I know today's cats are wider then boats from the 80's, but how does the tunnel width compare from say today's Mystics, skaters, and MTI's vs the old Cougars, Conquests, CUV's., etc.?
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08-23-2010 04:20 PM
Last edited by chewiekw; 08-23-2010 at 05:58 PM.
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08-25-2010 12:56 PM
We were among the narrowest in tunnel width with a 50/50 Sponson/tunnel ratio (the tunnel was half the width of the boat). Lately this has changed to 40/60 with a 7'4" and wider tunnel in some 11-12' wide hulls. This is not new however as unlimiteds, champ boats and even my wing switzer had wide tunnels going back to the 60's.
IMHO......... the calmer the water, the wider you can make a tunnel. The reward is top end speed and a wider stance for cornering, the trade off is handling losses in extreme rough water.Allergic to Nonsense
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08-25-2010 12:59 PMCan some of the loss in rough water be made up by deepening the sponsons?
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08-25-2010 08:15 PM
Yep, Some do, I believe the crew on board makes a Huge difference. I was at a race in Pt Pleasant (or OC Can't remember) around 1995ish, it was rough as HeII. The Extractor Boat and the Aluminum Cougar "Rivited" put on a rough water display of speed and Air Like I had never seen before. Gifford was there but didn't even come close to competing with those two. I think Extractor was an M or D class boat but holy jesus they put on a show. (wouldn't mind seeing that on video Wink )
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