Race Boat For Sale in Biloxi

[Ratickle]

On the way out of town, we noticed this boat for sale.

Who's is/was it? Anyone know any history?

Odd to see the old in-line canopy's....

 

[Ratickle]

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[Bobcat]

One of the few Fountains that haven't sank at the dock ?:leaving:

 

[mdkeywest]

I think It,s an old ( Harry shearer or something like that ) boat .
Many have probably seen it hangin around vaca key back in the day .
Could be wrong tho .

Myself and a young newbie looked at it for svl at the time ,( 2003) We Ended up going with a more patriotic hull in the end .

I remember seeing it run p-4 i think ,it was SQUIRRLEY.
It chine walked so bad it made the Lavey SVL look stable !

Again i could be wrong .

 

[J-Bonz]

I think It,s an old ( Harry shearer or something like that ) boat .
Many have probably seen it hangin around vaca key back in the day .
Could be wrong tho .

Myself and a young newbie looked at it for svl at the time ,( 2003) We Ended up going with a more patriotic hull in the end .

I remember seeing it run p-4 i think ,it was SQUIRRLEY.
It chine walked so bad it made the Lavey SVL look stable !

Again i could be wrong .

Yup, wasnt it originally painted with a fade form yellow to orange...

 

[Adrenaline]

Not totally sure, but it Looks just like the one Challenger put together many years back. They made 2 I believe. The other one that looks just like it only white is located in a farm field not far from my house.

 

[Ratickle]

Couple more hints.....

 

[imco offshore]

Not totally sure, but it Looks just like the one Challenger put together many years back. They made 2 I believe. The other one that looks just like it only white is located in a farm field not far from my house.

I believe your right ,,it,s a challenger ,,with the DDS bottom ,,designed by Harry Shoal ,,when ben and i ran the challenger 2001 we saw the other in the factory in St Louis,, DON,T TOUCH IT ,,FOR A RACE BOAT ,,SORRY JUST MY OPINION,,

 

[Racerguymiami]

It was mine. Ran it in 2006 with SBI.

 

[Racerguymiami]

Infinity

Here's some pics of it running deerfield beach 2006 and Key West 2006.

 

[mdkeywest]

I swear That 4 screw metal plate in the pic looks like a neck plate off an off brand strat LOL :huh:

 

[Racerguymiami]

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I made a mistake with this boat swapping out the pulse drive and going to the bravo. I was running a supercat 750 in it and worked and worked to get it to handle right. I blew that motor in Deerfield 06 spinning 7600RPM . I put in a 525EFI after that and messed around with drive heights. I was moving the drive around between 1/2 above and 2 below the bottom and the boat would just not handle. Later dropped it 4 below the bottom and it was like running on rails but scrubbed about 5mph off the top(89-90MPH). Took it to the worlds that year and after a huge cafuffle in the pits with tech claiming an illegal motor I ran 1 race in P3 and packed it in.

 

[Racerguymiami]

Pulse Drive

More Pics

 

[Racerguymiami]

Transformation

The Change

 

[Phantom1]

I raced my Phantom against that boat in 1999 in A-Class. It was a pretty stable boat with that set up.

 

[Ratickle]

Now that is cool history to know.......


So you wish you'd left the pulse on??????

Why did you change it???????

 

[Racerguymiami]

The plan was to run SVL and the bravo was a requirement. The Pulse Drive was a much better handling drive on that particular boat.

Here's another pic while being painted. If the orgs ever allowed surface drives in the spec classes I would certainly go that route. This one.

 

[lucky strike]

Bazaar looking boat

 

[Phantom1]

It ran as "Frayed Knot" way back when and is a 30" Infinity.

 

[Ratickle]

That counter rotating Pulse must handle pretty well......