Originally Posted by Sean H

they are roughly the same size as our supercats (all new boats are between 40'-44' and older boats are grandfathered in at 39'4"-48')....the 44 mti runs over there and is basically the same as the supercat mti with a bustle and rudder... due to restrictors on the engines, they run the boats as loose as possible, really loose.... especially MP's latest creations (the latest rash of photos of the victory boats flying upside down and backwards...) and they are running much faster race speeds than our supercats...

Originally Posted by LostinBoston

The videos ive seen of the boats blowing over in UIM were because when they were coming aroudn the corner, 2 of the boats seemed to get caught in the rooster tail of the lead boat. Since water doesnt compress in the tunnel like air, the boats became airborn, basically floating on the rooster tail. Anyone with a cat that travels at high speed in groups has to be aware of this posibility. It is also covered in Tres Martins class.

Originally Posted by Sean H

very true fact, but the videos from this years flips and almost flips were not from rooster tails, but setup and running the boat extremely loose.... watch the victory 77 boat go over with nobody if front of them... (pole position) i would assume only a couple of blowovers only happen in corners like the maritimo video, i think that was an isolted incident with a very high speed corner....

http://www.class-1.com/video.asp?video=7
http://www.class-1.com/video.asp?video=9

Originally Posted by Jesse James

i could have sworn the Jotun boat was widened and stretched a littlle but the memory is foggy....

Originally Posted by Sean H

with the 40/44 rule, i doubt they stretched it and it doesn't look any wider than any other MTI....

Originally Posted by 3600cat

If I remember Randy said it was a standard running surface.

Originally Posted by Sean H

after looking at some pics, it is the older 60" tunnel version...