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10-28-2010, 11:50 AM
Thread: Phenomenon whats the latest?
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"Didn't learn boat design sitting on a bar stool"...
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09-24-2010, 08:38 AM
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Morales won in 48' 4 engine Cougar Cat. Popeye...
Morales won in 48' 4 engine Cougar Cat. Popeye 2nd in a 46' 3 engine Cougar Vee. Superb boats, average crews.........
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08-31-2010, 08:58 AM
Thread: Need pictures
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Need pictures
I am fluffing up my album for the OFF coming up. I need good quality 8x10 color pix of: Cougar Cub (one of the shots from the KW championship would be great), Cigarette Bullet, Cigarette Decathlon,...
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08-16-2010, 01:28 PM
Thread: Large Race Cat on Ebay
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This is a perfect example of a boat that will not...
This is a perfect example of a boat that will not break (or ever win a race).
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08-13-2010, 09:03 AM
Thread: Celebrities & Boats
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Victor Borge, Didier Peroni, Lenny Kravitz had...
Victor Borge, Didier Peroni, Lenny Kravitz had Magnums
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08-02-2010, 08:54 AM
Thread: Steam Powered Water Speed Record Attempt.
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IC thinking. The "combustion event" is smooth and...
IC thinking. The "combustion event" is smooth and countinuous. The 1 rpm is only a stop on the road to a wheelie.
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08-01-2010, 05:19 PM
Thread: Steam Powered Water Speed Record Attempt.
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Heavens no. I don't think that you will ever see...
Heavens no. I don't think that you will ever see a Sterling in a vehicle. Ours is year 2000 technology engine. Sterling is 1836. They have some success in small HP sunlight power generation, but...
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07-30-2010, 02:50 PM
Thread: Steam Powered Water Speed Record Attempt.
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More steam
Here is the 350HP version of the same engine. All these engines have maximum torque at 1 rpm. The 100 HP version is 850 pounds/feet at 1 rpm. Smoke your prop......... We have designs all the way from...
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07-28-2010, 03:53 PM
Thread: Steam Powered Water Speed Record Attempt.
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Steam Powered Water Speed Record Attempt.
Harry Schoell and Brownie of Cyclone Power Technologies are building a boat and engine to set a modern day ‘World Steam Powered Water Speed Record’. The 21’ DDC hull will have one of the new 100 HP...
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06-30-2010, 09:00 AM
Thread: A T2x for sale find?????
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I don't think so, Tim........ I feel that the...
I don't think so, Tim........ I feel that the offshore speeds were held down by engine technology, as opposed to boat design. We had honeycomb cats and such (Zippe), but only had about 400 HP...
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06-29-2010, 10:07 AM
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I thought you said ADAM West..........
I thought you said ADAM West..........
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06-11-2010, 03:17 PM
Thread: The Shadow Cat
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At the 1979 World Championships in Venice, Italy,...
At the 1979 World Championships in Venice, Italy, we had a round table discussion of catamaran construction, attended by myself (bit player), James Beard, Don Shead, all 3 Molinaris, Cesare Scotti,...
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06-08-2010, 07:15 PM
Thread: The Shadow Cat
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Negatory. They used occasional layers of glass,...
Negatory. They used occasional layers of glass, Kevlar and pixie dust between the layers of wood......
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06-07-2010, 08:51 PM
Thread: The Shadow Cat
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One thing that T2x, Linder and Adams did was to...
One thing that T2x, Linder and Adams did was to break the code on wood composite construction. They figured out how to avoid the old "acre of boat" result of running a wooden cat hard in rough...
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06-05-2010, 09:46 AM
Thread: Hey Brownie
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305-332-7611
305-332-7611
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06-03-2010, 08:25 AM
Thread: HORBA sad news
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Bill and I raced together for years. He and Bobby...
Bill and I raced together for years. He and Bobby Moore, Big Dirty and I had some real fun and some success. Bill later backed my Nova Marine company. I can say without a doubt, that Bill was the...
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06-02-2010, 09:03 AM
Thread: The Shadow Cat
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I always encouraged T2x to build a larger Shadow...
I always encouraged T2x to build a larger Shadow cat, so that we could use it for a box to ship Cougars........
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05-24-2010, 09:10 AM
Thread: Raw Water Pressure Relief Dump Questions
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Reggie burned a pump (and engine) in KW a few...
Reggie burned a pump (and engine) in KW a few years ago. Sitting still, or idling is the most dangerous for ventilating. Not having an aggressive enough pickup is the danger at high speed.
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05-23-2010, 06:36 PM
Thread: Raw Water Pressure Relief Dump Questions
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Good is that you can see it. Bad is that if you...
Good is that you can see it. Bad is that if you get an air leak, it can burn up the pump. Safest place is underwater....
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04-23-2010, 10:05 AM
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No. I have a couple of highly improved ones I...
No. I have a couple of highly improved ones I could bring, though.
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04-22-2010, 08:02 PM
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I brought some friends to the last one, and they...
I brought some friends to the last one, and they were knocked out by talking to Ken Warby, Billy Seybold, the Switzer brothers, Odell Lewis, and the new bunch from Geico, etc. I don't know how to...
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04-22-2010, 02:29 PM
Thread: Old performance boats gathered
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That's Caddy's stuff.....
That's Caddy's stuff.....
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04-16-2010, 08:52 AM
Thread: HORBA sad news
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I knew John for more than 50 years. Cantankerous...
I knew John for more than 50 years. Cantankerous sonofa*****. In the 50's, John was a cub reporter for the Miami News. Dick Bertram, the original publicity monster, invited John to ride in the...
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04-02-2010, 08:40 AM
Thread: All "old" boat racers rich?
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Geez, Charlie, you know that it is my job to set...
Geez, Charlie, you know that it is my job to set the record straight. Bernie Little was giving rides in the aluminum 4 place unlimited, I think it was ex-Hawaii Kai, at Mike Gordon's restaurant on...
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04-02-2010, 08:32 AM
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"dissolution"?
"dissolution"?
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