Excalibur Racing
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Restart it PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! I need to gather more info and I'm learning alot from Rich's fireside chats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ratickle
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Rich started the thread and deleted it when it became more about the personel than the issues. He is the only one who can have it restarted.
All lobbying attempts to him are appreciated.
Excalibur Racing
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OK, Rich, Please restart it Or how much do you get an hour to consult? How do I get a copy of the Mark Lavin Safety Manual?
Ratickle
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T2x
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Excalibur Racing
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Thanks, he will wake up eventually, hopefully!
T2x
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jmeng
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Plenty of 32 and even some 36 Skaters built with outboards.
cowisl
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a 32 with twin 300 x's runs right around 100. My buddies best speed was 104
T2x
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Well let's see......... hmmmmm?
The Doug Wright 32's are running close to 120 with 2.5's in racing trim.
Many of the 120 mph inboard V bottoms that I encounter run about 80.... so a solid 100-110 mph 32' OB cat is still one of the fastest boats on the water.
Also, in case you haven't noticed........ I love OB's. I understand them, they perform amazingly, and they don't have all that obnoxious noise at the dock.
But I am certainly the exception in this regard too........
Before they made me.....they broke the mold....
smokeybandit
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"Many of the 120 mph inboard V bottoms that I encounter run about 80.... so a solid 100-110 mph 32' OB cat is still one of the fastest boats on the water."
This is one of the funniest quotes ever Rich! I think that GPS has taken most of the personality out of performance boating. It's much harder to lie about how fast you are.
This is one of the funniest quotes ever Rich! I think that GPS has taken most of the personality out of performance boating. It's much harder to lie about how fast you are.
Top Banana
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Also, in case you haven't noticed........ I love OB's. I understand them, they perform amazingly, and they don't have all that obnoxious noise at the dock.
But I am certainly the exception in this regard too........
Back in the day when we doubled the oil for the outboard race boats, the people at the dock would always comment about the big blue cloud around the motors.
They seemed to understand when I explained that Mercury was the marine division of Studebaker.
Ratickle
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Did you use Castor oil?:sifone:
Offshore Ginger
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Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm right.:sifone:I hear all the time that it's a "Skater Nation".
Offshore Ginger
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over the years when i was employed at Skater doing quite a few motor wells on 32 Skater A 's there was a time when a employee was given the opportunity to go out on Lake Mich and break in the motors on a 32 A when liabilty was not a factor with either triple 2,4's or 5 's and when all was said and done talk about a rush along with the sound . T2X i have to say that i might have met you when you were at Skater talking with Pete in the break room on a fri afternoon , Pete flagged me in to say that he would not be long and have a seat but i could be wrong !:rofl:
MarylandMark
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detail toyz
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That place is cool I was there last summer. (The Skater Factory that is)
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