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Old 01-31-2014, 11:03 AM
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hi guys gals. what do you think of proboats new 48in cat called rockstar
Old 01-31-2014, 04:18 PM
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proboat= junk

same for aqua crap
Old 02-01-2014, 06:56 AM
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Not much so far. CY/Sikk powerplant but at least it has the 4-bolt head. I don't know why they wandered away from the Zenoah's though but the Sikk does have more RPM and HP out of the box. They finally fixed the problem with broken rudders by making this one a break-away. They paid dearly for it with the other boats with a lot of their other ones as they couldn't take a hit. We'll see how long the onboard electric starter lasts as if it goes out you have no other means of starting it. I see a lot of people converting it back to a pull-starter for reliability and less onboard weight. Hopefully they fixed the clutch problem that the other boats has also. Too many cheap parts for a boat with that price tag.
The kill button is on the wrong side of the deck as you'd have to reach across it should he need arise. Most of us launch and retrieve our boats from the left side so it would be logical to put it there.

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Old 02-02-2014, 10:43 AM
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Thats cause your right handed Ron lol im a lefty and launch from my right
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Yes, I am a southpaw and so is my wife. My son is a righty. I gotta have a talk to her about that!
Old 02-07-2014, 04:29 PM
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Ron, I launch from my right side as well and I'm right handed. It doesn't help any that I'm only launching sport and scale hydros either

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