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I purchased the boat in the summer of 2005. I usually take it out on the weekends to either the Illinois River
in Morris (about 40 minutes away), or to Fox Lake & the chain of lakes (North about 1 hour 40 minutes). The boat
seats 6 comfortably; 2 at the bow, passenger & driver, and 2 in the rear. This picture somewhat shows the layout
of the interior
The boat is powered by an Inboard/outboard 150 HP Volvo Penta motor. All of the controls are up at the drivers
seat, and it uses a 3 blade aluminum propellor. As you can see, I hit some rocks while launching the boat in the shallow
water and it ate up the prop quite a bit.
Here is a sideview of the boat. The trailer itself isn't much to look at; it is much older than the boat... But
it gets the boat from A to B without any problems.
One of the coolest things I have ever experienced is water tubing behind the boat. I have bought several water
tubes, which are usually around 3 feet in diameter. A newer kind of tube that came out in 2006 is a flat design with
a much bigger diameter. I gave in and spent $300 bucks on one of these new tubes, which is 1 foot in width, by 10 foot
in diameter.. 10 feet! Here is a picture of a guy on the tube:
| 10 foot obrien water tube |
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These suckers are designed to hold 3 people... but when you put one person on the tube, and the boat accelerates to about
40 MPH, the front of the tube starts lifting up and down and smacks the water... Once you get it up to about 45 MPH, the wind
completely grabs underneath the tube and lifts it into the air. I have a 75' tow-rope which gets my water tube with
a person on it about 20 feet in the air. Here are a couple pics of people on these tubes in the air I got from google.
| kind of weak.. he is about 10 feet up |
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I have a few videos of tubes taking off in the air... these crack me up every time:
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