2008 Pantera Classic Top Speed?

[PhilAddison]

low 70s + if you know how to drive. as long as the boat is chine walking it will never reach max potential. a little seat time driving and learning will eventually get you there.

[oldtimer57]

I have one of those (08) but with a 2014 pro xs 200. Im running a 26p fury at almost 5900 RPM, and it will REALLY run. With just me, full tank and tackle, best to date is 77.5mph. Add 200 pounds for son and dog and it runs 75 reliably (note that this is in current temps, not hot/humid summer which I dont know about yet).As Phil mentioned, up to about 70 it is easy to drive. Beyond 70 you have to mind your Ps and Qs and simply not allow chine walking to set in. Go easy on the trim and keep ramping it up until you peak it out. But dont expect to do it the first week or the first month.Good prop you are running, just like mine. Dual console will cost you a bit of speed (not sure how much, but it adds weight and aerodynamic drag, someone with a DC will have to chime in on the cost in terms of speed. Mine is a single console, leaving the co-angler hanging in the breeze. However, we rarely run that fast unless someone issues a proper challenge. Are you sure it is not an 8″ jack plate, as that is what Bass Cat normally sells so far as I know.After driving it for a while, you will really like the way this thing runs.2008 Pantera Classic2014 Mercury Pro XS 200

[Basscatdreams]

2006 classic, 2005 200 Yamaha vmax, believe I have a 25p standard Yamaha 3 blade stainless prop. Have manual jackplate. I am 350 pounds, and with a 190 pound partner, all our gear, full tanks (have 10 gal kicker), single console, I get anywhere between 65 to 68 gps, depending on wind, current, chop, and air temp. Been told you lose approximately 1 mph for ever 50 pounds of weight. So if I lost 150 pounds, I would be around 70 to 71 I guess. I know how to push a boat, been in the seat since I was 16, and I am 46 now. I even know how to bump-steer chime right on the edge to get a little more speed. Had a boat race driver teach me when I was young. Alone, minimal gear, 1/2 main tank and empty kicker tank, with no wind, no current, and no chop, best I have done is 69.8 gps, at 5900 rpm. It took me 4 adjustments on the jackplate, 1/4 inch at a time, to dial her in. I know 5500 is the listed rpm limit in the manual, but I was told by a mechanic that the red line limiter was around 6000 to 6200. So I set mine up to run wide open at 5900. I dont run that though, just set it up in case of emergency and I need the extra speed. I typically run 4300 to 4500 and average 45 to 48 mph. Fish cannot swim that fast…lolHope this helps a little and please feel free to correct me, as I am new to Basscat boats. Bought mine 2 years ago. I do know that they dont like a lot of trim, but it is important to get the jackplate hight dialed in.

[mocatt]

I have a 2009 Classic and 2009 200hp Mercury proxs (which is just a standard 200 with proxs emblems). Its a dual console with 3 agm batteries in the back. I carry a medium tackle load and usually run around half a tank of fuel.. Its spinning a 25P Tempest plus with a 8″ jackplate at 5800 rpms. The best Ive seen with just me in the boat is 72.9 mph gps. I could probably get another mph or so out of it if I tweaked on it a little but, it runs plenty fast for me. Im not a tournament fisherman so I usually just cruise around 45 to 55 mph most of the time. They are great boats and I have had it in some pretty rough stuff on Lake of the Ozarks and never felt worried. I have owned 9 Basscats and 7 of them were Panteras. Good Luck!

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