LOL You know I heard that negative crap ALL the while I was building the first Sub 1200# Cat; Like that can't be done and "It will sink at the dock" (By a major Builder at the time) Anyway that primitive mentality would still have us flying fabric Biplanes then THIS the engine and prop BS like DUH?? Aaahh let’s see the water speed flowing past the gear case should be a Friggin clue right ??TRY working out the pad dead rise and dihedral Remember that boat had to run like right off the trailer in Key West we were pushing it right to the last minute..!
It just Pisses me off I was working full time at PP doing tooling/composite work and critical repairs THEN working most of the night in my shop on my Boat which had a Bottom that was based on engineering calculations MINE and not a copy of the much copied work of the late great James Beard we see everyday.
Steve here are some pics of only a "few" of my boats. You take this rather personal. I simply ask for proof of some rather tall claims of speed. 20 Riot 117 mph, 22 Rapid Craft 120 mph, 30 Motion 115 mph.
A few more pictures of my faster toys. 35' Motion 155 mph, 25' Warlock cat was a 110 mph family boat, 32 Skater with small power, MTI 170 mph
I had a hand in rigging and setting up each of these boats.
Dude missed my point: Did you design and build those? (nice looking boats btw)As for Proof Aaaahh I guess what I have is videos and my customer feed back! NOW should I call them liars?? Or be pumped as well? Personally I think the thing is flying but that is just me..
Those 11-meter boats are a touchy spot for me as they made some rule changes (UIM) after the WC in 94, which effectively banned that boat (length) in “S” Class and made a rule more favourable to another builder at a 10 meter limit which is the Model 8 . Which was why they ran it as a triple M boat..
Dude good but I did it the hard way I had a solid building system sat down and came up with a fresh new design, Found a customer while doing a seminar on composite boat building.
Busted my butt building it working to 2-3 in the morning then to my full time job and back again to my shop for the night shift !!! My project well it went to the Keys and won the WC Like first time wet then to the Middle east where it was dominate for 2 years then the UIM title there.
Now please Apply the Stupidity filter here and think for a second!!!!!!! This boat was designed to run with like NO power GOT IT ?? The Cat could run into the 90’s with 200’s had a good tunnel good balance I even tapered the mass when I built it. So NOW if you more than double the power guess what? I find my feed back and the accompanying videos right on. BTW I got the outstanding Designer of the year Award also 10 years to the day after Linder got his For that Cat.
NOW you showed me some things you BOUGHT!! BUT WHAT THE HELL have YOU designed and built?? see you sit there and try to belittle me when you have done FRIGGIN nothing as I see it! BTW That was built in 1991 I can do MUCH better now.