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lucky strike 07-21-2004 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by thedonz
When I spoke to Craig Barrie he told me he was at Cigarette when the carbon fiber boats were built. He said there really was not much of a difference with the fiberglass boats because carbon fiber was only used as a layer. The boats were primarily fiberglass because they couldn't make them purely of carbon fiber because they would be very weak and crack.

There is a minimum of 1000 lbs difference. You can feel it in the way it rides. You should know Frank, you were out in ours!

LS JR.

cuda 07-21-2004 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lucky strike
There is a minimum of 1000 lbs difference. You can feel it in the way it rides. You should know Frank, you were out in ours!

LS JR.

Yeah Frank, you should know that. :rolleyes:

cigarette1 07-21-2004 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lucky strike
I hate to disagree with you Gary, becuase I would love them to be Carbon Fiber, but their not according to the people who built them.

I believe those four boats have more carbon fiber in them than any of the other boats.

G

lucky strike 07-21-2004 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cigarette1
I believe those four boats have more carbon fiber in them than any of the other boats.

G

I hope so. You know why..........

Bobby

barron 07-22-2004 07:26 AM

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There were some issues W/ carbon boats check W/ Craig Barrie or Martin Marine about these boats.

thedonz 07-23-2004 10:26 AM

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I found that Luck Strike's boat has a fantastic ride, if someone is looking for a carbon boat, they definitely should check out that boat; it is extremely clean and obviously meticulously cared for......

however, in my conversation with Craig Barrie, while I was considering LS's boat, the statement to me was that there wasn't that much of a difference...this statement was not quantified as far as difference in weight, I will defer to LS or LS, Jr. as they have been more intimitely involved with these boats, I will say though, that their boat definitely felt lighter than other 'glass boats I've ridden....

lucky strike 07-23-2004 12:15 PM

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Anyone who who is interested in buying a Gun and wants to see the difference between a Carbon Fiber boat and a Fiberglass boat, give us a call; and we'll take you for a ride.

jawbreakerkid 07-23-2004 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lucky strike
I hate to disagree with you Gary, becuase I would love them to be Carbon Fiber, but their not according to the people who built them.

my stringers in Speed Racer are capped w/ carbon fiber. my entire deck is carbon fiber, as well as the cockpit floor. i also believe my original driver's station is carbon fiber as well. just thought i would throw that in.....

G- is your boat the same?

here is a picture of the cabin before i updated it. as you can see the top of the stringers are darker, which is the carbon fiber matting. unfortunatly, i don't have a picture of the underside of the deck.

chad

lucky strike 07-23-2004 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jawbreakerkid
my stringers in Speed Racer are capped w/ carbon fiber. my entire deck is carbon fiber, as well as the cockpit floor. i also believe my original driver's station is carbon fiber as well. just thought i would throw that in.....

G- is your boat the same?

here is a picture of the cabin before i updated it. as you can see the top of the stringers are darker, which is the carbon fiber matting. unfortunatly, i don't have a picture of the underside of the deck.

chad

I hope you guys are right because after we sell our Carbon Gun were looking to replace it with a Carbon T/S. Hope we don't have to go with a 42' to get a Carbon boat. :blaster:

Bobby

cigarette1 07-23-2004 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jawbreakerkid
my stringers in Speed Racer are capped w/ carbon fiber. my entire deck is carbon fiber, as well as the cockpit floor. i also believe my original driver's station is carbon fiber as well. just thought i would throw that in.....

G- is your boat the same?

here is a picture of the cabin before i updated it. as you can see the top of the stringers are darker, which is the carbon fiber matting. unfortunatly, i don't have a picture of the underside of the deck.

chad

My floor was reinforced ... I thought you did that on yours. The original floors would flex too much outside of the front bolsters. I was told that they only built the port & starboard carbon fiber helms for my boat ... easy enough to check. As far as the deck and stringers, mine are the same. I also kept the race hatch which is made from carbon fiber.

G


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