rchevelle71

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Different boat, he had another Arasaki boat there

chewiekw

It was designed to run 150mph with 900 hp motors, so i would think that 150 would be doable with 1000hp motors...

T2x

I can't tell a damn thing from the pictures, but the shaft thickness and splines would prevent anything but the original wheels on that hull. We had 4 and 5 blade wheels. The 5's worked best. The boat got up to over 140 a few times even though we never had all (or most of) the engines in full song at the same time....ever. She should be stable to 200+ and with today's power could probably get there. On the other hand she would be unbeatable with 4 diesels in rough seas or for record runs from NY-Bermuda....Miami -NY....etc with that configuration. In most cases boats that wind up in Japan are left to rot. This one seems to have had some TLC, but I had heard tales of her sitting open to the weather for years. Maybe she's been rebuilt or redecked ...hopefully more details will emerge. On the other hand this boat is 25 years old and we've all moved on.

Amen

mitchie

Fair enough....
Nostalgia can cause hysteria. Human nature causes woulda shoulda coulda... Such a beautiful boat though.

CL JesseJames

Oh come on now Mr Luhrs, is good to see the old girl running again.

salrcr42

Amen to the last 3 posts....

Some things are just hard to let go... To see her run again certainly gets the blood pumping and excitement in the air...

chewiekw

if i hit the lotto she will be back in the right colors...I tried to email the guy that suppose to own it, but got no response yet...

smokeybandit

CL, I see this is your first post. Is it THE CL from Jesse James fame?

CL JesseJames

Hi Kurt. Sorry for being slow getting back but just after my post our quiet little world here in South West CT blew to pieces. PM sent. C

DrGaryDC

I was a huge fan of Chris and Mark back in the 80's when I was young, very cool