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New Doug Wright designed 28
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My buddy's new RGR 28 is nearing completion. Rick George had Doug Wright design the mold for this boat, and already has quite a few pre-sold. It should be a real fast smooth water cat! It's basically a small X-Cat by design......
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I am looking forward to boating next to this boat. Really great look!
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Wow!!! That's gorgeous. Congrats to Dan. I can't wait to see it going flying by me soon.
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Ya can't wait to see it. Twin 400s right?
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300xs
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As posted on Scream & Fly earlier today, post # 250
"Condolences" to Ricks family and friends. http://www.screamandfly.com/showthre...ight-28/page17 |
Sad .. Rest in Peace Rick.... :(:(
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After the unfortunate passing of Rick George (RIP), Dan was able to smoothly transition his new 28 to Grant's place for rigging.Certainly, this is how Rick would have wanted matters to proceed. Condolences go out to his family and friends that are certainly still devastated from losing him at such an early age.
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I was wondering the status of the boats that had been built.
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A few more pics from last week.......
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Dan is going back Thursday to meet with Grant - I'll have more pics soon. Dan did just confirm the motors will be mounted to a set of Shaun Torrente's 5.5" setback brackets. This is going to be such a great rig!
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How do they decide how much rise is built into the STR brackets?
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Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF
(Post 4506708)
How do they decide how much rise is built into the STR brackets?
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And even if the first one isn't right you can just swap new sides in to change it I believe.
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Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF
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And even if the first one isn't right you can just swap new sides in to change it I believe.
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WOW....:eek:
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nice!!! seriously cut down 28 with hotfoot and trim on the wheel!!!:evilb: top speed should be up there!!!:coolcowboy:
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Great pics Noli! Everyone will have to wait though for performance #s until the boat gets out here to California. The motors are still in break-in mode with the little bit of run time that was put on them back in Florida. I can tell you that Dan is SUPER happy with the way the boat performs. We will update this thread once the motors are out of break-in mode and we have data from a couple sets of props - one set being the 5 blade Herrings you see on it in the pictures, the others being the Dewald 4 blades that came off my 28 Skater. This boat is sure to be a runner!
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in cali yet???? :party-smiley-004:
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Dan brought his 28 over to my place so we could install water pressure relief valves on his XSs. I found out with my 28 that as soon as you start running high teens, the XSs can't bleed off the excess water pressure, so we knew he'd need them on his 28. The seats are out of it right now, as he's having a few tweaks made to them to suit his personal preference. As soon as the seats get back, Dan will go out and put some time on the motors to get them out of break-in mode, then we'll go out and run it with a couple different sets of Dewalds. The boat looks as good in person as it does in the pics, and I'm certain it's going to run as good as it looks as well!
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It sure looks amazing. We got to see it at his storage last weekend. Hope I didn't leave any drool marks on it.
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I have always preferred the Skaters but the Race/Pleasure cats DW is putting out in their last couple of builds make it a definite a boat to consider if you were to put cash on the table for a new boat today!
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Can someone tell me why Doug Wright does not build these 28's?
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http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/.../SBN_logo2.png DW is also in the business of building the tooling. He has built tooling for major companies. His most significant work is from building the tooling for deep-V center consoles. Can't say who, but you can guess by the number of CC's built...34 foot CC built so far since inception is over 190 CC boats, 39 foot CC have over 140 CC boats. The company name has the initials N-T. The manufacturer gives DW the general specs, DW then designs on the CAD including flow dynamics and stress testing. He then transforms that design onto an instructions set for his large CNC machines that builds the initial form of the tooling in foam...the first step in tooling build The manufacturers can then either complete the tooling or DW can complete the tooling. The RGR 28 cat was ordered by Rick G and went only as far as the hardened surface of the plug. RGR completed the rest of the plug and pulled a mold off of it. RGR/Climax Boats also made two decks to handle a single or twin outboard motors. All of the tooling are legally and rightfully owned by RGR/Climax/Fat Cat Boatworks DW also builds aircraft fuselages and cockpits for the Dept. of Defense and private aircraft companies...I believe ==> https://www.facebook.com/Doug-Wright...9879978406934/ . . |
Originally Posted by Skater30
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Dan brought his 28 over to my place so we could install water pressure relief valves on his XSs. I found out with my 28 that as soon as you start running high teens, the XSs can't bleed off the excess water pressure, so we knew he'd need them on his 28. The seats are out of it right now, as he's having a few tweaks made to them to suit his personal preference. As soon as the seats get back, Dan will go out and put some time on the motors to get them out of break-in mode, then we'll go out and run it with a couple different sets of Dewalds. The boat looks as good in person as it does in the pics, and I'm certain it's going to run as good as it looks as well!
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