bfernald0
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- May 18, 2020
- 413
- Boat Info
- 340 Sundancer 2001
- Engines
- 8.2L Mercruiser ECT Horizons
H Everyone, I am very excited to announce we'll now be carrying RC Boats & Accessories. RC has been a fun hobby of mine pretty much my whole life. The climate isn't great for owning a hobby store, but our regular business is big enough that I can slide in some hobby stuff! So I am starting with boats since it will be a great thing to offer all of our boating customers.
If you have questions, please ask away. I think these boats are the coolest thing, and I want to make sure you all might find the same fun in them that I do.
The brands we'll focus on are Pro Boat for the boats, and Spektrum for the batts. Here is why. Pro Boats offers a full lineup from tiny little jet boats for the kids to run in the pool, up to a 48" Gas Skater. And everything in between. Speeds are from 15MPH for the smallest to over 80MPH for their fastest electric boat. So they really have something for everyone. And again, these are all hobby grade. That means parts are interchangeable, replaceable, upgradeable, and repairable.
The Spektrum batteries are what sold me though. Lipo batts and brushless motors have pretty well taken over the RC world. Lipo batts can be finicky. The biggest problem with them is that if you don't store them at a "Storage voltage" they can go bad in pretty short order. Batts are very expensive, so this is a problem. The new Smart Spektrum lipos have some brains, and they will actually go into a storage mode after 72 hours, so they basically can live their full life without going bad prematurely. Real easy.
I picked out the Sonicwake for myself. This boat goes 60MPH out of the box. My favorite part is that it's "Self righting". So if it flips, it will turn itself back over and be fine. I'll run this behind the big boat and jump my wake, or play with it on choppy days.
They have a really cool tug boat too. If I kept my boat in a marina I'd sit on the back deck with a beer and putz around with this one. It has fire monitors on it too!
If you need something for a kid check out the 12" Jet Jam. It's pretty fast, and is a jet boat so pretty safe too. Great in a pool.
These boats are really easy, high quality, fun and durable. Here is the list to all of them that we have. https://www.boemarine.com/hobby.html
Love thesea things. I've found the cheapo ones on Amazon last about two uses in saltwater, even if you thoroughly rinse them after use. Are these any better?