180.447 New Official V-Bottom Record

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Well, received the call and it is official, Outerlimits has broken the Vee Bottom record and it is now officially 172.8 miles per hour!

The boat used was the 43 Outerlimits race boat seen to run so fast in the Key West SBI Worlds. They were going faster than the record on their third pass, but they broke a prop. They are expected to do some more testing today and try to up the record tomorrow if everything cooperates. Brian Forehand is driving the boat for Outerlimits. Word has it Reggie is there, which is not surprising considering the record was broken on the stretch of water he made famous as the fastest stretch of water in the world in his Fountain advertisements...

Stay tuned.

Be safe guys!!!!




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[Bobcat]

Honkin !!!

 

[phragle]

THey were north of 180 and still accelerating,and hit debris in the water, chunking the skeg and prop. What impresses me is that the big hp motors hae been around, but watching the boat run on video compared to the fountain run, it definitly looked more settled and stable in the water than the fountain. The bottom technology has definitly evolved.

 

[Ratickle]

Yep, it was kinda hard on the props....



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[baronmarine]

congrats to them. what a heck of a lot of home work. just getting the old cig in the 90's has been a on going project.

todd

 

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Update: 4/29/2014


180.447 New Record Set This Morning


With Brian Forehand and Joe Sgro in the boat. In case you are wondering, that is it. The permit has now expired.

 

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[Ratickle]

I'm a bit surprised we've heard nothing from Reggie yet. Something about their fastest pass being only 4 mph faster than his years ago with 600 less HP or something......

 

[phragle]

Reggie has commented, pure class too...gave them congrats and said if he was going to buy a V today, it would be an outerlimits....

 

[Ratickle]

Good for him. I wonder if he'll try to get it back?

 

[phragle]

Reggie still has his record. The 180 of the ol was a different class.

 

[Ratickle]

If it's an official record in any class of Vee it would still be the fastest Vee. The class would not matter. From talking with APBA, it is an official record. It will be a special events vee bottom record, not a legal offshore vee bottom record. The rules for special events are much less technical than for an official offshore, or any APBA class, record events.

 

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From APBA

Two APBA Special Events Straightaway Speed records were established in Washington, NC on April 29, 2014.

In Unlimited Vee Bottom, Forehand drove Joe Sgro’s OuterLimits to an average speed of 180.464. Average speeds are established running in both directions over a one (1) kilometer surveyed course.

 

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From APBA:

The speed runs were sanctioned as special events. This was done for two reasons. Either of these reasons would have made the speed runs special events (and not offshore).

1) The boats did not fit into an existing APBA class.

2) APBA never sanctions private speed runs for existing APBA classes. The speed runs at Washington were private. They were not open to all APBA members, and we would not have granted a record for an existing APBA class even if the boats fit into an existing APBA class.