one, and ask this question. How come my ski boat, which is a single inboard, has a combo throttle/shifter, and it appears this boat has the same (except for 2 engines). Yet most bigger boats have separate throttles/shifters. What are the advantages of the separates? Seems the combos are a lot more convenient.
 
i was thinking the same thing. it's also a much cleaner look with just the two levers.
 
I don't think many big boats have 4 levers anymore, especially diesel, and/or pod driven. While I've never had 4 levers, it's only the fear of the unknown, but 4 levers scare the heck outta me :)
 
I know that was a big boat but maybe they were massive outboards. From what I've been reading those huge CC boats are better off with outboards if they are operated continuously in the chuck.!? :smt017

Dad's twin engine Fairbanks had just the two levers. It was the only very large vessel I've ever operated but the best thing about having only two levers was the fact that there was less to think about in really tight places.
 
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not sure what you mean by a large CC, It was a 58' Post, definitely inboards (no trim controls either for the outboards :smt001)
 
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jxg said:
not sure what you mean by a large CC, It was a 58' Post, definitely inboards (no trim controls either for the outboards :smt001)
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Sorry, I wasn't paying much attention to the boat. I was just perusing the vid to see if it was something of interest. At the glance I gave it, it looked like some kind of very large center console boat with someone's Little Johnny showing off while under way. Maybe should have watched it to the end, but that usually only happens with material that I find interesting.
 
jxg said:
OK, I am going to be the ignorant one, and ask this question. How come my ski boat, which is a single inboard, has a combo throttle/shifter, and it appears this boat has the same (except for 2 engines). Yet most bigger boats have separate throttles/shifters. What are the advantages of the separates? Seems the combos are a lot more convenient.
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Nearly all Sportfish/Convertibles have multiple control stations. You only see one control pod in the video, but there is probably a tower with controls above the bridge. Mechanically shifting and throttling big hp engines/transmissions (2 shifters/2 throttles) is a physical challenge because of the effort needed because a set of control cables are required fro each control station. The mechanical system is all connected to the engine/transmission so you have to move the levers at all the stations for every gear throttle change with mechanical or a 4 lever control set up. The controls you see in the video are electronic so the operator activates only the station he is running the boat from and his control is the only thing that moves, other than the throttle or gear selector on the engine/transmission. Merc's DTS system a few years ago was touted as a new innovation, but bigger boats had "control by wire" as early as 1990.
 
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