lol...i'll leave that one alone....as ive said before its the bang for the buck....

You did explain clearly but you are wrong. The AO3100s and Awesome 3100s(same hull) were design to run OFFSHORE in 3-5' seas. Ocean seas are different from lake water. Here is T2x speaking of the creation of these boats;

"...1980 Ex tunnel racer, Rich Luhrs, tears up George Linder's plans for a 28 foot, v bottomed Shadow when seeking an addition to the already remarkable 21 foot Challenger/Shadow and demands that they create a cat. The eventual design, 30 feet in length, is ungainly due to Linder's insistance that it be under 8'6" in width and legally trailerable. In spite of the slab sides it features more hydrodynamic lift than the Cougar, multidyhedral bottom design, and a spec that calls for drastically raising the "X" dimension. It is the latter change that frees the cat from lower unit drag and allows it to demolish existing speed expectations.

1982 Willie Diaz takes the small block powered Sport Class Shadow, "El Boss", through a variety of larger big block Open class fleets becoming the first boat to average 100 mph in an offshore race leg. Other builders take note and raise drive heights. At the same time Howard Arneson debuts his Surface drive. ( Good speed, poor trim, b-a-a-a-ad steering).
The Cats finally run and hide from the vees .......with equal power.......Meow!..."

He doesn't say 3-5' seas but he and his co-designer lived in New Jersey and their offshore water is some of the roughest on the east coast.

If you haven't read this thread it's very interesting;

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...t-history.html

i must admit i was wrong....i had no idea they are such amazing raceboats only if you "keep the bows just below the waterline on the horizon and you should be good"

im glad i read these threads because its an absolute eye opener on how these boats are deigned to run in 3-5's and raced with such stunning outcomes

i had no idea they ran like this.....its seems the race circuit should be full of these boats....maybe i can find one and put a team together and race next year....ive always wanted to race and this may be my calling

Petty sarcasm is petty.

sadly, he's so lost of this that he dont even understand it. :snide:

shootitup how long have you had your Chris? Will it run 100 with that power? Love your choice of drive. :) Got pics to post?

nice.....i also dont understand you having a black and white avatar in the year 2012