More from STATEMENT! Marine at St. Pete
We were at the LeMans Race in St. Pete too and ran into Chip Fendt--newly onboard with STATEMENT!--and Gene Weeks. The boat looked great at the floating bar dock and was creating a lot of stir--especially when we cruised in with Diamond Dave Branch of Muscle Racing and Dave Peterson of Black Pearl Racing, along with Diane Barrington--you remember the "Blade Babe" from racing a few years ago? She used to broker all the helos for the teams...
Of course Dave and Dave and their friends were anxious to check out the new ride and they were very impressed after a spin with Gene! Peterson liked the smoothness of the ride and Branch, ever the master of under-STATEMENT! said, "Very fast and very smooth!" He was disappointed he didn't get to drive it, but he loved climbing around and exploring the super clean engine compartment (NO rigging shows--it's all under the carbon fiber flooring) and beautiful and functional interior!
Check out the photos--view of the bar from the top of the ferris wheel!
Nice job on the YouTube video Poker Run Mike!
Someone mentioned not seeing specs...I tried to post a press release with all the info in it, but you guys don't like seeing press releases (sorry, but that IS what I do for a living fellas!) so I am including them here:
Statement 42’ V-Bottom Specs:
Length: 42’
Beam: 8’ 2”
Dead Rise: variable
Draft: 30”
Power: Mercury Racing 1075 Sci’s (2)
Propellers: Merc SSM
Fuel Capacity: 225 gallons
Hull Weight: 9,000 lbs.
Construction: Kevlar, E-glass, foam composite
(vacuum bagged, vinyl ester resin)
Steering: Latham Marine