Awesome Owners
 

Last weekend at LOTO I had the pleasure to visit with James Beard, his lovely wife and mother, and his associate, Gabe. What I anticipated as being a cordial business lunch turned into 3 days of absolute fun, laughter and friendship. From the Beards, I learned the true meaning of "Southern Hospitality". My body was so sore from 3 days of laughter that it took nearly a week to recover.
Ironically, while James, Bruce(my right-hand man) and I were strolling towards lunch discussing blower motors and various rigging issues, another hotel guest, Lynn Wegemann, overheard our conversation and noticed our T-shirts. To my total shock and surprise, Lynn also is an Awesome Owner, and, like James, is a former offshore racer. In addition, Lynn is President and CEO of the legendary Hacker Craft/Hacker Boat Company. Check out his website at www.HackerBoats.com. Needless to say, Lynn joined us for those 3 great days and helped to make the weekend so memorable.

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Hello Dan, I received the new T-shirt. Thanks. The logo and colors look great. Having the 31' Thundercat on the logo has inspired me to finish my boat with an extra effort of detail. Keep up the great work. Keep us posted on your web site plans. Let us know how to order additional shirts, hats, etc. Richard

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Where can you purchase the new t-shirts ?

anyone know of a new web site or a phone number for awesome?

out of business

anyone have any pics of the new awesome logo? a pic would be great.

I talked to you sometime ago about your hull/boat project. Good hearing that it is on the front burner and progressing along. I have a T-shirt from Dan with "his" new Awesome logo. I will take a pic and post it. Don't get too excited about how it looks. Could really use a professional to design a new one. I have really been thinking about this very subject. I will be seeing Mitch Tolan next week and see if he is interested.

so is dan scrapping awesome? and yea i remember you,i lost you number though,if you want to chat again mines,810-531-5395,gary.ill talk with chris at extreme body works,this young man has his ducks in a row!!what a fabulous painter and his creativity thats another story check him out.www.boatcustoms.com

I have seen Chris's work up close, it is excellent, TJ stopped by this summer with his 42 Fountain, looks awesome...:cool:

not sure if this is the logo your after, but team marine did these dash panels up for me last year, he has the logo digitized for his lazer etcher

Dan does'nt own Awesome to scrap

Sounds like your a person in the know. Enlighten us.

no thats not what i was after,i had kevin make my panels also i dont have room left for that,i had mine done custom as im adding a color gps and a smartcraft raceveiw to my dash,wait till you see the new 30' skater chris just painted for the miami boat show its fabulous,and his prices cant be beat,hes in the process of painting my freinds 46 outter limits.you prolly seen it on the lake, all silver with purple and pinkish grafics?was ugly.wont be soon.

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What's UP?

Hello James, What is the latest with you and your boat? Any new developments? Richard

boat stored in Hot Springa for the winter. Joined 100MPH club last year 105 GPS Still gotta put on the stellings to get the 120 badge. Small oil leaks but running good. Looking forward to springtime on the water - how bout you?

105---Yes. And more to go. Damn. Bet you love all of that power at your throttles, just waiting to be unleashed. Hate ANY leaks. That is one of the reasons I do prefer to run the motors on the dyno before installing them. Work out any problems before they get into a mounting position that makes some repairs just a general pain in the azz.

Mine is undergoing some paint upgrades. Currently the bare hull is at Mitch Tolan's in Grand Rapids.
http://www.mitchertcustompainting.com/
When I haul it back next week, the fun starts-----assembly time. I still have to mock up the dash in order to decide which tilt helm is best, as in length. I am serious about meeting halfway for some boating. Lake Cumberland might be a choice too. Any ideas?

yep I did the dyno thing- but leaks developed after about 40 hours.
amazing things happen when x dimension gets close! I still need two inches to get the max speed. my stability went down as speed went up. also much harder to get it uo on plane. using 5 blade 31 pitch- looks like centers are almost even with bottom. gonna change the imco to the stellings for the extra two inches. will report- gonna pull engines when change boxes-

How can I get "Awesomecat Powerboats" logo? Any one have a .jpeg?

Are you referring to the sunpad logo? I can take a pic of the sunpad and the T-shirt that Dan Minz had printed. I will ask McLeod if he has the original artwork. Mitch Tolan has made some graphic materials. These are only the words and not really a "logo". Hope this helps.

Thanks Rich,
I have nothing to show the graphics shop, as far as Logo or type of font to use. I just want something to illustrate it's a "Awesomecat Powerboat" ...Makes it easier to explain the name on the boat....

Randy

T-shirt??? where can I get a get one?? Or at least a logo?

Sorry Randy. I owe you some pics. By Sunday, you will have some pics on here. Richard

Here are the pics of the front (small circular) logo and the back (larger) logo's printed on the T-Shirt that Dan had made some time ago.

Thanks Rich....great talking to you yesterday