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09-15-2009 04:18 PMGetting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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09-15-2009 06:07 PM
1. How much is your life worth? If the canopy fails your family will not be comforted by the fact that you built it within budget. I know that sounds harsh...but this is a life and death issue...and I have lost too many friends already. If you can't afford a top quality canopy...... don't race.
2.What makes you think that a new DW has a proper canopy?Allergic to Nonsense
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09-15-2009 06:10 PMAllergic to Nonsense
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09-15-2009 06:35 PM
Not harsh at all, but in the big picture if I built the canopy as strong as possible I would be a 1000lbs over weight ; were is the line drawn?
When I say budget; I mean I'm not spending 15k plus on a lid, the boats not worth it to me (AS IN I WONT RACE THIS BOAT).
The DW i have seen close up look and feel very strong compared to the AMT i have seen. I felt like the weight of my body would cause a lid failure while looking at an AMT lid a little while back.
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Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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09-15-2009 11:03 PMSo it was a frozen, then thawed, chicken at 900mph?????
Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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09-15-2009 11:14 PMSlippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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09-16-2009 12:47 AM
while impressive..it is not representative of what a boat needs in a canopy, unless Gieco or aquamania happen to hit the errant seagull. On a boat your not talking about a small object with little mass hitting a small area. You have a 10k boat traveling 150+ mph impacting water (basically in a solid state at that speed) Dropping the boat off a 15 story building upside down would be a much more relavent test... If you only doing 100..you only need a 10 story building... but thats just my perspective.
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09-16-2009 07:32 AMThat was the picture Sharkey got when Rick destroyed the lower unit of one of his Mercs by landing hard sideways at the Harrison race this year. So I thought it would be a good idea to stop destroying lowers......
I'm not sure the boat had much, if any, forward momentum that pic.....Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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