tbirdusa

What was powering the Bud hydroplane boat back in 06 or 07 at Shooters when he went topgun? That was a single engine boat upwards of 180?
I don't think Qatar would be coming if they didn't feel they had a good shot at the record.

Safe travels to all heading that way next week.

CrownHawg

It's not the "normal" boat wakes that will get you. It's those 3-4 50+ ft cruisers side by side heading up the channel pushing several thousand acre/ft of water that are killers! I saw several "<24ft boats" last year that literally disappeared in those holes! I was looking back at a small tri-hull and shouted "Hey! Where'd that boat go? Oh, there it is, nope, it's gone again." Crazy!

Smitty

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I'm in a 36 footer and last year on our way home, I came up behind a 50+ foot cruiser, backed down a bit and got awesome air with a perfect landing. Then I got back on the sticks thinking I was in the clear. Ooops....forgot about the 6-8 ft frontal wave. Hit that thing, chopped the sticks and dropped straight down into a huge hole. No lie, I thought we were going to sink from a cracked hull we hit so hard !!! Lesson learned and shared

TYPHOON

Does anyone know the top speed the Qatar boat has run on a longer test run and not a short mile course? What do you all think the top speed could be with all that extra HP on a long run with no restrictions? Can someone do the math on HP to weight? That's not a little more power than the T55 THATS A $HIT LOAD MORE. Is 300 MPH possible?

mike tkach

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im gonna run up one hell of a bar bill!

302Sport

It is a T55....

Donziben

LOTO waves have cracked many boats!! It's not open ocean or lake Michigan, but until you have experienced it, especially after the shootout, you want to be careful.

hogie roll

**** now you're speaking my language. Need someone to back up the trailer?

hogie roll

They figured my way could do 240+. With all the extra power this boat has I suspect 250+ is theoretically possible. But damn, saying it and doing it are far different things. Serious cajones required.

Would phenomenon have a shot?

speicher lane

Having dramatic HP advantage over MY WAY isn't a guaranteed record setter unless they can put all that power to the water and have the driveline / props hold up.. it is after all a 50' cat on a liquid dragway. How much trial and error testing must Tomlison's crew have goine through to go from 208 to the 224?

That said I would like to see 224 fall just as a natural progression of people pushing the evolutionary envelope of man vs. machine.... providing everyone goes home at night safe and sound.

There is another Mystic that I would like to see make a pass or twol... pistons are cranking out some crazy HP since Dave/JT ran their 208 pass