Is that a modern day human Trebuchet?



http://www.castlewales.com/trebucht.html

The first pic on post 11 of the Virgin boat racing is great.....Look at how it stands out in a sea of all white, plain, boats that all look the same...except the cig! Classic.

Wow! Good deal, if it was put back together and completely re-rigged properly (which I have no doubt that it was).

Someone's going to get an awesome boat (hopefully, it will be either either:
1) Mr. "It's Ms. Right Now.... not Ms. Right" aka Cash, or, as thedonzjr. says,
2) Mr. "Why do the women ALWAYS walk right past us and straight to you" aka Gordo!).

I know both of you guys have REALLY been lookin' for the "right" boat to buy!

No "fist to face" conversations Greg!

I believe that boat to be the first Gladiator ever built.

It was one of the first, hence the issues with spinning. Little learning curve

Hey Joe, Tims actually looking at it too to keep at Spinnaker and run to the Keys.

I was shown photos of that boat when new. At that time, they were not sure how to lay out the dash and cockpit. Thus, I think that it was Gladiator #1.

....Now that would be cool. But, where would Kelly keep her suitcase(s)!

The re-do on the dash would be easy. Templates are already made.... Someone should REEEEEALLY jump on this at the price.

I'd LOL if it got bid-up! Now that would shut all the nay-sayers up re: Cig. resale - wouldn't it! haha....

When Tres raced the boat it was setup a little differantly. They ran arneson rocker plates with fins on the outboard edge to hold the thing in line. Great idea and it worked. Also knowing Tres he spent alot of time working on the bottom and testing props to get the boat to run his way. When Kevin King bought the boat I don'i think much of the trick parts went with it. This would have made a huge differance for the rest of the owner. Did they ask Tres for help? Or didn't he offer the information when selling. Who knows.

The boat still had the arneson plates when I bought it as well as the wing plates.