New Nitro Z21 To Be Unveiled At Classic

[Bill Babler]

Might not want to jump the gun to fast. Snowden is reportedly not getting the performance he wants out of his is the word on the street. Mid 60's. at best.

I'm getting a new boat package put together right now, and have been talking to reps all over the place. Word on the street is that next year, you may see some type of a Triton Cross hull under the Nitro cap and it may be a real runner.

As Champ said the investment there was more in technology then it was in boat companies. It is not as easy as you may think to engineer a performance hull.

In 2016 or 2017 Nitro may have the best one on the market, but I don't think its this one. Yet.

Again, you can see from this post, I'm not bashing in the least, just what talk is going around from the reps. I think they are close to being on something pretty good.

I'm also sure that, that boat was offered to several of our local guides and they turned it down in favor of the Z9 for this go around of 2015.

I'm sure more to come and I'm thinking it will be very good for them.

[huntest]

Bill

Are you considering any boat except a Phoenix?

[Bill Babler]

Yes I have purchased another boat in addition to my Phoenix. I now have a fishing fleet.

[huntest]

Nice!!

[fishingaddiction]

Good looking boat, for sure a Ranger look alike. Mid 60's speed won't cut it with most guys that would buy a boat like this.

[Quillback]

Lots of front deck.

[dtrs5kprs]

Might not want to jump the gun to fast. Snowden is reportedly not getting the performance he wants out of his is the word on the street. Mid 60's. at best.

So it is faster than a Ranger! Sweet!

Well my Ranger anyway...

[GREENTRITON]

In the first pic of new boat, it looks like it has a trailer step. Anyone know where I could buy one? I am not looking for a EZ Step. This looks different then EZ step? I saw one on a Z8 also. Any help? Thanks

[GNSfishing]

You can order the step from Tracker Marine in Springfield. I ordered one for my 2011 Z8 trailer last week. I was given part number 180027 Kit, Nitro W/S Step, BLK:AMP. MSRP $199.88

[Bill Babler]

Good looking boat, for sure a Ranger look alike. Mid 60's speed won't cut it with most guys that would buy a boat like this.

That's exactly right. These guys are shooting for high 70's. Anything under 70 and it is a Mud Wallower, even fully loaded with the gear that these guys carry.

Last year during the TR Elite that Mike won, Beck and I followed him in my Phoenix. He was running the Stratos Elite. My prop was a bit messed from Taneycomo, but still pretty functional and we were chasing him with my boat running 74.8 and he was leaving us most of the time.

Bill and I were guessing he was running about 77 and the difference between 77 and 74 is you are out of sight pretty quick. You drop down to 67 vs 77 and you are wasting time in $100,000.00 tournaments that you really don't have to waste.

For me 67 is very fast. Most of my clients start to squirm at 45. Boat looks like it has a very nice layout as I said, with the resources they have in place and now the engineering, I believe you are going to see some kind of something special from them.