damn, love hearing the sound of the ACIS switch over at 5k rpms at 1:12

Known to chine lock. The final nail in the coffin: a serious production flaw that required a full recall and replacement of every Epic 21 sold. It seems that Maritec had left the molds for that model in direct sunshine long enough for it to distort the hull, creating a condition called “chine lock,” which occurs when so much turbulent water and air accumulates under a boat’s hull that its chines and rudder can’t get any foothold on the water. As a result, the craft won’t respond to steering inputs while it’s being driven at speed, requiring the pilot to back off the throttle to reposition the boat. Too bad, could have maybe been a great boat to compete with MC and CC.

How fast ? Acceleration? Top speed? Parts? Reliability? Maintenance?

I've owned two of them and put over 2K hours on them. They totally rock. Big, heavy boat, thick hull. Extremely well put together. The V drive has almost no engine noise, the D drive has a very throaty V8 sound. Both are great.

Went for a ride in one of these last summer. Very nice boat and a very smooth and different sound from that Lexus motor.