Congrats! P-5 44 Army Pantera
10-15-2006, 08:11 PM
#7
Re: Congrats! P-5 44 Army Pantera
Originally Posted by tomcei
It was great to see them win 
Hey Scott nice to meet you.
Hey Scott nice to meet you.
Maybe next year when I get my boat finished we can get togather sometime on the water. But hey this is powerboating do you really think it is possible to have have 2 boats running at the same time ?
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10-19-2006, 11:01 AM
#10
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Re: Congrats! P-5 44 Army Pantera
Thanks Guys. It was nice to hang out with quite a few past and current Pantera customers in Tennessee. Boat ran real strong all weekend and John did a great job on the wheel.
The 1st race we ended up breaking out by .5 of a MPH after finishing a 1/2 lap in front. Scott Coile let me borrow a hand held GPS ( thanks again ) which we velcroed on to the dash in front of me. It just so happens by mistake I was reading the elevation which was between 708 and 712 in the area and thought I was reading MPH instead.I went over for approximately 3 seconds at the start to 72.5 MPH which caused us to go over the 72.0 limit which is allowed in this class.I am not use to this type of racing.
The 2nd race later in the afternoon it was decided at the drivers meeting that the P5 and P4 class would race with the GPS turned off. ( my kind of race ) and we finished in 1st place by close to 3/4 of a lap lead.
Boat was well balanced, accelerated real strong with a new labbed prop we had done up by Brett at BBlades , and we maintained high speeds in the turns - WOT.
Key West is the next stop for the U.S. Army 24'. Should be a good rough water race.
The Pantera 24' is the smallest boat in the class.The crew has alot of heart and an excellent boat though !
Regards,
JO
The 1st race we ended up breaking out by .5 of a MPH after finishing a 1/2 lap in front. Scott Coile let me borrow a hand held GPS ( thanks again ) which we velcroed on to the dash in front of me. It just so happens by mistake I was reading the elevation which was between 708 and 712 in the area and thought I was reading MPH instead.I went over for approximately 3 seconds at the start to 72.5 MPH which caused us to go over the 72.0 limit which is allowed in this class.I am not use to this type of racing.
The 2nd race later in the afternoon it was decided at the drivers meeting that the P5 and P4 class would race with the GPS turned off. ( my kind of race ) and we finished in 1st place by close to 3/4 of a lap lead.
Boat was well balanced, accelerated real strong with a new labbed prop we had done up by Brett at BBlades , and we maintained high speeds in the turns - WOT.
Key West is the next stop for the U.S. Army 24'. Should be a good rough water race.
The Pantera 24' is the smallest boat in the class.The crew has alot of heart and an excellent boat though !
Regards,
JO
