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12-04-2007, 10:05 PM
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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
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Location: In a box
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Honda Cat
A pal of mine, who wishes to remain anonymous, e mailed me these photo's as he thought you'd be interested in them.
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12-04-2007, 10:24 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Alderholt
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Is it a Turkish thingy
Kor that dont half look like Skater origin lower half. IMHO sitting too far back for UK waters . should turn well though, If you can see past the bow when the nose is in the air. "Pointed" gearbox on a honda !!!!! what next performance outboard?
Always fancied a rally raid with merc power at a Honda meet
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12-04-2007, 10:52 PM
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I like it, although needs a proper motor. How much.
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12-04-2007, 10:57 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Alderholt
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It's not that I dont like it's just seating too far back IMHO. Price ? Sports racer + about 25% I'd guess
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13-04-2007, 07:20 AM
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Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
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Location: Birmingham
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That looks well sexy!
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13-04-2007, 08:07 AM
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Country: UK
Location: Somerset
Occupation: old bloke
Interests: Water Ski Racing, Basic Racing
Boat name: Bad Boy 717, Hotshot 777
Boat make: Phantom 21, Phantom 21
Engines: JSRE Merc 2.5 EFIss 280hp, Merc 2.5 x 2
Cruising area: Weymouth, Weston and rest of UK
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Somerset
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spoke to honda earlier this year as might I be interested in racing 2008 in the 225, I did ask about the new class and was told 2009, but they where a bit vague. so watch that space . . . .
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13-04-2007, 09:45 AM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: surrey
Occupation: Railway staff
Boat make: P23, P21, R20, RingRanger 25, Sabre
Engines: 225promax, xr2, EFI tuned, 6.2 mercruiser, suzuki 140 lol
Cruising area: littlehampton
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: surrey
Posts: 358
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wow! but she looks like she deserves twins!??
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13-04-2007, 10:05 AM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Coventry (but from Lee on Solent)
Occupation: Sales Director
Interests: My Boat of course
Boat make: Extreme 21
Engines: Merc V8
Cruising area: Solent
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Coventry (but from Lee on Solent)
Posts: 587
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Nice looking rig!
Bet it would go well if you hung a merc 300 on the back.
Bet it wont go that well with a Honda though
What do the 225 monos run? I didnt think they made it into the 70's??
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13-04-2007, 10:06 AM
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Location: hayling island
Boat name: snow monkey
Boat make: extreme 24
Engines: mercruiser 6.2
Join Date: May 2004
Location: hayling island
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high 60s and bloody hard work im told
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13-04-2007, 10:08 AM
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Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
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Originally Posted by Bad Boy 717
spoke to honda earlier this year as might I be interested in racing 2008 in the 225, I did ask about the new class and was told 2009, but they where a bit vague. so watch that space . . . .
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I'll be in me bath chair by then !!
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13-04-2007, 10:10 AM
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Country: UK
Location: Coventry (but from Lee on Solent)
Occupation: Sales Director
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Boat make: Extreme 21
Engines: Merc V8
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Shame cos the 225 mono hulls look really nice.
Im sure if you popped a decent race motor on the back they would easy see 80's.
Has anyone though of buying one, changing the motor and racing it outside of honda series (class III maybe)?? or would they just not compete with the Bats?
Al
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13-04-2007, 10:13 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
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Im sure if you popped a decent race motor on the back they would easy see 80's.
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Yeah, but which way up???
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13-04-2007, 11:18 AM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
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Looks a big boat for a 225 or even a 200XS in IIIC.
I'm sure you could get one from the builder but I suspect it might not be that simple if tied in with Honda
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13-04-2007, 11:21 AM
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I looked at the photos and assumed the boat to be an old prototype, not a new one. Oops.
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13-04-2007, 02:17 PM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
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What do the 225 monos run? I didnt think they made it into the 70's??
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The official speed record is 67.08 mph
And they get very scary after about 60.00mph
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13-04-2007, 02:46 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Coventry (but from Lee on Solent)
Occupation: Sales Director
Interests: My Boat of course
Boat make: Extreme 21
Engines: Merc V8
Cruising area: Solent
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Thats pretty poor then huh!
Whats the story though - is this because the hull isn't up to it or is it an engine / set up issue.
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13-04-2007, 02:52 PM
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It's a narrow stepped hull with a very heavy, high CG engine on.
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13-04-2007, 02:53 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
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Quite a big boat (25' hull) not that much power, loads of weight (Honda 225) I don't reckon it's too bad!
And remember, the 'official' speed, is real, not a powerboaters tale. (ie: add 20%)
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13-04-2007, 02:54 PM
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Loadsa weight up high though. And I always had the impression that while pretty long, it's quite narrow.
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13-04-2007, 02:58 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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My reply wasn't in reply, or arguing with you, we posted at the same time (almost) and yeah, it's pretty narrow
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