CRAZY 50kts+! Jet Drive Luxury Day Boat - Centouno Navi Vespro

[@tomconnors8165]

Those lines are as smooth as hot butter. The combination of excitement, gestures and the accent in the bow presentation I got some Steve Irwin vibes and it really clicked why the videos on this channel stand out.

[@tonyosullivan2382]

How the hell have you only 27k subs. Fantastic channel, with brilliantly produced videos. It'll click soon, Iv no doubt. Great work🤙

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

I appreciate that. A lot of work goes into these vids so comments like this keep me motivated!

[@dolphvz]

stellar boat and fine piece of editing. True definition 4K on my new lg display. Give me more, subscribed!

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Thanks, will do!

[@nicolasmonastirsky]

Thanks! This is a surprise, I’ve been following this boat since day one, I just love all the design and the performance of it but somehow the upholstery looks cheap. Awesome video.

[@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh]

Great review of a great boat. This has the ability to be the new benchmark in 55 dayboats. Thx Dan 👍🏻

[@Robbie1820]

That is a stunning boat, so different from anything else I have seen. Love it!

[@didinos]

What a dream boat. Would have loved if it had a sunroof as well but probably not technically possible to keep rigidity. Very expensive but if i could, i would!

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

I understand that a lot of aerodynamics went into that roof design so that may complicate air flow

[@markward3242]

Great review mate and what a sexy peace of kit ❤🇬🇧🫡

[@adiaz2494]

Beautiful boat truly a unique design. The inverse aero under the windscreen remind me of the larger Riva boats. The "hood ornament" horn looks more silly than stylish to me. Great tour as allways, just a pitty that the banding and bitrate video quality problems didn't do justice to the interrior.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Yeah I don’t know how to fix that yet. Some internal lights really screw with the footage quality

[@nicbennett6554]

That is a thing of beauty!! Watched the drive video first and wanted one, now I really want one! Looked at the website and discovered this is the baby of the range. Has Nick Burnham seen your channel? I’m sure he’d appreciate the nod.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Yes this is the baby and Marco has some pretty cool plans! I did introduce myself to Nick a while back offering to share my drone footage with him but I probably came across as a weird Aussie bloke so it didn’t go anywhere. He’s doing great stuff!

[@battlehymn6389]

The interior layout is exceptional for a 55'. Not sure if you stated the length. So the thing with jets is that as you back off the thrust you lose maneuverability. For instance, if you are at idle and crank the wheel to lock in one direction you'll see very little response because there is little to no thrust from the jets. This can be moderated by some designs, but for low speed maneuvering jets are not the best. Jets are basically a nozzle (like on a fire hose) that moves horizontally, there is a bucket which can be lowered to give you reverse ... this is what directs your thrust ... typically there is no rudder, so you can see that as you lower the thrust, you also lower your maneuverability. Yes, this is a very simplistic overview. One other thing about jets that should be noted is that you should be very deliberate when mooring. You should never moor with the bow downstream, this can allow debris to flow into the jets. If you do have to moor downstream drop the buckets. Make sure someone is ready to dive to clear the jets and water inlet, all sorts of marine vegetation is your worst enemy ... watch the Grand Tour for an example.

[@tomconnors8165]

I am far from an expert but am going to disagree that jets are not the best for low speed manoeuvrability. In my limited experience, a jet ski even without a bucket is much easier to change direction at low speed vs even an outboard and way more vs any rudder system. Some of the most manoeuvrable boats are jet drive for that reason like pilot boats and tugs. A jet does not need to be moving in water to get any directional control over a rudder like other traditional drives excluding IPS or Azipod type drives. The force, and it's direction is contained entirely in the jet itself and does not need it's outlet in the water to be fully effective. The force comes from the velocity change of the water. Pivot the chamber and you pivot the force. What you do need is volume. So low engine speed results in low authority of control. With a bucket you can keep your engine speed and the volume or flow up to where the maneuverability is unmatched. You can have neutral handling at full engine speed and not have to reduce rpm then change gears. Twin jets with buckets is instant response to inputs and is very precise. See Hinkley boats as an example of ease of low speed control. The down side of big power jet drives is it takes a ton of volume to go with the outlet sized to match the power so you do not get an big increase in range at low speed because you end up as pump drive untill the flow is restricted to get the velocity change. This is mostly just conjecture from what I have picked up, so I hope someone else can weigh in and break the tie.

[@battlehymn6389]

@@tomconnors8165 You aren't wrong, we are talking about significantly different scales of watercraft and jet designs. My experience is from very large boats outfitted with jet drives (much larger than 55') .. which is why I gave a very simplistic and general overview. I know guys with twin jet Yamaha center consoles that have modified their jets simply because of the response at low engine RPM.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

I’m no expert with jets so will listen to you guys and just drive as many jet drives I can get my hands on now to see what we can learn

[@MarcoArnaboldi-mc5qc]

Hi, these kind of jets are really different. they guarantee lot of trust even at idle rpms for the special pump design. I build and design jet boats from 55 up to 150 feet both pleasure than military since 1992 and i can say that no other propulsion systems are so easy and efficient to manouvre,

[@scottrippon9565]

Hi Dan. Amazing boat. Not sure about that horn though.....So many cool Italian boats to play with and review..... (oh and the food) you may never come home...haha! My current favourite is the Gagliotta 37.....very old school like me:) they've also got an interesting 35 Lobster boat which is very sexy...... hard to beat Italian style.Cheers S

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

I found the horn useful as a navigation aid. Correct… so many cool boats I’ve actually left Australia permanently now.

[@basque888]

Beautiful lines, i dont think you told us the length or draft of the boat. Would have preferred a walkway at the bow seating area like the Vanquish/Pardos.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Check out the link to their website. I think with top speeds of 56kts then bow seating gets complicated. This design is designed and tested for aerodynamics

[@basque888]

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife US centre consoles go a lot faster and all of them have bow seating. I think its less on aerodynamics and more for looks.

[@christoskelaiditis653]

What kind of weather can it handle? Would be nice to have the option to make the cabin sealable.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

It's an ultra fast med boat so I wouldn't go trying to run her at those top speeds in the ocean off Australia for example. She'll handle plenty but you need to remember her main purpose is as a summer boat with crazy speed potential. That is generally going to mean you run fast on the beautiful days and avoid the bad days. Check out their website for enclosed designs

[@christoskelaiditis653]

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife the Aegean Sea is what I am interested in. Thank you so much 🙏

[@bryangibson1701]

Damn Dan!

[@KingKarimbo]

New Dream unlocked :o

[@davecrawley4634]

Has the drive video been released?

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Yep 👍

[@FVDaudio]

Spectacular !!! ✨✨👌🏻👌🏻

[@arfshesaid4325]

thought u were a Chris Lilly character for a minute

[@eliteoggaming6056]

Not me counting down the days till we see a predator 75

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Haha… well the new Sunseeker dealers for Australia and Asia are in contact so it will happen now. Previous dealers I never had any luck communicating with them

[@brandond2868]

Great boat! But the no windows down below. Not my favorite idea.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

I think to be fair most people using this boat in Europe will be on deck. She's very much a fancy day boat

[@brandond2868]

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife Good point my friend.

[@mwinner101]

Looks awesome except for the “statement piece” as it looks like a rhino horn to me. I’d delete that ASAP.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Haha seems to be dividing people that horn on the bow. I’m pro horn personally… i found it useful as a navigation aid

[@boonsongnamgaew5973]

🙏 👍 🇨🇷

[@godblesschild808]

My future boay for my side chick😂😂😂😂 lol

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Yes! I’d love that for you 🙏😎

[@doverivermedia3937]

Nowt wrong with a bit of 'Nick' style. But thanks for sparing us the 'mirror wave' 🤮 ... 😅

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

Haha noted! I just had to improvise as we were short on time

[@antoncarmoducchi6057]

Italians do it better.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

They do have a special sauce that nobody seems to be able to replicate. It’s a way that they analyse style with everything they do

[@paulmahy]

Terrible. Looks like corrective footwear. Too light, so lack of mass and if you don't know how to operate a jet boat without the joystick you shouldn't be on it.

[@BoatLife_DansBoatLife]

I think the idea behind technology like the joystick is to open boats like this up to a wider market. Most of the guy who can afford one of these will not have experience driving them so it makes good business sense to allow them to master it quickly. Otherwise you’re limiting your market to commercial, military etc

[@paulmahy]

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife Agreed, but I still maintain the skipper of a boat should be able to handle it competently using the primary controls. A guy who can afford a boat like this, might not want to get burdened with a court case, when his skipper damages another vessel or person, because he couldn't manoeuvre it adequately.

[@MarcoArnaboldi-mc5qc]

@@paulmahy Hi Paul i've built hundreds of jet boats like that also before the joystick and nobody went to court... we are talking of 30 years of yacht building.. i wish you could try one of them very soon.

[@paulmahy]

@@MarcoArnaboldi-mc5qc I'd love to try one. I meant to say that without competence on the primary controls, people shouldn't be out on it in case of failure.