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02-02-2006, 10:16 AM
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Senior Member
Country: Finland
Boat name: Wildfire IV
Boat make: Sleekcraft 21 exec jr.
Engines: Chevy 454
Cruising area: Turku Archipelago/ Finnish Gulf
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 245
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Originally posted by Comanche3Six
Cigarette-Skater.....Somethings cooking!
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Sure is they are going after the V record.
Reggie better get better glue to his Tupé for his next record run...
IMO that looks like a Cig Althought built by Skater.
Seems Skater does all the record boats...
How was it with the Fountains latest was it inhouse or a Skater made too?
I would love to see that boat running in UIM-classes or something.
Cig back in Racing.
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02-02-2006, 12:30 PM
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#502
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Registered User
Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,726
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That Cig Skater is just gorgeous. And I want one.
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03-02-2006, 01:00 AM
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#503
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Registered User
Country: USA
Location: New Jersey
Occupation: Heavy Equiptment Operator
Interests: Vodka sampler
Boat name: Comanche Spirit
Boat make: Comanche 36
Engines: 800 HP
Cruising area: Atlantic Ocean
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 212
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Quote:
Originally posted by MikeyFIN
Totally white it looks like a whale.
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Here is it's sleek sister, bring your own harpoon!
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03-02-2006, 01:02 AM
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#504
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Registered User
Country: USA
Location: New Jersey
Occupation: Heavy Equiptment Operator
Interests: Vodka sampler
Boat name: Comanche Spirit
Boat make: Comanche 36
Engines: 800 HP
Cruising area: Atlantic Ocean
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 212
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03-02-2006, 01:35 AM
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#505
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Registered User
Country: USA
Location: New Jersey
Occupation: Heavy Equiptment Operator
Interests: Vodka sampler
Boat name: Comanche Spirit
Boat make: Comanche 36
Engines: 800 HP
Cruising area: Atlantic Ocean
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 212
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Those damn Fountains are at it again......fast bastids!
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03-02-2006, 05:13 AM
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#506
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Registered User
Country: USA
Location: South Carolina
Occupation: Parts Pimp
Boat make: Hustler 388 SlingShot
Engines: 525 SC's
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 127
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Quote:
Originally posted by MikeyFIN
Seems Skater does all the record boats...
How was it with the Fountains latest was it inhouse or a Skater made too?
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The latest Fountain Kilo boat was laid up in house at Fountain. It's been a good while since a Fountain came out of a mold at Skater.
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03-02-2006, 12:30 PM
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#507
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Senior Member
Country: Finland
Boat name: Wildfire IV
Boat make: Sleekcraft 21 exec jr.
Engines: Chevy 454
Cruising area: Turku Archipelago/ Finnish Gulf
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 245
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Quote:
Originally posted by Speed
Or use it on your boats that you produce and race?
"Thunder was heard across the Pamlico at 7:00am as Reggie Fountain, CEO and President of Fountain Powerboats and Ben Robertson took their 42 foot Fountain onto the kilo course setting a first pass speed of 166.407mph and then making a blistering second pass speed of 177.359mph for a new world Super Boat International Productions, SBIP, record of 171.883mph. The American Power Boat Association/UIM, APBA/UIM, record of 171.004. This new record eclipsed the old record by over 10mph.
Hint:The record books and racing records which are the hard cold facts say different.
Again, english is key, try using it.
I think you are trying to state these companies move here because of cheap labor which shows complete ignorance. If cheap labor was the reason then they would have gone to China or India. I know the workers in the local Ford plant here pull down well over $100,000 a year. That's cheap labor?
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Regarding world records in numbers of championships national or internatinal I bet Finnish ARGO Boats and their owner Fabritius Brothers has more records than the US builders combined.
And Bytheway Find me the record you state in the UIM record list.
And yes English is the key.
If you can´t make formal to understandable I´m just sorry for you.
Regarding cheap labour it´s cheap when it´s good enough so that you don´t have to redo or in the Chinese Tankers case REweld Every seam here locally.
So Yes US is Cheap labour in my eyes.
Thats prolly why Nor-Tech also moved overthere being Swedish/Norwegian first and making Cigarette Splashes.
But yes enough of this pissing contest as I dont want to humiliate you no more IMO.
Prolly you haven´t even heard of Argo boats, those around racing have on the other hand.
All the best.
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03-02-2006, 12:44 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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This is your last warning Mikey!
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08-02-2006, 08:53 PM
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#509
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rockey
easy tiger you been eating to much red meat
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Not possible!!!! but i'd give it a go.... got to get in practice for Miami, 6 nights of the outback steak house, kookaburra wings here I come!!!!!! Probably the odd shooters for lunch though, and Jonni's paying!
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09-02-2006, 12:51 AM
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Registered User
Location: Virginia, USA
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 81
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I e-mailed Argo and asked about their world records...
Argo,
I am curious if you hold any world speed records?
Thanks
Argo's reply:
Not yet!
Cheers, Ben
So much for that.
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09-02-2006, 12:52 AM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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For F*ck's sake, will you two stop it!!
Thread now Locked, well done!
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26-05-2006, 12:05 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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Re-opened this previously 'Locked' thread, now that the cause of most of the trouble has gone!
Thought I'd bring this thread 'back to the top', as it was a great thread, if that is, you can ignore all the bollox from MikeyFIN.
Some of the newer members may not have seen it, so, enjoy.
Another cool thread about US boating can be seen Here
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26-05-2006, 01:12 PM
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#513
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,016
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jon Fuller
..... about the US bating scene can be seen ..
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Coool... a whole thread devoted to bating our 'Merkin cousins... where do I sign up?
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26-05-2006, 04:48 PM
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Registered User
Location: Virginia, USA
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 81
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27-05-2006, 12:33 AM
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#515
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Registered User
Country: USA
Location: New Jersey
Occupation: Heavy Equiptment Operator
Interests: Vodka sampler
Boat name: Comanche Spirit
Boat make: Comanche 36
Engines: 800 HP
Cruising area: Atlantic Ocean
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 212
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jono
Coool... a whole thread devoted to bating our 'Merkin cousins... where do I sign up?
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At the Apache booth!!
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27-05-2006, 01:10 AM
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#516
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Registered User
Country: US
Location: Virginia
Interests: Quiet desperation
Boat name: A Little Noisy
Boat make: Excalibur 24
Engines: Express Racing 525
Cruising area: Mobjack Bay (where?)
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,974
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jono
Coool... a whole thread devoted to bating our 'Merkin cousins... where do I sign up?
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What's 'bating' or have I biten?
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27-05-2006, 01:14 AM
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#517
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ben
What's 'bating' or have I biten?
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Well spotted!
Them ribbers really are nobbers!
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27-05-2006, 05:31 AM
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#518
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
Posts: 2,303
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As with a lot of you guys I went to the Miami boat show in Feb and tried most of the big boats on the water and came away convinced that the Velocity 36 was a very sweet boat clocking just over 80mph on the GPS with twin 496 mercs which frankly shocked us ( I have that on vid, don't ask me to download it onto this site as I haven't the knowledge but could probably find someone who could). So, I would appreciate the opinion of our friends in the USA as to their thinking on Velocity because we are close to getting one. I have also just been on their site - again - and they have a new 410 - see pic - which they claim can do over the ton!
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27-05-2006, 05:32 AM
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#519
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
Posts: 2,303
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another shot
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27-05-2006, 05:33 AM
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#520
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
Posts: 2,303
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