444 Huntress
11-30-2005, 09:36 PM
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Re: 444 Huntress
Rob, Nashville Cats (Bruce) was the original owner of Color us gone boat. That thing was nothing but problems....hull floated over to one side.....was not balanced properly......you never knew which way it was going to go when you came off pad at 100.....friggin deathtrap. The torques mad an azzload of power though.
11-30-2005, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ThoroughHustler
Callen does own the right to the v12 motors. And I think the 44 with triple 525's would be in the low 90's. The 1st 2, 444's didnt have the optimal set ups in them. Im building one right now with staggered Eikert 850's w/ number 6's. Itll be at the Miami show and its gonna be the boat to see!!
That should be a nice package and bullit proof!!.What kind of speed you hoping for?ThoroughHustler I have never seen one in person How does it compare to the 388 and how close is it to the 50??
I noticed the 444 doesent have a notched transom.I wonder what the bottom looks like compared to my 388?
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11-30-2005, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by thunderusone
Rob, Nashville Cats (Bruce) was the original owner of Color us gone boat. That thing was nothing but problems....hull floated over to one side.....was not balanced properly......you never knew which way it was going to go when you came off pad at 100.....friggin deathtrap. The torques mad an azzload of power though.
What did he trade it in on at Cumbleland at that time ??
Rob
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11-30-2005, 11:14 PM
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The 50' Nasty Girl now has 1100's. Grand-Illusion of Revolution Marine owns it now. I got a ride on it last summer it is pretty sweet!!
12-01-2005, 11:24 AM
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They Rigged the Black Cloud Boat them selves and i belive the X-Dimensions were all messed up. But who knows.
Spec on the 444 im building are:
850hp Eikert Motors
#6 Drives with standoff Boxes
A Gorgouse Interior A Insane Paint Job
A LOT of trick Stuff that has never been done before!!!
Call me if interested James Pape JR. Mattituck Inlet Marina 631-298-4480 or any time on my cell at 631-445-0745
Spec on the 444 im building are:
850hp Eikert Motors
#6 Drives with standoff Boxes
A Gorgouse Interior A Insane Paint Job
A LOT of trick Stuff that has never been done before!!!
Call me if interested James Pape JR. Mattituck Inlet Marina 631-298-4480 or any time on my cell at 631-445-0745
12-01-2005, 11:47 AM
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Jeez guys. I have computer problems for half a day and the whole world passes me by! I'm back up now. Sounds like some nice toys are still out there!
12-01-2005, 06:34 PM
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Rob-Sorry I'm late getting back to you (you're probably in all kinds of trouble at PRI right now). It looks like you and Thorough are correct that Callen has the rights to the Torques. I did a search here and this last spring, Sterling and Callen were supposedly working together on them, There was an article on Sterling in one of the magazines that went into quite a bit of detail on how they were trying to refine the design, make it reliable and to get some of the cost out.As I recall,I thought that they said that they had the tooling. Certainly not a priority,but I'll see if I can find it. Obviously last spring was a long time ago and Callen may be doing everything now.For what it's worth...
12-01-2005, 07:19 PM
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OK, the October,2004 issue of Powerboat says that Dave Callan bought the rights to the Torque V-12 and had entered into a 'cooperative venture' with Sterling. At the time, Sterling didn't have a price but was taking orders for the motors. Their expectation was that a 1200hp version would go 200 hours before requiring rebuilding. The idea was to take weight out of the motor, make the parts easier to make as well as cheaper. I suspect that this has changed. Maybe someone has the latest status on this.
