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Old 09-30-2008 | 03:56 PM
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The 38 in Chicago came apart just in front of the transom and sank on a poker run, towed to the shipyard up the Chicago river. I took pictures of it up close and inside for Jim Jones at the factory. I moved two times I will look for the pictures ?
We had one with 575 sc that ran on radar 102, It was great on Lake Michigan.
That said I like the boat design but the production of them was not equal !!!
So as far as blow out or delamination it is all up to who does the lamination scedule !!!
Also I think Dan still has the molds pm me and I will try to call him.

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Old 09-30-2008 | 04:27 PM
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What about these Awesome/Image 38's? Have wondered for sometime what the deal was with those hulls.
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Old 10-05-2008 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ROTAX454
What about these Awesome/Image 38's? Have wondered for sometime what the deal was with those hulls.
Klem has a 2nd 38' mold lurking about, The Image name is something he fired up a couple of seasons ago!
JUST BEWARE!!
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Old 10-05-2008 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Ran-Dom 32
anyone know who has possession of these molds? are they for sale?/ lease
in a storage yard on 26 mile west of i- 94
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Old 10-11-2008 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by thumper038
The 38 in Chicago came apart just in front of the transom and sank on a poker run, towed to the shipyard up the Chicago river. I took pictures of it up close and inside for Jim Jones at the factory. I moved two times I will look for the pictures ?
We had one with 575 sc that ran on radar 102, It was great on Lake Michigan.
That said I like the boat design but the production of them was not equal !!!
So as far as blow out or delamination it is all up to who does the lamination scedule !!!
Also I think Dan still has the molds pm me and I will try to call him.
I heard the transom blowouts were caused by a design flaw, as in Awesome stretched a smaller cat but didn't make compensating changes to transom.

I think it was the owner of Vicious that told me this a few years ago.
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Old 10-12-2008 | 08:03 AM
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[QUOTE=Tampa38;2713065]I heard the transom blowouts were caused by a design flaw, as in Awesome stretched a smaller cat but didn't make compensating changes to transom.

I think it was the owner of Vicious that told me this a few years ago.[/QUOTE


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Old 10-12-2008 | 04:24 PM
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[QUOTE=ViciousOne;2713250]
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I heard the transom blowouts were caused by a design flaw, as in Awesome stretched a smaller cat but didn't make compensating changes to transom.

I think it was the owner of Vicious that told me this a few years ago.[/QUOTE


Yup !
That didn't take long!

I test drove one of your 32's with outboards, with one of your previous customers.

Nice boat, but my divorce from the hellion kind of shut down that purchase.
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Old 10-12-2008 | 10:40 PM
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[QUOTE=Tampa38;2713440]
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That didn't take long!

I test drove one of your 32's with outboards, with one of your previous customers.

Nice boat, but my divorce from the hellion kind of shut down that purchase.
Where you the guy at the lauderdale boat show , when I had the boat at Everglades marina, Took you and your girl out??
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Old 10-13-2008 | 06:10 PM
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Where you the guy at the lauderdale boat show , when I had the boat at Everglades marina, Took you and your girl out??
No, it was when I lived in Michigan, we launched at the end of I think 21 mile rd, few years back.

Whatever road your shop is on, at the end. Been a while since I've been around there.

I think it was #1 Vicious.
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Old 10-13-2008 | 06:21 PM
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[QUOTE=Tampa38;2714468]
Originally Posted by ViciousOne

No, it was when I lived in Michigan, we launched at the end of I think 21 mile rd, few years back.

Whatever road your shop is on, at the end. Been a while since I've been around there.

I think it was #1 Vicious.
It was probably V-1 it has been 5 years since I was in the Hall road building, I have a shop on Executive drive along the expressway between north river rd and Joy Blvd.
Now I am in the middle of opening a shop in South Carolina.
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