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31-08-2006, 04:06 PM
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What's this then?
http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...en&slim=quick&
Looks suspiciously like a Don Shead Planatec 40 splash - allegedly 49' long. Anyone got any knowledge?? Twin Lamborghini power. Sweet looking you have to say....
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31-08-2006, 04:16 PM
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31-08-2006, 05:15 PM
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does it come with the pice of ass on the front??????
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31-08-2006, 10:45 PM
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Hi Nigel!
This Shead-Planatec style was one of some boats built in Viareggio in the '70's/80'S in the Tecnomarine-Firebird yards under licence.
One of those was "Mate" in 1978 that would be the last race boat of Count Franco Gilberti(owner of the Cigarette 36' former Lady Nara 1/Lady Mate/Talvez/F.Eight).
Mate would raced in Santa Margherita but at the last minute Gilberti abandoned the idea and then retired himself from offshore races.
I think is the same on the picture that you have posted.
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31-08-2006, 11:20 PM
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Don Shead Planatec 40 splash
Looks like a boat called 'ABO' raced by Bobby Buchanan Michaelson back in the 80s fitted with twin mercruisers.
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31-08-2006, 11:26 PM
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The design is the same but in the specifications on the web they wrote that the builder was Firebird,Italy.
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01-09-2006, 07:19 AM
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I think it is the old ABO Planatec which is know Manhatton
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01-09-2006, 09:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by OOD
I think it is the old ABO Planatec which is know Manhatton
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Except it's grown by 9 feet, changed colour, got Lamborgini petrols, and is for sale in Italy!
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01-09-2006, 06:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jon Fuller
Except it's grown by 9 feet, changed colour, got Lamborgini petrols, and is for sale in Italy!
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Exactly!
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01-09-2006, 07:17 PM
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Doesn't look 49' foot long to me in the pic
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01-09-2006, 08:19 PM
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what's 9ft between friend's 
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28-05-2009, 03:32 PM
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Not sure if this pic has been seen on here before. Say what you like - it's drop dead gorgeous!
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28-05-2009, 03:33 PM
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Anybody got a shot of the engine bay? Looks not to be staggered according to the air intakes.
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28-05-2009, 04:14 PM
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Definately a Firebird Cobra built under licence in Italy. Same as D2S but with a full cabin. And yes staggered engines.
Spoke to the seller last year and he almost accepted a bit of €15k, but those 2 valve engines were just a bit too scary. Seller said it ran 90knots!!!!
Looked at an identical model in Belgium last year, but sadly without the Lambos! Bit more of a project though.
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28-05-2009, 04:49 PM
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Belgium? Anybody know how many were built?
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28-05-2009, 07:42 PM
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Here here the same boat where it is found today, to few km from my house.
The photo I shoot a couple of years ago.
Chiarugi was a sponsor-driver of Powermarine in 1993 that then it disappeared from the competitions.
Unfortunately I didn't have the possibility to photograph the engine bay but I believe that it was empty.
That of Belgium I think it's another story.
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28-05-2009, 07:50 PM
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90 knts! righto.
over 103mph. with surface drives, in a non stepped boat.
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28-05-2009, 08:10 PM
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Also the 49' they can be only if we add the surfaces drives units.
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28-05-2009, 08:45 PM
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Belgian beauty (or not)
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28-05-2009, 10:46 PM
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Big bird,
Please excuse my ignorance but why is that boat running with twin 2 bladed props.
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