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That's the 37' Chris Cat plug built in 1985....... it was never intended to be more than a running plug.....
It's a tribute to Ken Adams, our builder and a world class craftsman, that it still exists at all.
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thanks TX2,do you now the beam from the boat?i live in thailand,they build all the speedboats here from plywood they are really good in that and the labour is cheap so a restauration wont cost to much as long as the stringers and bulkheads are still ok.
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You may have all the plywood guys in the world in Thailand but that won't help you rebuild it. The Conquests...aside from the Chris Cat 37 foot plug were all made from a wood and fibreglass composite...and I doubt that you have the craftsmen there to duplicate the process. In fact a Conquest had as much glass as a Shadow or Chris Cat.....plus a lot of Akoume plywood....in layers.
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P.S. the last I heard the 35' Jesse James was in southern Japan....laying in a rice paddy.
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At that time the designs were inherently faster than most of the competitors so we didn't have to shave pounds. Materials, race length and water conditions have all changed quite a bit since then.
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