Picked up the new X3 on Friday. I was pretty excited to get the boat on the water, but we got a good weather window Saturday am to run out for a quick snapper limit and took the Bertram. Fished cleaning fish around 2:00 and FINALLY got the new rig in the water around 3. Fished/ran the boat Saturday afternoon. I’m tremendously impressed with the build quality and fishability of the boat. We upgraded from a 2002 Majek 20V with a 135 Yamaha (light, and relatively quick out of the hole - TWSS), which is for sale.
The X3 went everywhere we would take the Majek and had no issues with hole shots in 12 inches. The boat is smooth as shit in chop and dry as a bone. The way the boat turns takes a bit to get used to. It’s hard to describe, but there’s no banking in the turn, the boat just pivots. With the 400R, the boat ran 50 mph at 5800 RPM with 1.8 mpg. At 30/3800 we were getting close to 3 mpg, which I thought was outstanding. Can’t wait to get back on it.