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Old 09-03-2007, 12:24 PM   #21
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Formula 311 SR1 1987
Here you go, still owned by the same people and running like never before.
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Old 09-03-2007, 03:45 PM   #22
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Is clearly a 35.'
Then Spirit of Panama/Daddy Cool not is the former Bounty Hunter but as Crouse writes on Searace, Panama Hawk,still alive somewhere in Panama...
Many Thanks saulesses!
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Old 09-04-2007, 06:47 AM   #23
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Here you go, still owned by the same people and running like never before.
THAT IS AMERICAN EAGLE: I am 99.9% positive. I was working with Jerry Jacoby when that boat was sold to the Panamanians. Little history on her: She was built in 1975 for Tom Gentry buy myself and Bobby Beich. She was # 99 and had the bicentenial paintjob. we won the South American and UIM world championship with her in 1976, also won the Bahama 500. she was later sold to Ippolitto, we won the river crab race in detroit, plus couple others, before we built the new Scarabs. she sat for awhile, she was then bought buy Rocki Aoki as part of a package, but was never used, and was then sold to Jacoby????? who then sold to Panama. Jerry worked out some deal through sponsorship of motors to Panama, therefore Panama Hawk. I wish she could be returned to the original American Eagle, now that would be a collectible, hope someone has the interest and desire, I will be happy to help in any way to restore her, I would love to put her in the same stables as Dry Martini 35` and Charlies Benihana 35`/Spirit. Those would be three choice originals.
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Old 09-04-2007, 01:44 PM   #24
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Hi Champ, Charlie, et al.
Did Cig, apache, USA do any custom lay ups for the race boat owners? Was there 1 boat that stood out as being very unique in terms of rigging and lay-up design? Who had the best rigged boat in the day and who was the rigger?

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Old 09-04-2007, 01:52 PM   #25
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Hi Champ, Charlie, et al.
Did Cig, apache, USA do any custom lay ups for the race boat owners? did they all come out the same way or where there any boats that made some unique over others? Who had the best rigged boat in the day and who was the rigger?
Who was the best rigger????? What are you trying to do start a war?

I am sure that there were a lot of very good guys over the years and at some point in time, each of them stood out as the best for that time. But, to say that one was the best of all time is not something that we would want to do.

Richie had Bob Biech built immaculate boats, Bobby and Jack were at the top of the game for a number of years. Bobby Saccenti and the Apache boats too.

What about Brownie and Mel Riggs and Billy Sirois, guys who built them and engineered them and then raced them.....yeah, there were some great riggers over the years.
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Many Thanks to you too,Richie!
That windscreens it didn't convince me. Why to change the original one of the Bounty Hunter?!He would have been unusual and above all totally useless.
Instead is always the same original...that typical of the old white American Eagle.
P.S.another correction for Searace
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Old 09-05-2007, 07:47 AM   #27
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i am in the process of rigging a new 18' and rerigging the sutphen and i am doing almost all of the work. i was thinking of when it was rigged back in the 80s who may have had their hands on it. didnt mean to stir anything. i just thought maybe the top racers had a go to guy. what was the time line like? if you brought a boat in what was the expected time to get it back, did the guys who rigged like you watching over and seeing how things went so u can learn?
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i am in the process of rigging a new 18' and rerigging the sutphen and i am doing almost all of the work. i was thinking of when it was rigged back in the 80s who may have had their hands on it. didnt mean to stir anything. i just thought maybe the top racers had a go to guy. what was the time line like? if you brought a boat in what was the expected time to get it back, did the guys who rigged like you watching over and seeing how things went so u can learn?
Richie Sutphen did most of his own rigging on his boats. He would be the one to talk to re those boats you have.

Time line often depended on how close to a race it was and how many other boats they had to do.
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30' sutphen is the rerig
the 18 is a new center console boat for commercial fishing i build.
hows the 35 comming along?
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