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Super Sport Limited - 40 HP
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 3:32 pm
by mikegcny
I am buying a 1988 13 Super Sport Limited for my kids to use next summer. It has a 2001 Mercury 40-HP. Hull is 1988 13' Super Sport Limited.
How fast will this boat be?
Re: Super Sport Limited - 40 HP
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:05 pm
by frontier
[The 13 SUPER SPORT LIMITED is a] great boat. We had one just like it.
Top speed with one person was about 40-MPH—a sports car on the water. And a fun, stable platform.
For comparison, the new 2019 Boston Whaler 130 SuperSport weighs 695-lbs without engine and has the same 40 HP outboard rating. Your 1988 13 SuperSport Limited weighs 410-lbswithout engine) and has a lighter weight engine.
Re: Super Sport Limited - 40 HP
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:38 pm
by jimh
How old are the kids?
A 40-MPH boat is very fast for a 13-footer.
Re: Super Sport Limited - 40 HP
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:30 pm
by mikegcny
jimh wrote:How old are the kids?
A 40-MPH boat is very fast for a 13-footer.
They will be 13 and 10 next summer. We won't let them use it by themselves until they are a little older, have taken the Power Squadrons class, and have demonstrated to us that they are responsible.
The Outrage 22 that we have is not ideal for skiing/tubing/wake boarding, or even beaching. We are getting the 13 to use when we are at the beach.
Re: Super Sport Limited - 40 HP
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:33 am
by biggiefl
I have a 1981 13 sport with a 2004 Suzuki 40hp and set up properly with SS prop etc. I can get 39 in ideal conditions. I have owned this boat(with a 35hp) since I was 13 and I am still alive.