James Bond XS2000

2-XS-IF · 09-09-2006, 11:30 AM

A new link to the Casino Royale movie clip with now 0.5 secs of boat, plus Aston Matin DB9S. Looks good.

http://www.xs-if.co.uk/casinoroyal.htm

cfun · 09-09-2006, 01:18 PM

"The Sunseeker hull is a race tested balsa cored Kevlar sandwich structure derived from the FB design racing hulls" Do Sunseeker copy FB manufacturing process, can't imagine why FB would use new ideas then allow Sunseeker to copy them even if paid royalties, of which one would assume they do for building a copy of FB boats. I do think however these boats are great and would still be proud to own one.

2-XS-IF · 09-09-2006, 04:57 PM

Sunseeker do not build the hull they buy it in. They did design the top deck on the 2000 and sport but also do not build this, they just put the boat together and call it a Sunseeker XS.

Captain Chaos · 09-09-2006, 05:04 PM

Ah, I didnt know that!

I've seen the FB 'Sunrunner' (is it??) thats obviously the Mk1 version of the XS.

So the XS is built by buzzi??

2-XS-IF · 09-09-2006, 05:38 PM

I was told the Sunseeker hulls were build in Germany, but I don't know if FB hulls are.

cfun · 09-09-2006, 05:46 PM

ahh ok that explains it, the reason for questioning it is living in poole all my life and over the years I have known many of the workforce, some rent flats of me, therefore I knew Sunseeker would not copy that kind of build, but did not know they had the hull brought in, as I said I like the boat and being from the FB stable it will do everything on the water one would expect of a thoroughbred

Tony Davis · 09-09-2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by 2-XS-IF
I was told the Sunseeker hulls were build in Germany,

The early ones were built by Fletcher!

Jon Fuller · 09-09-2006, 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Chaos
Ah, I didnt know that!

I've seen the FB 'Sunrunner' (is it??)

'Sunracer'

Captain Chaos · 10-09-2006, 01:35 AM

and that one!

lain · 30-09-2009, 11:41 AM

Does anyone have any pics of the sunracer, always wondered what she looked like?

BigBird1964 · 30-09-2009, 12:08 PM

Found this advert...

http://www.barche.it/scheda_barca.php?LNG=IT&ida=12697

Scand · 30-09-2009, 12:23 PM

I don’t know who makes them, but there was a XS2000 mould lying outside Ocean Quay Southampton about one and half years ago.

Scand · 30-09-2009, 12:29 PM

…or it could just have been an uncompleted hull:

http://maps.google.no/maps?f=q&sourc...00823&t=h&z=21

lain · 30-09-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBird1964

Found this advert...

http://www.barche.it/scheda_barca.php?LNG=IT&ida=12697

Thanks, they couldn't have made that dash look more clunky looking if they tried, shame.

ufix1 · 30-09-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBird1964

Found this advert...

http://www.barche.it/scheda_barca.php?LNG=IT&ida=12697

If my memories serves me right that is the boat that the late " SERGIO CARPENTIERI " who lost his life in 2007 while racing in P1 in germany.

Not sure about wheter its his ,but I have seen that boat a couple of times while in the pits or racing. finished 5th overall in 2006 of 12 competitors.

Thanks,
Rob.

Tom Stone · 08-10-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Scand

I don’t know who makes them, but there was a XS2000 mould lying outside Ocean Quay Southampton about one and half years ago.

was definately the moulds, i remember seeing them