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05-30-2012 | 09:44 AM
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I had the opportunity to tag along on this expedition and I will say I am very impressed with YPM and FPM.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
05-30-2012 | 10:23 AM
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From: CHI-CA-GO
I had the opportunity to tag along on this expedition and I will say I am very impressed with YPM and FPM.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
We know Eddie won't let that thing leave anything other than perfect. He certainly won't use the same welders as Fountain did for the tailpipe bungs.
05-30-2012 | 10:29 AM
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So when do we get the Triple 300's 42 went to YPM Marine and get to compare the overall outcomes? Now there is a little friendly rivalry...right! We know Eddie won't let that thing leave anything other than perfect. He certainly won't use the same welders as Fountain did for the tailpipe bungs.
We know Eddie won't let that thing leave anything other than perfect. He certainly won't use the same welders as Fountain did for the tailpipe bungs.
05-30-2012 | 10:56 AM
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I had the opportunity to tag along on this expedition and I will say I am very impressed with YPM and FPM.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
05-30-2012 | 08:41 PM
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So when do we get the Triple 300's 42 went to YPM Marine and get to compare the overall outcomes? Now there is a little friendly rivalry...right! We know Eddie won't let that thing leave anything other than perfect. He certainly won't use the same welders as Fountain did for the tailpipe bungs.
We know Eddie won't let that thing leave anything other than perfect. He certainly won't use the same welders as Fountain did for the tailpipe bungs.
06-05-2012 | 05:48 AM
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From: St Amant La
I had the opportunity to tag along on this expedition and I will say I am very impressed with YPM and FPM.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
The FPM crew worked non-stop the day we were there, tweaking water pick-ups, pulling lowers, installing spacers - multiple times, loaded and tied the boat down for transport, checked all the lug nuts, I noticed they even swapped out the trailer latch pin for a better one...they must not have liked the bolt and lock nut that was in there before!!! haha.
Eddie was the same, he sat...backwards on the floor of the boat tuning non-stop. How he figured out which cables went to what I have no idea, but he had enough sensors and plugs on each engine that it looked like they were prepped for brain surgery! Even after like 4 back surgeries I still saw him walking around the shop with a SCX lower in his hand at one time helping out the FPM crew.
Pass after pass, tweaking and tweaking, the boat made it's last pass (as dusk) at 122mph...with 4 people in it. This is all while R3, Neon Leon, and myself were watching from the dock yelling for a solo pass from Reggie Sr. without the extra 900lbs of spare meat aboard
I think this thread will go down as a part of powerboat history and won't be forgotten, especially the crews that prevailed, and lets not forget about the crew that failed, a few times...and then one more time.
nice job....congrats!!
