Blue Thunder?
04-22-2011, 09:41 PM
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Blue Thunder?
I don't know how old it has to be to be considered classic but I have never seen one of these for sale... Is this the same hull as Blue Thunder? Is it a TG split in half? Is it a wave crusher like the old Flat decks and TGs? Seems to be clean but totally underpowered....?
http://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/12185
http://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/12185
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04-23-2011, 01:17 PM
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These were built before core etc just a whole lot of glass. I built one for a client with twin 450hp diesels called none of your business . It is my belief that it came from the 35` mold just cut in half and a tunel put in and deck extension/platform to make it 39` Reason they didn`t run that good is they were using same power as they put in the 35 V bottoms, so figure it was almost like to 35 footers, with a small tunel that couldnt pack much air it was slow. at the time the biggest mercruiser offering was a 440hp with TRS drive. the boat I built with the twin diesels and arnesons ran 52 mph and was one of the best rough water boats around
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These were built before core etc just a whole lot of glass. I built one for a client with twin 450hp diesels called none of your business . It is my belief that it came from the 35` mold just cut in half and a tunel put in and deck extension/platform to make it 39` Reason they didn`t run that good is they were using same power as they put in the 35 V bottoms, so figure it was almost like to 35 footers, with a small tunel that couldnt pack much air it was slow. at the time the biggest mercruiser offering was a 440hp with TRS drive. the boat I built with the twin diesels and arnesons ran 52 mph and was one of the best rough water boats around
05-30-2011, 02:23 PM
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http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/2365140881.html
Not a Blue Thunder? And price went up from Ga to Fla... Good ol buy and sell..
Not a Blue Thunder? And price went up from Ga to Fla... Good ol buy and sell..
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These were built before core etc just a whole lot of glass. I built one for a client with twin 450hp diesels called none of your business . It is my belief that it came from the 35` mold just cut in half and a tunel put in and deck extension/platform to make it 39` Reason they didn`t run that good is they were using same power as they put in the 35 V bottoms, so figure it was almost like to 35 footers, with a small tunel that couldnt pack much air it was slow. at the time the biggest mercruiser offering was a 440hp with TRS drive. the boat I built with the twin diesels and arnesons ran 52 mph and was one of the best rough water boats around
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It's my understanding that the 39 USA came from the same mold that Aronow kept after selling Cigarette... the second 39' Squadron 12 mold. From it two parts were made... one that was split for the USA and one that was given to Scacenti for the 41 apache.... this mold had the 17 degree transom which is how it ended up on the Apache (hulls 1-6) After blowing many trim rams, all the boats after # 6 were built with a 5 degree wedge block in the mold reducing the transom to 12. This is why many of the 41's have that 4" lip at the top of the transom.
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It's my understanding that the 39 USA came from the same mold that Aronow kept after selling Cigarette... the second 39' Squadron 12 mold. From it two parts were made... one that was split for the USA and one that was given to Scacenti for the 41 apache.... this mold had the 17 degree transom which is how it ended up on the Apache (hulls 1-6) After blowing many trim rams, all the boats after # 6 were built with a 5 degree wedge block in the mold reducing the transom to 12. This is why many of the 41's have that 4" lip at the top of the transom.
I know I'm going to sound like a total geek but, that is the coolest piece of powerboat knowage I've heard in a long time! Thanks. I love information like that.... Purely out of curosity and totally off topic; did Saber make the same mod with the 41'?Like this, where at the top of the transom it angles aft to meet the deck?
http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...&f=39304_6.jpg
