Thread: Alcone Motorsports
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11-20-2009 10:20 AM
Last edited by rschap1; 11-20-2009 at 10:23 AM. Reason: add photo
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11-20-2009 10:38 AM
The boat is owned by a guy in PA who uses it in NJ. that is the pic of the boat in post 9.
here is another 2 i have.....
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11-20-2009 10:44 AM
rock the bay 2007
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11-20-2009 10:54 AM
One of my favorite teams from back then !
They kinda put Hering on the map when they came up with those "magic props" ???
I remember some drama associated with that between them and who was it Forrest Barber at the time ???? Why do I know this crap ?
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11-20-2009 12:00 PM
I'm not the authority, but from what I remember Bob Morgan & Jim talking about, and the old VHS video from ESPN 2 I still have somewhere from forever ago, that's the story.
Bob & Jim had to win the particular race on video I have, by some nearly impossible gap in front of Alcone, in order to take the championship from Matt. They actually came pretty close, but didn't have enough in the end. It may not have been the "Supercat" class, but I just used the word as a general term. My bad.
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11-20-2009 01:00 PM
I don't blame you for being confused....but you are probably referring to the old "Superboat" class from which SBI was originally named.
that was the top class of the day back then.
The "Supercat" name (originally intended to be a twin 750 hp carbureted "spec" class) has been bandied about like a whore in a sailers' convention, with modifications ranging from Supercat, Supercat 850, Supercat lite, etc. But, to my knowledge, neither Alcone, nor Bob Morgan ran in those classes.
T2xAllergic to Nonsense
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11-20-2009 02:19 PM
So question, I noticed Alcone has the double canopy, most new race boats have a single canopy. pros/cons?
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11-20-2009 02:50 PM
Last edited by Offshore Ginger; 11-21-2009 at 11:53 AM.
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11-20-2009 02:59 PMWasn't Alcones last big races over in Europe where he smoked the locals in some round an island race ?
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Didn't Dick Crippen do the TV commentary of the offshore races towards the end of that era ?
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11-20-2009 03:39 PM
The original canopies were the F-16 units rejected by the government for minor imperfections. This was the technology (originally implemented by the Unlimited Hydro guys in 1985) that Offshore adopted. Because of their narrow profile, if you wanted side by side seating you had to use two of them. The only other options were the Harrier jet versions used on only one hull that I know of ( Eric's Reality-4 engine Cougar Superboat), and the custom 4 man canopies tooled for our 48' Conquest, Jesse James, at Texstar (same company that makes the F-16's). There was another similar double wide canopy made for a modified class, Talon cat out of Philadelphia called "Suigeneris". but I don't think the material specs were stringent enough for true protection. By the time Alcone came along the F-16's were coming to the end of their technological life and the manufactirers were beginning to focus more on the double wide canopies. This era was short lived as , with the ever increasing speed envelope, the large surface areas of the canopies gave way to the reinforced structural sections with small window openings that we see today.
In order to properly assess the state of the art in any technological development chain, it is important to know the precise history and logic behind the design framework.
T2xAllergic to Nonsense
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11-20-2009 04:28 PMAllergic to Nonsense
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11-20-2009 05:23 PMThe boat is currently at "Offshore Performance" in South Jersey (Scullville/Somers Point) It was shrink wrapped all summer, I don't think it was ever in the water the summer of 2009.
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11-22-2009 06:23 PM
Is Alcone a 46? It looks so big next to cat in the act.
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