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Old 08-07-2013, 05:42 PM
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Default Sterling 1700-Powered Skater Hits 190 mph In First Sea Trial

Just in, http://speedonthewater.com/new-boats...irst-sea-trial.

Looks like we'll be seeing this one at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout at the end of the month.
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I am stoked to see this boat flying bye live at LOTO.
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WOW going 190 mph in a 36 skater in choppy waters by himself that takes Big Balls .. Congrats
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John Tomlinson's version of "not pushing it" is different than most people's, but then he has more seat time in super-fast boats than almost anyone I can think of—and he has a ton of seat time in that boat, though with lesser power, in particular. Still, no doubt, 190 mph is bringing it.

And I just looked up my first Sterling 1700 story on speedonthewater.com. I thought I had been following this story for two years this month. I was wrong. I have been following it for three years this month.

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How fast did that boat run when It was the old Bacardi Silver boat, what power did it have the last time it ran at the shoot out
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According to JT, it topped 200 mph with 1,450-hp Sterlings. Not sure when and where. And no idea how fast it went the last time it appeared at the Shootout.

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Thanks for keeping up w/ the progress of this project over the years Matt. Going to make for an exciting shoot out!
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I love it! STERLINGS baby!
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Still a rudder boat with a strut locking the sixes straight? Appears that way in top pic.
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Johnny has no balls!!! quit at 190! Old age must be setting in!!

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It faster then I would have gone in that little Skater!
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