View Poll Results: Who should hold the "V" speed record?
Outer Limits, Reggie may have played dirty pool and OL's new NPA record stands.
60
49.18%
Fountain, their SBI # is the real deal and they had every right to not allow OL to run.
62
50.82%
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Who owns the V bottom speed record?
#1
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Who owns the V bottom speed record?
We're all sick of hearing the same people argue the same thing over and over so let's have the poll results do the talking.
Silence please.
Silence please.
#3
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Originally posted by PhantomChaos
Those poll descriptions suck and should be ignored.......
Those poll descriptions suck and should be ignored.......
I just sumarized what is being said over end over on all of the other threads...
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The question is who owns the record. I don't own either boat. But I thought top speed wise the Fountain was holding that record?
new NPA record stands. what is that about now?
new NPA record stands. what is that about now?
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Originally posted by CAP071
The question is who owns the record. I don't own either boat. But I thought top speed wise the Fountain was holding that record?
new NPA record stands. what is that about now?
The question is who owns the record. I don't own either boat. But I thought top speed wise the Fountain was holding that record?
new NPA record stands. what is that about now?
> February 9, 2004
>
> In a certified speed trial, sanctioned by the NATIONAL POWERBOAT
> ASSOCIATION on Friday, February 6, 2004, Mike Fiore, President of
> OUTERLIMITS POWERBOATS, averaged 161.29 MPH for a kilometer verified on
> "state of the art" GPS in his new 47' canopied model named, "XXX". This
run
> took place on Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island at 3 pm EST, February 6,
2004,
> on a chilly, drizzly afternoon. After travelling North over a mile out of
> the channel at 161.88 MPH and returning South at 160.7 MPH, the average
> speed was 161.29 MPH. This makes the 47 GTX the first V-Bottom to eclipse
> the 160 MPH barrier in an officially sanctioned event. This run was
> confirmed by co-pilot, Billy Frenz, Executive Director of the NPBA. This
> boat is powered by twin 1450 HP Sterling Engines with No. 6 Merc
> Speedmasters and Hering Propellers.
> OUTERLIMITS presently holds the Official V-Bottom Kilo Record of
149.7
> MPH in a 42' GTX model, also powered with twim 1450 HP Sterlings, Merc
> Speedmasters and Hering Props. This record was set in Washington, North
> Carolina on October 3, 2003 and officiated by Poker Runs of America.
> "What a rush!!!" exclaimed Billy Frenz as he emerged from the cockpit
> after the run..."This boat is going to disappoint a lot of Cat owners at
our
> NEW YORK CITY POWERBOAT RALLY"...referring to the annual June event held
on
> the Hudson River that determines the fastest catamarans and the fastest
> V-bottoms.
> For further info visit: www.nationalpowerboat.com
> or, www.outerlimitspowerboats.com