Article: Skater 318 With Mercury racing 400 R's, Several Firsts All Rolled Together

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[Ratickle]

After final polish and buff....

 

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Nice match on the seats!!

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Tony getting those 400's ready.

 

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[Ratickle]

Sure hope I'm around for the first test drive!!

 

[Ratickle]

Getting closer.

 

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Well, the boat is at Mercury with the Skater team in charge of working with Mercury Racing to set it up. They have numerous props to test, can't wait to hear the results!!

 

[Ratickle]

 

[Ratickle]

Well, the boat made it to Mercury Monday, but there was a problem with the power steering pump and a new one had to be air'd in overnight, so no testing on day one.

At Mercury:

 

[Ratickle]

There is no one who can look at this photo and say that Mercury was not very interested in this boat!!

 

[Ratickle]

After testing several set-ups, props, and getting the boat dialed in with the best available combination, the results:

 

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Some pics from testing:

 

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Lookin good!!

 

[Bobcat]

Pretty good numbers:drool5:

 

[Ratickle]

After its 114 mph tests at Mercury Racing, the 318 is back at Skater for minor tweaking.

 

[Ratickle]