DONZI 22 Classic. Sold mine 2 years ago. Best bang for your buck. You should see peoples faces when I would turn it on at the Marina. 502, Dry Manifolds, Bravo1, Imco Shorty, External Steering, K&N, Cam. Best boat Ive ever owned, Ran a consistent 78mph on GPS
The sound of a BBK Chevy motor is amazing!!

 

SE, I'm in Miami. It's great to be able to shoot over to Bimini for lunch, or head down to the keys.

Skiing behind a Jet boat with a rooster tail sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

 

There used to be the 21' Apache with outboard power, but I have no idea where there is one for sale. Other then that, i'd go with the Donzi. Those are nice small boats. The Cig 20, is fine also.

 

Well first off I would like to say Donzi is the Bayliner of performance boats. I would touch one with a 12 ft pole. ha What kind of water conditions will this be driven in? What are you wanting to do with this boat? Have any experience with a 60mph+ boat? Are you going to be in calm water? If so you need to figure out if you want inboard or outboard. Do you have experience with engines? If it were me and calm water I would look at haller, hondo, sanger, can-am v-drive drag boats. If you want a "weed-eater" powered boat I would look at checkmate, superboat, powerplay, obsession, stoker, progression, and skater. Thats my 2cents. Hope it helps!

 

My Ranger Z22 is 22'4", does 80 with a Mercury Racing 300, only holds 3 though. Oh and it holds about 20 fishing rods and a shit load of tackle.

 

^^^those Bass have to be the fastest damn fish on the planet!

 

Check out the Checkmate 2100 Pulsare it got a really good review from Powerboat mag it was running 78 in 1 and 2' chop with a 250 pro XS on it.

 

 

Steve Steep the owner of Velocity Boats makes a very nice performance boat.

Velocity Powerboats

 

24' Checkmate shown, available in 21'