Who wants to start a mini cat co. ?

[FrenchPhil]

Hey were did I say I was making fun of that cat ?

[Ben]

Originally posted by Jon Fuller
Ben wouldn't leave a bed badly made

Of course I wouldn't. I've had instruction.

[Ben]

Thanks to her I am equally adept in the performance of other essential domestic tasks.

[Adam]

Back onto subject - can't find any good quality photo's - but riding well in this one.

[Adam]

smallest oil rig supply vessel?

[Captain Chaos]

how cool is that

[FrenchPhil]

Sweet. Always thought a similar 15 foot cat with a 70hp short shaft Yammie would be a killer flat water boat.

[Adam]

Originally posted by FrenchPhil
Sweet. Always thought a similar 15 foot cat with a 70hp short shaft Yammie would be a killer flat water boat.

Very true - I like the idea of good speeds from small power. Especially in a small cat you end up with a boat that can be really nicely balanced and surprisingly good in light chop.

I'm sure once I get this winter over and various designs / business projects finished something will happen in the workshops! Maybe a new 3.5 deck moulding or could be a little larger all together.

Really trying to move away from building boats and just being a design office - but still happy to the occasional prototype!

Adam

[michaelcaine]

how about this?

[michaelcaine]

can you imagine if we all bought/made one and started our own racing class,what a laugh and very cheap racing too i reckon

[FrenchPhil]

Its strange everyone talks about cougar cubs & all but frankly except as a junior class, I don't get it - Probably just nostalgia, the speeds won't cut it for adults on a 10-12 foot cat

[BluFin]

Sure the speed is lower but the key point is FUN. lots and lots of it, at a reasonable cost.
You can almost turn em back over again on ya own when you turn them over and get going again.

[FrenchPhil]

Yes, but if you build your own boat out of plywood, it wont cost you much more to make a 14-15' than a 10-12'. And you'll have a better choice of motors.

[Matt]

It'll only cost 8 times as much to make a 30 footer than a 15, so why bother with anything less?

[Adam]

Originally posted by michaelcaine
can you imagine if we all bought/made one and started our own racing class,what a laugh and very cheap racing too i reckon

would be great fun - think you would have to limit it to production boats (grp) with ability to take two people - otherwsie you would end up with a load of specials / circuit boats which might make it all too serious!

[Adam]

Originally posted by FrenchPhil
Its strange everyone talks about cougar cubs & all but frankly except as a junior class, I don't get it - Probably just nostalgia, the speeds won't cut it for adults on a 10-12 foot cat

Surprising how quick 30mph feels like in such a small boat though! put a number together (as Cougar did with their cubs) and it would be good sport.

[FrenchPhil]

Lets say 30mph could be fun in the boat, but not as a spectator...

[Jon Fuller]

Yeah, but 'offshore' powerboating really aint a specator sport anyway, is it. unless you have an interest (someone racing that you know) it's like watching paint dry.

you gotta be a real enthusiast to just watch it all the time, how ever quick they are.

[Hasbeen]

I still think it's a shame they took the "offshore" out of powerboat racing, no doubt to make it more spectator appealing and draw in the big sponsors, like that really worked didn't it.

[The gArfish]

Originally posted by FrenchPhil
Hey were did I say I was making fun of that cat ?

yew arr a norty gallik fing yew arr. wee downt maik funn ov dem fkin sanndals yew frenchis ware orl de tyme

iz yorr ful naim philllipe ferlopp

gArf