Donzi

[mvp palisades]

Anyone familiar with Donzi 38 ZR? Any opinions?

[LuckyStrike]

Anyone familiar with Donzi 38 ZR? Any opinions?
Ive Got a friend here in PHX that has one.Other then a recent drive issue I think he is happy with it :crossx:

[DMOORE]

Not saying anything bad about the Donzi, but In that size range, I say I'd have to go with a Cirarette or Fountain. I don't think you can get any more experiance than those guys. Especially when running a boat in rough water, things take a beating. And experiance counts.
Darrell.

[LuckyStrike]

undefinedNot saying anything bad about the Donzi, but In that size range, I say I'd have to go with a Cirarette or Fountain. I don't think you can get any more experiance than those guys. Especially when running a boat in rough water, things take a beating. And experiance counts.
I would say Cig. 1st Donzi 2nd Fountain 3-4
All of these boats Now have Stepped Hulls I personally feel Fountains Hull is VERY Squirly.I Will Not own another Stepped Hull. Baja, Powerplay Are Two Great Boat Hulls With True Deep Vee Hulls. With Big Power they Are Right up there.
Darrell.

[DMOORE]

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I'm not sure how that happened, but the bottom of your quote is not from me. Somehow it was inserted into my quote. BTW not running a stepped bottom does not make any sense. Sure the very early stepped hulls may be a bit squirrly but the second generation hulls are very well behaved, and efficient.
Darrell.

[GRUNION]

The person to ask on here would be Big warlock he has one.

[soupersonic]

BTW not running a stepped bottom does not make any sense.
Tell that to the Velocity, Sonic and Powerplay and numerous other straight V owners like Pantera and i think Superboat.The difference is that the stepped hulls cant handle the "huge" water that they used to race in.The so called "offshore racing" is like a circle track now and they might see 3-4 footers. So yea...stepped hull is faster , until it gets real rough,then they are sitting on the dock watching the real boats run.
Lets see your stepped hull do this
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/multimedia/General-Videos/Historic/Apache_2.wmv.html

[FASTERDAMITT]

Supersonic, I think there are step bottoms that work without the handling loss like on Outerlimits ect... Here's my favorite,
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/478DSCN2757.JPG

[soupersonic]

Yes there are, i just wanted to make a point that you dont have to have a step bottom to be fast.And also just because your running a stepped bottom doesnt mean your going to handle the real big water well. :)

[LuckyStrike]

Yes there are, i just wanted to make a point that you dont have to have a step bottom to be fast.And also just because your running a stepped bottom doesnt mean your going to handle the real big water well. :)
Right On...Stepped Hulls Are Useless In Big Water...Meaning Atlatic Ocean Big
Not The Rollers That Are in the West Coast...Team Lucky Strike36 Concept :crossx:

[FASTERDAMITT]

COME ON! We have big water out here... :cry:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/47818OutrageOceanWaves520x334.jpg

[VanDeano]

Right On...Stepped Hulls Are Useless In Big Water...Meaning Atlatic Ocean Big
Not The Rollers That Are in the West Coast...Team Lucky Strike36 Concept :crossx:
Obviously your from Florida. Rollers my ass.

[VanDeano]

Not saying anything bad about the Donzi, but In that size range, I say I'd have to go with a Cirarette or Fountain. I don't think you can get any more experiance than those guys. Especially when running a boat in rough water, things take a beating. And experiance counts.
Darrell.
I think a boat takes more beating riding on the trailer. If you don't believe me, take a ride in your boat the next time its on the road and you'll see what Im talking about.

[DMOORE]

I think a boat takes more beating riding on the trailer. If you don't believe me, take a ride in your boat the next time its on the road and you'll see what Im talking about.
Especially in San Diego county with all these sh#tty roads. :)
Darrell.

[Dusty Times]

The person to ask on here would be Big warlock he has one.
Big Warlock (Rob) and myself have 38 ZX's. Wich have the fullest of cabins underneath.
Mine is FOR SALE CHEAP!
The ZR is the race series and does not have a cabin at all. Any smack talked about that boat at all is very incorrect. Look at the finishes that Scott Conrad had and won the championship with a Donzi ZR.

[CAPTAIN KEN]

Tell that to the Velocity, Sonic and Powerplay and numerous other straight V owners like Pantera and i think Superboat.The difference is that the stepped hulls cant handle the "huge" water that they used to race in.The so called "offshore racing" is like a circle track now and they might see 3-4 footers. So yea...stepped hull is faster , until it gets real rough,then they are sitting on the dock watching the real boats run.
Lets see your stepped hull do this
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/multimedia/General-Videos/Historic/Apache_2.wmv.html
Here ya go !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4X1RMppSGI
http://www.donzimarine.com/DonziWebsite/Site/Boats/ZR/38zr/38zrpage.html
http://www.donziracing.net/donzi.htm

[CAPTAIN KEN]

Big Warlock (Rob) and myself have 38 ZX's. Wich have the fullest of cabins underneath.
Mine is FOR SALE CHEAP!
The ZR is the race series and does not have a cabin at all. Any smack talked about that boat at all is very incorrect. Look at the finishes that Scott Conrad had and won the championship with a Donzi ZR.
The 38ZR Comp. has no cabin,but the 38ZR does now.
http://www.donzimarine.com/DonziWebsite/Site/Boats/ZR/2005.38ZR/38ZR.html

[cuda]

I say I'd have to go with a Cirarette or Fountain. I don't think you can get any more experiance than those guys. .
Well, that makes a lot of sense, since Donzi has been building boats longer than either Cig or Fountain.

[cuda]

Here's a short video of one running while we were at the Donzi Hometown Rally in Sarasota last weekend.
http://www.zippyvideos.com/2146406426101296/9-28_105/

[CAPTAIN KEN]

Congratulations Donzi!!! World Champs!!!
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PRESS RELEASE
Donzi Wins 2006 Offshore Racing World Championship
38 ZR Race Boat Clinches 2006 P1 Powerboat / UIM World Championship with Dramatic Finish in Portuguese Grand Prix of the Sea
For Immediate Release
Sarasota, FL October 2006 The 2006 Powerboat P1 offshore season roared to a finish in front of some 80,000 spectators in Cascais, Portugal on October 1, and when the spray had settled, a Donzi 38 ZR race boat had claimed the world championship. The 2006 season included fourteen open ocean endurance races in the Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, and Atlantic Ocean, with stops in Valetta, Malta; Anzio, Italy; Travemunde, Germany; Gallipoli, Italy; and Cowes, England before culminating in the two-day World Championship series in Portugal.
The Naples, Italy-based “OSG Donzi” team of owner/throttleman Giancarlo Cangiano and driver Stefano Cola edged out the second-place “Trident Kiton” built by Metamarine of Italy, and the third-place Fabio Buzzi-built “Kerakoll”, also of Italy, to clinch the Evolution class world title.
Upon winning the championship, Giancarlo Cangiano stated, "We are very happy to be world champions, happy for our team and friends, happy for Donzi, happy for my yacht club in Naples and happy for my beautiful wife.” Stefano Cola added, “It has been an enjoyable season and we knew that this year we would be competitive. I was always optimistic that we would win."
Many of the P1 races took place in heavy seas with large ocean swells, and race courses featured numerous challenging hairpin turns. “We’re incredibly pleased to have won a world championship against an international field of competitors at races that are genuine offshore events,” said Josh Stickles, Donzi’s VP of Marketing, who added, ”True performance is much more than a measure of speed while going around an oval track on a calm river or lake. Our boats were designed to provide superior balance and rough-water ride, and for pinpoint handling and turning. This world championship title is true validation that nothing beats a Donzi when it comes to running in real-world conditions.”
This is the latest success for Donzi’s twin-canopy 38 ZR, which has racked up six APBA National Championships and 3 APBA/UIM World Championships in the United States. However, this was its first championship amongst such a diverse and exotic field of competitors, from an aluminum-hulled ocean racer powered by twin 800 HP Lamborghini V12 engines to a Fabio Buzzi-built fiberglass boat with twin 930 HP Isotta Fraschini turbo diesels.
Said Stickles, “We are truly impressed by the professionalism of P1, its presentation, sportsmanship and the efforts it makes to create a public-friendly show. We are pleased to be here in Portugal to celebrate this achievement with our friends at OSG Donzi and are happy and proud to have them as part of the Donzi family."
The Union Internationale Motonautique (U.I.M.) will present the P1 World Championship trophy to the OSG Donzi team during a special ceremony to be held in OSG’s hometown of Naples, Italy in January 2007.
For information or photography please contact the Donzi Marketing Department at 941-727-0622.
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[Quality Time]

Well, that makes a lot of sense, since Donzi has been building boats longer than either Cig or Fountain.
That's what I was thinking