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Old 01-29-2007 | 08:05 AM
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I have no films, hopefully some else has some.
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Old 01-29-2007 | 08:45 AM
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That´s hilarious!!!!! Was there ever an uglier boat??
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Old 01-29-2007 | 09:40 AM
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That´s hilarious!!!!! Was there ever an uglier boat??
Now you opened a can of worms. I can't wait to see some of the pictures that show up!
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Old 01-29-2007 | 09:47 AM
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The hull was flat bottomed with a stainless steel blade on the bow designed to "cut through the waves". It was originally tested at Lake X where it had to be towed on plane........

Sponsorship was something called "Cando" which was that era's millionaire backer with too much money and an ear for any hair brained idea.

We watched it run only once....at Point PLeasant,.....as a "Promotional display" for the concept. They had solved the planing problem with bow ballast by then....... Top speed was about 30 mph.
The hull broached badly, wobbling all over the place and bow steering uncontrollably. It could not run down sea at all while on plane. It was good for a few laughs, and yet another display of a fool and his money........etc.

Come to think of it, it's been 20+ years so it's about time for some one else to re-invent this concept (see below).....This time with outriggers.

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Old 01-29-2007 | 10:43 AM
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Anyone know what happened to it? Scraped or sitting on a lot somewhere? Be interesting to find it.
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:01 PM
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Hello,
Wasn't Howard Arneson involved with it some how?

I remember seeing it at Point Pleasant also in 1977 or 1978?

Thank you
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:21 PM
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wasn't Can Do the name on Dave Albert's (RIP) boats ?
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Old 01-29-2007 | 03:45 PM
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The Navy Seals use a boat called a VSV (Very Slender Vessel) that looks like a similar in concept.
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Old 01-29-2007 | 04:25 PM
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Actually the entertaining part of that boat was watching Lupo try to drive it out to the lake bouncing off the seawall as it bobbed like a cork. Steered kinda like dropping penny on edge in a glass of water.

Last I know seen was in a field somewhere near the Sarasota airport sometime around 1985
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Old 02-03-2007 | 11:21 AM
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This is the Can Do I remember, this was taken early 80's on the Detroit River.
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