ALL NEW SKATER 40LS Hard Top!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here's some SPY pics of the all new Skater 40LS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here's some SPY pics of the all new Skater 40LS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a few more............................

[FastDonzi]

Sooooo, If you flip are you stuck inside? or does the top break off out of the way? Just wondrin......


Oh, okay now that I enlarged the pics I see the escape hatch....

[MANITIE]

I notice over the last 3 - 4 years of pleasure boats coming out fully enclosed but not to the specs of race boats and with most of the P/B running bigger HP then most race boats....what would happen if they went over...not to be negitive to these boats and there style....but just the safety aspect

Its a sweet looking boat...

[SKATIN]

that's freakin amazing awesome boat!

[JupiterSunsation]

nice interior but the exterior paint is a little plain....

[Knot 4 Me]

nice interior but the exterior paint is a little plain....

Sometimes less is more.

Awsome ride.

[DaveP]

And if it rolls over and is upside down in shallow water everyone inside is dead.

Sorry but an enclosed cat in a pleasure boat environment is absolute stupidity!

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And if it rolls over and is upside down in shallow water everyone inside is dead.

Sorry but an enclosed cat in a pleasure boat environment is absolute stupidity!

Dave,

If you enlarge the picture you will see it has a rear escape window on the back of the hard top.

[JupiterSunsation]

Dave,

If you enlarge the picture you will see it has a rear escape window on the back of the hard top.

You're joking right? Most guys I have seen running big cats maybe could get a pair of arms/legs through that gun slit!

[Offshore Ginger]

And if it rolls over and is upside down in shallow water everyone inside is dead.

Sorry but an enclosed cat in a pleasure boat environment is absolute stupidity!

God why would you look that much into something like this considering peter most likely thought everything out before it was ever built and if you are running in that shallow of water maybe you should not be there and where does stupidity begin ..............with the driver or..........

[plumbers crack]

wow awesome boat, great detail!!! Dave tell us how you really feel

[Jassman]

God why would you look that much into something like this considering peter most likely thought everything out before it was ever built and if you are running in that shallow of water maybe you should not be there and where does stupidity begin ..............with the driver or..........

Cause.. like everyone Dave is entitled to his opinion... My opinion like posted on OSO.. I like Skaters but this boat does absoloutly nothing for me in all aspects.

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Cause.. like everyone Dave is entitled to his opinion... My opinion like posted on OSO.. I like Skaters but this boat does absoloutly nothing for me in all aspects.

Jass,

They make 4 other 40' Skaters..................
40' Classic low profile
40' Classic race pleasure
40SS or 40 Super sport
and the 412

[Jassman]

Jass,

They make 4 other 40' Skaters..................
40' Classic low profile
40' Classic race pleasure
40SS or 40 Super sport
and the 412

Blume.. just cause it says Skater on the side...doesnt make me like it any more. Are they great boats, yes by all means...and actually my favorite Skater is still the 40 one off.. blue and silver one that tapers down to a bustle like the MTI's. I still love that one..and considered it at one time...but you'll hear off the record that the true die hard Skater guys hate it..cause it resembles a MTI..What I like does not mean everyone will follow. This boat just doesn't do it for me. Who'm ever built it, I still congrats them for building what they envisioned, and I wish them all the best luck in the world..and enjoy their ride... As to the canopy, that's another thread all by itself.. I agree with Dave on this on a pleasure version only. Have a great day, and thanks for posting the pic's. Jeff

[Twin27Advantage]

Bad Ass Boat!

Besides staying out of the sun...It can also extend your boating season and allow you to boat when it is raining. There are several times I would love to run the boat to a restaurant on a cool rainy summer day, much better then sitting around the house.

Unlike a normal canapy boat, you can pop the top for when you raft up. So I don't see that as being an issue. Also a smart guy who wants to party on a canopy boat could just have some collapsable chairs with rubber pads and replace the material to match the graphics of the boat. They could also have a fold out table that locks in the deck with a umbrella. Then you could party in style rather than standing in the cockpit leaning against the bolsters or sitting in the buckets

I don't really see noise being an issue..with all the wood work and interior it likely dampens the noise a bit. They may have used some noise dampening material like dynamat.

Safety...sure it might be a problem. But how many open pleasure cats have flipped during poker runs? How many of the occupants survived? I think that anyone who flips in a open boat at speeds above 100 are in some major trouble anyway. Some wear the inflatable life jacket and others wear the poker run lifelines. Neither will keep you floating face up if you are knocked out. Odds of a responsible captain crashing are far less than anyone of us driving down the road and landing upside down in 4' + water in our vehicles. How many actually cary a prick punch to bust a window in that situation?

The safety debate will go on forever seeing that everyone has and is entitled to their own opinion.

[cosmic12]

Cause.. like everyone Dave is entitled to his opinion... I like Skaters but this boat does absoloutly nothing for me in all aspects.

It is beautiful to look at and I can see the craftsmenship in it and all the detail, very nicely done.
With that said, I can't for the life of me understand why anyone wants a roof in the first place but then again I have no need or desire to be running at the speeds where you need that protection so I guess if you can aford it and have that need for speed.....so be it.

[MANITIE]

One of the things that caught my eye that made me question safety besides the lid, was over the last 3 or so years I have not seen a crew in a overturned cat come out of the canopy lid....they have got out by the escape hatch in the floor...I think that is one of the reasons crew's have been less at risk in a extraction.


To each his own....

[ILMORdude]

That is f'in sweet!! I wish more people would buy our stuff for skaters. Pete and crew are top notch. I actually like the simple exterior........ Congrats Everyone!!

[Elite Marine]

Nice boat, but why does anyone want an enclosed boat? I understand racing and safety, but pleasure?