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21-10-2006, 08:42 PM
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Whats the difference between a speedboat and a powerboat ?
I've just followed Wild Things thread "Boats and Jetskis website" to http://www.boatsandjetskis.co.uk where I see the boat lists split between speedboats and powerboats.
What's the definition of either ?
When does a speedboat become a powerboat ?
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21-10-2006, 08:46 PM
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Insurance company said a speedboat is a boat capable of no more then 50mph and a powerboat over that speed.. This is the crap they told me
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21-10-2006, 09:07 PM
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A ring is a speedboat, a PHANTOM is a POWERBOAT! obvious!  
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21-10-2006, 09:26 PM
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unless youre comparing it with an argo and then the phantom becomes a speed boat
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21-10-2006, 09:27 PM
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You mean phantom a speedboat right
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21-10-2006, 09:37 PM
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21-10-2006, 09:38 PM
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Oh well least you edited it!
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21-10-2006, 09:47 PM
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Registered User
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dunno what your talking about
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21-10-2006, 09:59 PM
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Whats a Chaul------- then
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21-10-2006, 10:04 PM
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My slant would be 200 horsies or over and built for racing!
but hell what do I KNOW!!
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22-10-2006, 12:10 AM
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numbskull
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Quote:
Originally posted by K9 racing
unless youre comparing it with an argo and then the phantom becomes a speed boat
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Oh yes, I forgot it was orgo that won all those 2 litre OCR championships, (summat like 11 out of 13 wonnit) and not Phantom.
silly me, sorry 
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22-10-2006, 01:40 AM
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THOSE ********s dun half look nice!
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22-10-2006, 01:41 AM
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22-10-2006, 06:42 AM
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but if you remember andy gittings lost on more than one occasion because he won to many races and with the points system it made him short as you have to drop 3 races 
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22-10-2006, 09:50 AM
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22-10-2006, 11:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Wild Thing
My slant would be 200 horsies or over and built for racing!
but hell what do I KNOW!!
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So a 16' Phantom with racedeck and a 90 Yamaha set up for the1.3ltr Offshore Powerboat Championships would be a speedboat. I think not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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22-10-2006, 12:21 PM
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was just waiting for that one splitpin, 
Where do you draw the line a zapcat could be classed as a powerboat
hard one to draw the line on when it comes down to it.
Maybe it is more of a macho thing
"hey mate I like your speedboat"
Angry owner "Its not a feckin speedboat, its a POWERBOAT
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22-10-2006, 12:41 PM
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As far as I have heard everything on here is a little speedboat, or at least to the people uninterested in boats or the media...as they always say when referring to an accident at sea or in a powerboat race, the word SPEEDBOAT, sad but true in most cases
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22-10-2006, 01:41 PM
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This ones really not that difficult. You have to wear a crash helmet in a powerboat where as you don't in a speedboat!!! 
Anyway it was nice knowing you all, I'll get my coat!!!
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22-10-2006, 07:09 PM
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From an investigation on the web, Powerboat seems to be interchangeable with motorboat and is defined as "a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine" while a Speedboat is defined as "a fast motorboat".
Speedboads must therefore be faster than powerboats !!
Any racers should read the following link (LOL):
http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/...werboat_racing
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