The Kuwaitis hired me; the prototypes I do are all in wood ..the running One offs are Corecell or Airex I built about 24 of them so far Cats and Vees. A friend of mine got killed in Abu Dhabi right in front of me in a RIB I stopped racing and built boats that killed bad guys (patrol and gun boats) we had about 30 of them in the Gulf then got the bug again!
Doug was a great guy and one of a kind.
Thread: Major mods to a kevlar hull
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12-02-2008 12:00 PMSlippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-02-2008 12:40 PM
Ginger,
It is an 1985 or 1986. I will get some photos when I make it back to AZ. Was this boat done with a chopper gun? It did not look very good on the inside, the stringers were a little chunky.
Steve,
I was wondering what it would cost not to go this route but to make a prototype out of wood? 44x9x9.
What year were you racing over there?
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12-02-2008 01:06 PMSlippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-02-2008 01:43 PM
I think that Victory did not run that race something about the not letting the divers up in the chopper smooth on the inside and rough on the outside..... I was there in 95 with M-13.
The boat would want to be a running prototype.
pat WUnique Innovative Drivetrain Solutions
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12-02-2008 01:54 PM
Pat there is chop involved in there layup and what i saw was mat, but they very well could have used a chopper gun in some part of the build . All in all the old Cougar's were built like a brick $hit house .
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12-02-2008 04:02 PM
That’s right there was a Weather delay in the race we ran an "S" Boat Made the steps that day even with the driver going out to the sea buoy. The Italians wanted to buy my boat and that made me feel good and the homicidal thing went away. I was sitting in the turn right next to Doug as you come out of the Cornish run. Watching the “M” class run.Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-03-2008 01:46 AM
We were running against M-1 that race. We tried a major change compared to the sister boat that race. We changed the overall ratio to compensate for the change from v-8 to v 6's. I was working with Serralles on the 3 speeds for Saeed. Kalfans boat had 2-speeds and 500lbs less. They were running 108 inside and 103 outside and we were running 108 all the way around. We were also running the prototype dry-sump #4 drives that race. I have pics of all that somewhere....
Back to today.... What direction would you take? Clean sheet of paper or hotrod an existing hull.
pat WUnique Innovative Drivetrain Solutions
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12-03-2008 04:16 AM
found a pic and saved it for Ginger, as you can see.....daunting.
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12-03-2008 11:58 AM
We had 4 boats there that day a couple RIBs and Two Cats The usual games with the scrutinizers I got to keep the canards but the cowlings had to go .we lost I RIB in a rollover (canopy failed) I was going to get Doug to do my motors for the next race which was the next step.
Myself I would just build a new hull it goes quick with what we have nowadays.Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-03-2008 01:06 PM
They could not get the tanks out so they cut them out in pieces. The plan is to move the tank under the cockpit. I am still wondering what is under the tanks. Looks like 1/4 ply and hollow/5 ft long.... curtis secret stash.....
I guess if we make all these changes and do not splash it then we are ok. It is more of a proof of concept. What do you guys think about penske board?
Steve,
I would still like to know what kind of money is needed to make a mold the right way. I do not really want to go through all the bother to mod the old hull and the strip it to make a plug out of it.
All of a Quiver had fairings on the deck, were your cowlings the ones that were pointy?
pat WUnique Innovative Drivetrain Solutions
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12-03-2008 01:33 PMSlippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-03-2008 05:52 PM
44 long X 9 foot wide X 5 tall. Maybe 12 wide....
Those are the ones. Shame on you for thinking outside the box.....
pat WUnique Innovative Drivetrain Solutions
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Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-03-2008 06:21 PM
When they weighed me out I was warned if the boat was 1Kg under they were going to ban me for a year. First off the scale tolerance was more than that so it got my attention.
Second everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered around when they weighed my boat and Plus the unknown distance that the Driver let’s say error to be kind took in extra fuel and finally my calculations based on a simple scale made from a steering ram and a gauge back at the shop and working alone.
I had a ballast system I could adjust to the gram if needed and I had enough time for second thoughts on shaving things that close, like this may hurt in front of the World.
Long and short of it +18 KGsSlippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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12-03-2008 07:21 PM
Shiffter , just curious do you have a drawing of what you might be heading towards as far as a deck ? Pat i have a lot of expierence in this , from adding more freeboard , custom deck's, canopy boats from race to pleasure and just the opposite and if i can be of any assistance as far as ideas , i would be more then happy to help ............ artie - AKA / OFFSHORE GINGER / G.G.
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12-04-2008 12:50 AM
Arti,
I see that you are homeless can you come to cali or would you want the boat to sleep in??????
We are not glass people so I just need to get some quotes together and I will put it on a plate to the owner. I just reworked another hull and got screwed by the locals so that is why we are looking outside cali. I do not like talking out of my ass so I do my homework. To me this all seemed possible and so far it is.
You guys have been a great help so far.
pat WUnique Innovative Drivetrain Solutions
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Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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10-07-2009 01:15 PM
SHIFTER , i will be sending you a PM.