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Sydwayz,
you know I love ya man, but you might want to do a little research before you call someone an idiot. Jon Fuller, very well know in the UK, is a professional and has been in the performance boat game for many years. Your title to the thread had a rather negative slant.

I gotta tell ya, I loved the video and the music. It looked like you guys had a lot of fun making it.

Good entertainment in the cold winter months for sure! :D

Bring it back!!!!

Happy New Year guys :drink:
Kurt

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"Pot, Kettle".

And a very Happy New Year to everyone. :drink:

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I see your point.

Once again, I saw it fit to remove the bashing as I saw it; and I did so. That is and was my choice.

Please alert OSO Management to clean up the thread and restore it if you feel its necessary. Please also feel free to post whatever else you see fit, including other videos and explanations here on this thread, if not done so already. Its not my thread; and I can't delete it.

Biggus,

Here is the video all the commotion is about:

http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/m..._8_05.wmv.html

Here is the entire gallery:

http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/m...eneralboating/

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There used to be quite a lot of Performance stuff built here in the UK, Cougar for example, but not much these days. Still a fair bit in mainland Europe, with excellent boats coming from the likes of Fabio Buzzi, real 'offshore' monsters!

When Steve Baker (phantom boats UK) retired, it was the end of an era really, very sad indeed, he built some great boats, and has countless offshore and OCR race & championship wins to his company name.
I'm very proud to own one of the last real phantoms (there are loads of crap illegal splashes out there) and consider him (steve B) to be friend also.

cheers JF

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Like I posted on the insurance thread the other day.....the guys knows water...some of the idiots on here that posted do not know what they are talking about..the guy is constantly keeping the boat hooked up in water and feathering the drives...even the 2 small little leaps he took..you can see that he sets the boat prior to drives leaving water...sets it for better landing...when he comes in close to the boat he has applied drive pressure feathering and kept it going away from boat...to insure no cross waters on top can get him....all proper feathering while jamming.....something many of the glass house idiots do not know....also he did have a pfd on...it was the kind you pull the tab or when it gets wet it blows up..so that comment was wrong also..and he did know the peeps in boat....so what is the big deal......The guy knows water.....his vid was good....why don't you guys pick on some of the big boys around here!!!..No balls...not one of you...good day!

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Thank you Sydwayz, that's cool. I'm sure if oso wanna reinstate it, they will,, but I won't be sending any emails.

just for the record, here are all three vids,

on board camera only: (the one all the trouble is about)

http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/m..._8_05.wmv.html

the half edit:

http://media.boatmad.com/videos/teaser.wmv


And the final edit:

http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/m...final.wmv.html

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Oh....I forgot about the trim comment....what was the matter with the trim????...the dude is just popping along having a blast with 2 diesels....pathetic comments from americas finest offshore boaters! :rolleyes:

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Thanks for the support Byrdman! :)

Any of the guys who don't wanna kill me, TD (guy with the spectre cat in vid) and I are over for the Miami show in Feb, would be great to hook up!

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http://media.boatmad.com/videos/teaser.wmv

PFD ? ............please play video above............

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Now THIS is an example of REALLY irresponsible boating!!!
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/m...off_2.wmv.html :D :D

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No Way..... thats typical E-DOCK vs S.B.R.T boating :D

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Check around the minute 37 mark, pfd is on when he starts to make the closer passes. BTW stated top speed is 71. Not many wear them in boat that size with that top speed.

Remember that all these vids were edited and not in time order.

I see the pfd on and off about 4 times in that vid.

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Yeah, he musta done loads damage to the rubrail pullin away from the pontoon like that! :drink:
With reference to the life vest, when running the cameraman down the river and out to the cruiser, at about 40mph, i wasn't wearing one (remember the video doesn't play inthe sequence it was shot in), in fact, i was far more worried about getting his camera wet than anything else. all the open water stuff, at the higher speeds was with Lanyard & life vest. but hey, what the hell am I justifying myself to you for?

I expect every day of the week, you break a speed limit in your car, forget to wear a seat belt, and many other little things, I aint your keeper, and you aint mine.

You're just determined to make a point now!!

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Stills from vid

http://media.boatmad.com/stills/montage.jpg

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I remember a movie from the early eighties with an awesome boat chase through Amsterdam I think. Do you know it? Name?
I'm thinking "Puppet on a chain" not sure though

thanks

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I feel this is a good opportunity to say we have a dedicated server running the boatmad media site. What this means is we have lots of space, and lots of bandwidth. So if you have some cool footage you'd like to show off (no close passes please. :D ), shoot me or Jon (Leviathan) a PM. :evilb:

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I agree. Leaving that fishing net sticking out over the side is absolutely stupid. What if a fish decides to jump beside your boat, you might snag it.. :mad: :mad: :mad:

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I know exactly the one you mean. I think Jon has a copy of it somewhere, don't know if he has copy on his computer or not though.

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'Puppet on a chain'

I have that vid

Twill be making an appearence at the boatmad video night, Jan 7th :drink:

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Indiana Jones and the last Crusade had one and I also believe The Italian Job had a boat chase scene.

John, I think this is the problem. When Sydwayz got the initial video emailed to him, there was no explanation. He did not realize it was part of a professional shoot. Just like many of us. And in the days of skyrocketing insurance premiums, everyone overreacted. I appologize for all of us for that. If we got a snippet of footage from one of these movies and did not recognize the drivers, we'd react the same.

But since its been clarified, most of us think the vids are cool. Just keep being safe while filming them.

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Cool,

haven't seen it in 20 years, but seems like it was the benchmark for boat chases. Love the "Bond" one through Louisiana swamps also.

Have to see if I can find it in US video format.

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shoot me your address, i'll do you a NTSC dvd

i'm in miami in 6 weeks, could post it while i'm there.

I'm not alowed PMs, so use [email protected]

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Leviathan, is that a Fairline Squadron 58 that you're shaving pretty close in that vid?

Nice ride...

ST

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That's the one!

he's P-Xing it for a Fairline Targa 62 in January

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tough life, eh? but, he can't run with you...

tell him to get a baia azzurra 63 if he wants to match your speed.

nice video BTW, you can just notice a smile appearing on your face as you are getting airborne about halfway through it...

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Thanks for the generous offer Jon, I have it on the way in VHS.

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Funnily enough, he had a Baia 48 Flash a couple of boats before this one. here it is at a Poker run here in 2003

http://media.boatmad.com/stills/baia.JPG

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OK, cool. :cool:

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Baia Drives

http://media.boatmad.com/stills/baia2.jpg

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Only just saw this post http://www.boatmad.com/forum/images/smilies/bang.gif

Thanks for the explanation, I fully understand. And there's certainly no need for you to appologise!

How about brightening up this miserable thread with some videos of you guys playin?

JF

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Look at these idiots!!!

:D :evilb: :drink: :evilb:

I can't figure out for the life of me why nobody made a stink about this!!! :p

cut and paste

mms://chacondata.com/GRDA training

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who cares what you think, e-dock is trained professionals... :drink:

shouldn't you be working anyway? :evilb:

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Please remember to pay your taxes!! :D :evilb: :D :evilb:

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There used to be a few pretty cool S.C.O.P.E. videos on here with them running in open water. I dont have them saved, but if someone does, they were pretty good.

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Those Cigs look gorgeous!

there are some scope vids hosted on boatmad

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:evilb: :evilb: :evilb:

don't try this at home.... :drink:

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Can't view images :(

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its worth the couple of bucks for at least a gold membership... :D

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John, your friend obviously has good taste in boats. I have the feeling he's gonna end up with a giant Mangusta or Leopard type of thing.

Also, he's obviously a very, very, very good friend of yours. Because I have more than one good friend of mine whom I definitely would not let pass that close to my boat :D

Re: No fair pulling the Leviathan thread...
 

Yes, he is.