I Bought The CHEAPEST Race Boat on Marketplace To Compete Against James and George! (IT RIPS!!!) 

I know some of you guys are overloaded with the boat content, but it's summer and we're really enjoying it right now. We will be back to the regularly scheduled racecar content when our racing season gets back in full swing. We've got LS Fest, Race Week 2.0 and a bunch of other good stuff coming up!!!

1 step closer to a real drag boat....

Cleetus u prolly won't read this but here's some driving tips: trim down all the way to plane, full throttle to plane and let off once the bow falls, trim up about 4 seconds after plane for neutral trim, when you hit it it might start chime walking you need to steer the opposite direction of where the boat leans to balance the boat, its a game of balancing it on the pad( flat surface on the keel), if it progressively chime walks more and more then simply let off, readjust trim and try again, you wanna get the bow as high out of the water for max speed and minimum drag, you do that by raising the trim, and personally I would take off the Neutral safety switch which is two yellow wires with an orange or red line so you could shift with the motor off then start it in gear to minimize wear on the lower unit, most important thing is to make smooth and small adjustments when driving, don't jerk the wheel hard when balancing and don't let off too hard or the boat will kick the transom out to the right because of torque steer. Just tryna help you out I've owned a lot of 70+ boats and driven a lot and built a lot over at our shop.

I know we like to say that Cleetus is a Florida Man, but homeboy who sold him the boat is a true Florida Man

"Is this gonna be good for my family. Absolutely not" -Florida man 2021

"I tried to fix this, but I did it wrong with a fence post." That man needs the "Stand back, I built this shit myself" shirt.

I think jack stand has something up his sleeve he has his joker smile.

You have a drain plug. 09:21, Below the "u" in transomtuffner. That is the drain for that upper area. The plug in there needs to be pulled out and put in the proper place in the bilge drain. Can't help on that trailer though!

Buys a shady boat - straight to the water. Never seen that go wrong lol

Adjust the cables and and idle. Don’t, don’t get rid of the other prop before you try it. He said 68 mph with it. It will feel like Leroy launching. You need to find the max rpm suggested for the motor, when wide open if you can’t reach it, go a pitch lower in number. Example, 21 to a 19 and try again. The pitch is like gears. It’s number of turns per foot of travel through the water. So a 17 will spin faster, launch hard like 4.10 vs a 21 pitch being like 3.08 gears. 50 is fast on the water so 68…. I think you have them beat in anything with that extra prop on.

"I'll sell it for $5000." "I'll give you $2500." "Come git it." Meth. It's a helluva a drug ya know.

Don't care if it's a boat or a car, I love these cheap vehicle challenges so much, please do more

“I don’t worry about cosmetics” bro that’s not cosmetic that’s structural lmao 😂

You cannot get a more perfect example of a 'Florida Man' then that seller, holy toledo 😂😂

Since there are two man teams. You should do a race where you have to…. Back Truck, boat, and trailer down the ramp.. launch the boat… Park the truck… both men get in the boat…do a small circuit lap ending at the ramp…. Retrieve the boat with the truck and trailer… time stops when the boat is out of the water again. Teamwork and Operational skills test.

dont underestimate jackstand jimmy, especially when he's quiet.

“We dont have a drain plug” 2 min earlier the guy said the plugs in the back of the boat so it must have flew out 😂

This is the most Florida man thing I have ever seen. Buying the sketchiest pink boat on the sketchiest trailer from a sketchy local, and then immediately dumping it in the water and pinning it. Don't ever change

You should be recording everyone’s boat buying escapades.

No one ever: “Lotta water leakin in here bud, should be fine.” I’m dead..

"0 gauges" A boat like that doesn't needs gauges, It's just idol and mach jesus .

why do i have a feeling that jackstand is gonna spray the life out of his boat

I love these Top Gear like challenges. Florida man style.

That guy makes Cleetus and JH and the guys look like New England Yankees, he is a real Florida man haha

I'd say "Worst Trailer Challenge" but you already have that in the bag.

James's boat is just gonna be giant bottle of nitrous

I started watching a little before Ruby was bought and I love how you do it all. Razor races, hovercrafts, jet boats, rocket pocket cars and on and on. I love it.

Chalanges: 1- top speed 2- figure 8 course 3- slowest to go 100 yards 4- biggest jump/land crossing

You bought a home built tweaker boat…to win a bet? Hands down best content on YT. 🔥

Need to adjust the timing between the shift cable and throttle cable

Dude the boat videos are the best. keep em comming

Oof, came here after jackstand and tye showed up to the shop with a gat dang legitimate race boat. Big block Chevy hooked up to a jet drive. “Oh my god bro they’re going to be SO jealous” did notttt age well at all 🤣 ✌🏻

Where is build wars? The boosted bois are even closer now

Never thought I would see a giraffe on a flamingo. 😆

Nice buy boys , a couple of adjustments and a couple of hours with a welder and some box section / strap , a little bit of rubber near your knees and a speedo and I think you’ve won this challenge, can’t wait to see the oppositions boat 🚤 . Thank guys 👍🏼

Jack stand kills me! 😂 “That prop….not enough pitch.”

James: “that prop (shakes head) not enough pitch” 😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

Coke haul: See who can pack the most weight and can go the fastest in their boats

i have pulled some scetchy stuff down the road before.... but that boat trailer.......dangggggg!!!!

Love James's response at the end "not enough prop" 🤣🤣

Every Florida man incident, Maddie increases the life insurance on ol' Cleeter

" is this going to be good for my family? I'm like absolutely not" my new favorite line 😂😂

I love the boat content. its frickan summer. Keep up the great content brother

Dude the boat stuff is so much fun to watch, like a breath of fresh air for all of us who just like go fast machines

10 minutes after you left, that $2500 went directly to Florida's finest meth.

Challenges: 1. Drag race 2. Slalom 3. Endurance test 4. Towing a skier

Love the outboard sound, at full throttle!

"that prop, not enough pitch" he says.. brooskiiie!! Is he in for a surprise xxddd Once it rolls over it freaking riiiiiiiips hahaaaaa. What a ripper dude, needs a little fixing up but a great purchase. Congrats!

Ole boy didn’t want you to dry start it. Might have woken up the owner of the boat before he could run off with the cash. 😂

Cleet just found this deal and said “I’m about to make a game and smoke these guys”

"That prop? Not enough pitch." best line of the whole video.

Back in the 80s I had a Hydrostream Viking with a 225 Black Max custom nose cone. It would hit 85 mph… scary as hell when it starts chime walking with only about 6” of hull in the water. Have fun! It won’t be long before the motor tears up.

I love James’ smack talk lmfao ole boy is never worried

Adjust the gear and throttle cable so the revs don’t rise as your putting it in gear or you will be needing that Spare bottom unit real quick 👍😂

There is adjustments on the ends of the shift and throttle cables

This boat brings back memories. Back in 1968 we had a friend with 16' Allison Craft with a 150HP at the Chattanooga Water Ski Club. One of the fastest outboards in the world, at that time, and ran through the clocks at 73 mph. My father was a competitor in slalom, jump and tricks and competed at the Georgia Masters and other tournaments in TN. He decided he was going to set the unofficial inner tube record behind that boat. The local paper came out and photographed. We still have the photos and the article. You would have definitely fit right in with that crowd. By the way he wiped out and lost his glasses and it tore his cutoffs off. He was naked in the lake. That part didn't make the paper.

That was the sketchiest boat deal I’ve ever seen 😂😂

Straight up tweaker deal… I’m surprised his yard doesn’t look like his neighbors 😂

FT HAMER! Fish there all the time! Was awesome to see you ripping it through there!

On that boat and motor set up it’s set up like an Allison when putting it in gear you prob need to cut motor off and put in to gear and crank back up in gear that’s why it’s grinding when you put it in gear and if you keep putting in gear while running you’ll end up blowing out you clutch dogs in the lower unit but it’s your boat

Trim the motor all the way down when you're coming out of the hole and start trimming up when your about on plane.

Luckily a giraffe can see over the bow when you start :) Competition ideas: 1. Drag race (no brainer ;)) 2. Pull race (hook the boats together and see who pulls who) 3. Slalom course to see how nimble the boats are 4. Rescue mission. (Pull up a 50kg floaty thingie/doll/whatever from the water into the boat, fastest to return to shore wins) 5. Smoothness, plank with 5-6 glasses full off liquid. Run a set course, most liquid left and shortest time wins (or shortest time wins as long as X amount of liquid is left)

That was a pretty good deal; I don’t know about US prices but here in Greece, the motor alone would’ve been worth that amount. New gelcoat, interior refit, screen, new seats… for another 1000-1500 depending on how much you do yourself, I reckon you’d have a great fun boat on your hands. Mine looked like that when I bought it.

Seriously, Cleetus! U have the BEST TEAM, ESPECIALLY the hysterical George!!! U have an amazing team put together!!!!!!!!

hahaha that boat seller is the most prime example of a FL man I've ever seen. Speaking so fast cant even keep up lol. Love it. Dude would probably give you the shirt off his back in a pinch though, good ppl

Two things: Boat motors have an ignition interrupt switch for shifting into gear, this thing is either not working or the shift cable has way to much play and you are getting into the power on the throttle cable before its in gear. Second, trim the motor all the way down before trying to plane the boat out. This is all about angle of attack between the hull and the motor. I have never seen a boat that was designed to not start with the motor full down. Trim out once plane.

For whatever reason this was one of the funniest vids I have seen in a long time. Thanks for that. Epic content fellas

I absolutely love the flamingo! The boat content has been awesome! Hope to see a bunch on content with this

That is a coned XR6 gearcase and most likely a 2.5L Mercury. You need to turn the engine off, shift three gear, start it and do engine cut offs for each shift.

Guy who sold the boat talking to his buddies: “see this bag of meth? It used to be a 70mph flamingo” Buddies: 😳😳😳

Yard sale guy in the beginning is my worst nightmare moving to Florida 😂😂😂

Challenge: start tied up at the dock, engine off. Then race out round a marker back to the dock, clock stops once you're tied up again

I hope Jackstand calls up Finnegan to “buy” Game Over.

That boat is the most “Florida” thing I have ever seen.

reminds me of our fams 200 merc 2 seat charger race boat, good content and purchase man, we also had the same screamin 175 mariner on before the merc!

The way boat ghearboxes are designed similar to a Non synchromesh, or a motorbike gearbox without a clutch, you have to change QUICK and sharp, Dont hold it and let it grind and slowly hold more pressure, you just have to yank it in gear, it will clunk and not grind.

Are we just going to glaze over the part where the neighbors had a car on its side in the yard lol

Imagine getting low balled and then the buyer shows up with an $85,000 truck

Let's take a shot everytime he says "HOLY TOLEDO "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷‍♂️

I really love the randomness in videos like this

The seller was straight geeking! That $2500 made him king pin for a week!

Who knew Joe Exotic’s son was a Florida man with a sketchy boat

Start it in gear, forward or reverse. It should help the grinding. Also get a hot shoe throttle and steering wheel mounted trim control.

That flamingo flyer is a "keeper" if you ask me! Fixer up after the challenge Cleetus my man. 😎

That trailer is pretty meth'd up.

That dude did an eight ball before y’all showed up 😂😂

This is the content we need! So great

True to your style *Jams a towel if the drain plug* never change Garret lol

Don’t underestimate James when he smiles like that!

When James says " that prop...not enough pitch" I almost dropped my phone laughing 🤣

Dude!! You tested your boat at the boat ramp that is 4 miles from my new house I'm moving into at the end of July!!!! That's sick!!! I have a big garage in my backyard if you ever need collision/bodywork done, to include glass installation!

The boat episodes are the best thing to come out since the Freedom Factory 🤙

Trailer has some decent weight reduction , it’s a race trailer for a race boat🤘🤘

"We might take some judgement for this" Cleetus, You've built this entire channel not giving a flying F what anyone thinks of your equipment!

i want to see more of this project cleetus! :)

Would be so nice to see another random equipment challenge!

When your towel drain plug leaks less than the rest of your boat you know you got .....a good deal.

That guy who sold the boat has never done meth with the neighbour with the cars, I promise......

Oval race timed drag and top speed challenge Love all the boat content it’s summer keep it coming

i think what a lot of guys do is disconnect the safety allowing the engine to start in gear, that way they can start in reverse to back up, shut it off and shift forward and then restart. its janky but i think those big props can cause some damage if your shifting in and out of neutral a lot.