Yachts 32ft Doug Wright

[Pete B]

Is ready to get into the mix in Dubai, as the 2010 X-Cat series begins.
The first race has been delayed due to the passing of one of the royal family members, the country is in mourning. Today the sea's were very rough and concerns of safety from the WPPA and organizer's gave a chance for teams to prepare for tuesday's event 27 are registered to race. With only about 45 minutes of test time on the boat, Throttleman Mike Seebold stated that testing between now and race time would be great, (any testing must have the Coast Guard's approval). Seebold further stated that they are not here to prove anything, besides getting a good feel for the boat and finishing the race. The boat was rigged by Grant Bruggerman of Grant's Rigging and Stihl Racing fame, he is also here to insure there are no gremlin's that will keep the team from competition. which will include him, as Grant as teamed with his United States advisary Gary Ballough in the ProMarine USA.Com also a 32Ft Doug Wright. With the postponement of Saturdays scheduled event Organizer's will race the first round Tuesday and the second round will follow friday, in Dubai as well.










Upon Returning to the States Grant, will be busy rigging the new Stihl Super Cat light Skater, in preparation for the upcoming season.

[Freezeframevideo]

Cool stuff pete thanks keep us posted jeff

[stainless]

Sweet Boat!

[Gladhe8er]

Is the Stihl Cat Lite boat a new boat or an old race boat?

[Ryan Beckley]

It is a new 388 Skater.....

[Smarty]

I like that clas of racing, always competitive, and the 32' DWs run strong. Good stuff.

[DKwestern]

Be interesting to see the new DW vs. old DW. I thouight I read the new has different bottom, and obviously a diff deck. Anybody know the new top speed? One of the previous DW's ran 124 I think. Sick speed for 560 HP and a 32 footer!

[MarylandMark]

27 are registered to race

[2TR]

Is ready to get into the mix in Dubai, as the 2010 X-Cat series begins.
The first race has been delayed due to the passing of one of the royal family members, the country is in mourning. Today the sea's were very rough and concerns of safety from the WPPA and organizer's gave a chance for teams to prepare for tuesday's event 27 are registered to race. With only about 45 minutes of test time on the boat, Throttleman Mike Seebold stated that testing between now and race time would be great, (any testing must have the Coast Guard's approval). Seebold further stated that they are not here to prove anything, besides getting a good feel for the boat and finishing the race. The boat was rigged by Grant Bruggerman of Grant's Rigging and Stihl Racing fame, he is also here to insure there are no gremlin's that will keep the team from competition. which will include him, as Grant as teamed with his United States advisary Gary Ballough in the ProMarine USA.Com also a 32Ft Doug Wright. With the postponement of Saturdays scheduled event Organizer's will race the first round Tuesday and the second round will follow friday, in Dubai as well.










Upon Returning to the States Grant, will be busy rigging the new Stihl Super Cat light Skater, in preparation for the upcoming season.

Thanks for posting, great stuff as always!! But would you happen to have any more pictures of the canopy inside? I'm curious as to how the built the structure and support.

[stevequick]

Finally some actual racing. Can't wait. Good luck Guys.
SQ

[stevequick]

Those two DW's will contain some insanely talented and competitive crews. Possibly the best talent we have. It will be exciting when they get comfortable with the new equipment.
SQ

[Pete B]

a couple of shots of the boat that were uncovered

[Imax]

Pete,

Interesting shots, look forward to seeing some of the shots from the race..

Take care,

Bruce

[Wahoo 214]

Is the Stihl Cat Lite boat a new boat or an old race boat?

Are there going to be any SCL boats besides Amsoil and Stihl? I miss that class I always thought it was an excellent class.

[Wahoo 214]

What hull is the #66 boat. It looks alot like the 30 AMT.

[2TR]

I really like the profile of the #5 Cat.

[Ryan Beckley]

66 is a Doug Wright, it is the Ex King Fisher

The #5 is a Victory

Here in the States the SCL class has AMSOIL, STIHL, The Norweigians, PEPPERS, Team Fastboats, and Ray Contrears's #388 as well. There are a few other boats out there too like In The Red, Motley Crew, The Ross's, Popeyes and a few others......

[Pete B]

Correction to my first post Mike Seebold will be driving.

[Dr Speed]

Is the engine mount on #5 legal in OSS/SBI?

[Jesse James]

that victory boat is good looking.... how does it run?