From previous experience, I suggest that you adjust the trailer position so that the rear roller is never out behind the boat for mice to climb on to then go through the drain port hole. Beyond that, I will say that you need to be very mindful of weather conditions, most notably, wind. Once that thing gets up out of the water, they often go over faster than than the driver can find the throttle. It would be smart to use a head up, face up full life jacket. When you get tossed out at high speed, you will get beat up and shock sets in very fast. I was the crash crew director for an APBA Hydroplane regatta for over 20 years and I have seen more boat flips than either of us can count. I'm taking these few minutes to try to save your life.
Hitting the water at 100 is not much different than hitting the ground at 100, except you cannot breathe if you end up face down in the water. The faster and higher you fly, the more likely your boat will turn into an airplane. Not a matter of if but a matter of when.
To AllegorXF FPV My apologies for the drivel. However you are much more offensive with your rudeness. Guess somebody needs to adjust their meds. Enjoy your weekend.
@@jameswetz3396 it wasn't worthless. Other commenter is what we like to call toxic. Basically ppl like that are to be avoided and ignored. Because they feel, whether due to lack of confidence or run of the mill dumbfuckery, incapable of positive contributions to a forum, they become threatened by anyone who tries.
I suggest a helmet as your contact patch with the water is so minimal and there is a lot of air under the hull. I lost a good friend in a flip at 105mph in a California Drag boat with Chevy 454 blown out to 1,000hp. Be fast, but be safe.
Watching this is fun, but yeah. No seatbelt while driving, filming while driving, hands off and eating while driving. Then no helmet while driving a monster Mickey Mouse boat. I don’t think any concern of safety is something important in this persons life. Thanks for the video though.
I'm an old man who used to love the water with my brothers. We loved to ski and fish... still do. When I saw your Dad hit 120 MPH... I thought about my younger brother. He's dead now, but he never let "LIFE" catch him short. I've driven a boat with him skiing barefoot at 38 MPH........ hanging on to the side of the boat. You guys appear to be attracted to the water as well. There's nothing like 14 foot off going through a ski course at 36 MPH on a beautiful soft and flat water day. Great video, we used to drive all day and night too. I miss you, brother. Peace out !!!
*That's the only way to run them. Fully trimmed out is what they love. You should never drive these boats with the motor trimmed in. That's a quick way of making it nose dive. Plus fully trimmed out gives you the higher top speed which it's all about.💯%*
*They are the best sounding 2 stroke outboards ever. From holeshot, just cruising along 1/4 throttle,half throttle or flat out. I love the sound of them when the driver is fluctuating the RPM across the whole rev range. When I hear them doing that, the sound of them makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. They sound so so good. I've never heard another 2 stroke outboard sound anywhere near as good as these do. They have great acceleration and top end speed as well. I love them so much and have been saving my money to buy a 16 foot Bullet boat with one of these engines on them. I can't wait to get back on the water.💯%*
Nothing like the sound of a open exhaust Merc coming across the lake, you can hear they're distinct sound for miles. Especially early in the morning, when there's just a ripple on the surface of the water, and she's on plane.
New Sub. I'm just an avid outdoorsman and bass fisher. I know what 60-70mph feels like on the water. I could NOT imagine what 90-100+mph is like. Talk about little to no drag. That damn thing was all but completely out of the water. Some serious skill to do that safely. 🙏🏻👊🏻🤘🏻
Boated a lot when I was younger, the smell and sound of a outboard and the sea never leaves you, this brings back memories, albeit with slightly more normal boats. Fun watch, thanks :D
I had a 17.5 ft hydrostream bad ass bass boat with a gt150. At full throttle, only the prop was in the water. 80+mph bass boat. Sold it. It was too fast for the guy. He sold it and to fast for that guy. He sold it and no idea after that.
Oh he11 yeah! This was a fun vid! Man.... I am sooo ready to get the Water Toys in the yard.... and get em' all washed up, cleaned up, and ready to go. Can't wait to hear the sound of my Merc when I crank it up this year, and to actually hit the water and get that feeling back! This has me itching, and ready to go!
Im a guy, this is my wifes profile, anyways..... I love this stuff. And that boat is sweet. BUT if you want to get rid of that chime walking im seeing you battle at top end, you need to get that propellar shaft WELL above the bottom of your boat.. jack it on up man! You got the low water pickup foot. Utilize it. You are running a chopper prop which is a bow lifting prop on a natural bow lift boat. So when you top out, as your liftng the bow, its pushing your stern down. You should not have to trim much once your setup is in that sweetspot, the prop will get you up without trim once its out of the water more. So get that chopper up and out and i promise youll get 10 to 15 more miles per out of it SAFELY. Only one blade needs to be in the water at a time. JACK IT UP... Also, If you can , Try out a Cleaver prop! Your motor has more than enough power. Unlike the Chopper, the Cleaver is a transsom lifter. Your hydrostream has natural bow lift from the angle of the pad it rides on. With a transom lifter youll kinda equilize without loosing power, the less of that boat thats touching water the faster you go. plus youll have more room to play with your trim to get it leveled out without chime walk . On that boat the chopper will come out of the hole faster AND top out quicker. Its best all around. but... If you want to smoke that green boat, that cleaver with the correct pitch willdo it. It will walk the dog on top end. It wont stop pulling. Youll let out before you top out i promise. But anyway bud, nice rig and nice video. I subbed.
Looks like that engine has had the poppet valve pulled and thermostats cored. That’s why your not showing much water at idle. That’s how you set up an engine that turns higher rpms to get rid of the extra water. Looks good. Engine sounds healthy.👍
The youtube Gods have spoken by recommending your channel. Hell yeah man. Keep it up. Put out some regular content and not wait forever between videos and you can definitely build it up.
Sweet rig, be safe and keep your eyes on the horizon. Your dad's set up is bad ass too......love the mariner gray. Makes me miss my stroker/ merc proxb250.
Had a Mirage ski racer in the early 2000’s with a 260ros. I miss that boat . Got it up to 116mph . It was running a sportmaster lower unit and a Merc 30” 3 blade cleaver . Engine was 1 3/4” above the pad . Those boats are fun to fly / drive. Never tried a monohull .
Back in 85 I had a STV mod vp that I bought from Rourke Summerford in Texas. When it would walk from chine to chine he suggested I loosen my grip on steering wheel. it went away. He mentioned the hull needed very little input from my hands going straight. More important was the trim button and the throttle. The hydro streams were a bit sketchy when they first came out. I bought a new one with the most powerful outboard merc had at the time. A 175hp black max. I also had a 21 challenger built on Long Island that I would swap the 175 on to. That hull had one of the fastest and smoothest rough water rides for that era. Hydro and challenger had to be 1975ish on barnegat bay in jersey. Now I sail!!
I overheated a 200 a couple of months ago. Cooked all the gaskets. First run after a rebuild....sucked a plastic bag and didn’t have a water pressure gauge. Do over!
@@thebrowncompound yes it is...will never run without water pressure gauge ever again....even if it’s a friend/customers boat. Learned the hard way on this one!
That hydrostream looked like it was only running on the back 6 inches of pad. Chine walk at 100 mph must be terrifying. The green boat, on the other hand, looked stable as a rock.
One point in time, I worked for Hydrostream. Building the decks. You will find the keel is flat, but the boat is a "V" bottom. This was done for racing purposes. You're right on learning to balance yourself in the boat, trimming is also a big deal with these boats. From what I can tell, you have done a good job learning to get the best preformance out of your Vector (16 foot) If you are able to find a Viking (17 foot) or a Vegas (20 foot), you will find better preforming Hydrostream boats. The 20 foot hull is rated as No. 1 hull by many boat magazines. You might want to play with some weights in the bow area, this will also give you better control. Enjoy the ride.
So a 16ft is a vector an a 17 is a Viking? Some guys where talking about it when I first posted but said it was a vector but I was told it was a Viking I’m not really sure the look the same lol
@@thebrowncompound Yes, it's a Vector. Look at the keel in the rear. Vector will be slightly concaved upwards in the center of the keel. The Viking will be flat across the rear of the keel. Years back, ( the 70's) the Viking held the speed record in the 17 foot "V" bottom class. Hydrostream was designed for speed. Many things were done to break the water tension on Hydrostreams. You will find the strakes get narrower toward the rear of the boat. This design was to bring air to the bottom of the boat, to break it free of the water vacuum beneath the boat. You will see the keel doesn't come all the way to the transom, this design was to pull the water off the transom, again to break the water vacuum of the rear of the boat. Happy to see you enjoy the ride.
@@314899 what do you know about the YT hulls. I have a Valero with a 200 mariner on it. It's way more stable then the v hulls. I imagine it's slower. Turns like it's on rails.
@@thenarrator869 The YT hull was under development when I exited Hydrostream. The purpose of the YT was to give the boat more stability at high speeds. it's a long story how the YT came to be a creation of Howard Pipkorn. HISTORY: There was a tunnel boat race in Minneapolis MN years back. The new 8 cylinder Evinrude racing engine came out that year. One of the boats wrecked, lost it's Evinrude engine in the water. Howard Pipkorn found the engine weeks after the wreck. Told the racers he would trade the engine for the wrecked tunnel boat. This tunnel boat became the blueprint for the YT hull, as Howard would marry the design of the tunnel boat to his "V" hull.
Dude thank you for helping me!!! My best friend/bro from another Mom. He pasted a couple years ago. He owned a Hydrosport. I could not for the life of me, remember the name. We live in Phenix city Alabama. Ran the boat on the Chattahoochee!!! Yep that Chattahoochee lol. It was a race boat in Texas. We just used it for recreation. Had the most awesome times in that boat. So thank you for bringing back memories of my dear friend!!!!! You got a new sub!! " way down yonder on the Chattahoochee "🎶🎵🎼🎤😎
Hello again ! In retrospect, I noticed: The propeller that you have installed lets out the exhaust gases in front of the propeller. That promotes cavitation extremely! Back then with my Merc. I have the Merc. rebuilt that the exhaust gases come out above the water with the cooling water. That gives a more stable boost! Greetings Thilo Schieschke.
@@thebrowncompound Exactly. The exhaust gases come out of where the propeller sucks in water! And presses the water with the exhaust gases out of the back. What goes through in gas, you lose in thrust Gas can be compressed Water not And the cavitation effect increases with the propeller You understand Greetings Thilo.
The exhaust is a hole that I can fit two hands in and is out of water when on plain. And lower picks water up on the nose. The prop doesn’t suck in any water Idk how much more simple I can make it
