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Look Eric Im sorry if I came across like an a--hole i didnt mean it like that I was just stating that if you had really thought about what you wanted your boat to perform like before you laid out your cash (ie. sea trial) that maybe you wouldnt have been so "Frustrated".

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for the record its a 13' boston whaler with a 25 johsonrude on it.

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Hey Eric, don't sweat the hatters. Opinions are like azzholes...You know the rest...

You did what was right for you! I remember when we were talking about you ordering the Dragon after looking at other options and you said you wanted something totally unique, different and bad azz....Mission accomplished bro! You worked through the issues and I do believe that Craig helped you through the proccess. Sh!t happens, it just sucks when it happens to such cool people. And look at it this way, you still got a totally unique boat for under the price of high dollar Fountains, Cigs, Outterlimits, etc. etc. Now try to stay out of the water when launching hmmm? :evilb: :D

Oh, and the boat doesn't look too bad on video either! :cool:

http://media.putfile.com/Dragon-32

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All Eric needs now is a 10' pole mounted on the back and park the boat at the sand bar. Eric good luck on saturday, I just dropped off the boat that was going to do the race.

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eric, the boat is beautiful, always has been and now runs as good as it looks.... enjoy, don't let the azzholes get ya down, some are too cheap to even buy a membership here and they are telling you how to spend your cash.... nice.... :rolleyes: :drink:

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Eric go out there saturday and kick ass on all of those everyday, cigarettes and outerlimits. best of luck

oh yes bayliners and formula's

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Thanks Bro. You are a great friend. :drink:

Heard ya on the whole falling in the water thing at the launch ramp. I won't make that mistake again. You coming to the LBC on Saturday for the Ski Race? Lidi and I would love to see you and Kelli. :D

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We'll be there on Sunday to watch the Rum Runner race and get a little lunch at the Yardhouse. We'll be in Dan's 35 Playboy Cig. You going to be there Sunday? I'll call you this weekend.

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Eric,
Just remember i have first dibbs when you want to move...
That boat is nice!!

Jeff

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Eric, the boat rocks plain and simple. I talked to Bob this morning and he said you loved it. We got on the topic of my film and he mentioned you may need some for the sides. you and I talked before about it, but I'm sure you had other things on the plate. Ring me at 866-776-3682 and we can see what your needs are to keep it as beautiful now that it runs great....Rob

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Cool. I'll see you then. Call me this weekend.

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Hey Jeff,

How the heck are ya? How is your beautiful new boat?

You got it. You will be my first call.

Eric.

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Hey Rob,

Great to hear from you. Bob is right. I would like to have some of your film and maybe a few spare mattresses for the docks. I am getting the paint touched up form a few love markes at the docks. Rookie mistakes. :D

I will call you later this afternoon.

Eric.

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Thank you Big Dady. I really appreciate it. :D

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Why is everyone bashing here? All EricT did was buy the boat of his dreams. Okay, so it unfortunately had some problems. It seems like Dragon stepped up to the plate and made their customer a happy one. NOBODY here on OSO can say that they bought a new boat, car, RV, etc.... and never had issues.

At least he had the patience (and money :D ) to make it right and even better than new. Congrats Eric on your boat. :drink: I look forward to seeing it this weekend when I'm up there for the ski race. Go kick some butt in that bad a$$ V-bottom.

Gerard

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Thanks for the compliment Sean. :D :drink: I just need to stop making stupid mistakes around the docks and scratching the paint. :D

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Thank you Gerard. I agree with you. I have always liked the boat. I just had to learn to be patient with the whole process. Craig has done a great deal to make me a happy customer. For that I am truely greatful!

And Bob Teague.. He is the greatest! I can't forget Joe who spent many nights and weekends with Bob working on my boat too. Bob and everyone at TCM made my boat perfect. Not to mention run like a bat out of hell.

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Was the boat clean when you took delivery? What about the trailer....what condition was that in? :eek: :D :D :D :D

See you out on Saturday Eric. We'll be Seekering it. :evilb: :evilb:

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If the boat only went 70, then something is wrong. Had somebody stated the x dimension was incorrect by 7 inches, then this would make sense. I think the posters here just wanna know why. If new Dragon's only go 70 with 525's -good for them- I say they are a piece of chit. I don't care what anybody does with their money. If people want to spend 700k for a boat that goes 66.7- I'm happy for them.

On the surface, this was bad advertising for Dragon Powerboats. And marketing does matter- ask Reggie Fountain. I know something is not right with the 70mph number(as do other readers of this forum), but the general public may not.

Most people who can afford these boats are non technical, they don't know or care why a boat goes as fast as is does. They do know they have the money to buy what they want though.

And I'm not buying any of these boats so my opinion is worth less than $0.02.

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Hi Eric,
I know first hand how awesome your boat is. Have an awesome weekend wish we could be out there. See you in Havasu again soon.

T

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If the boat is advertised as a 90mph boat, and it barely broke 70, there is something more than a few minor gremlins wrong with it... I don't think people are bashing you Eric, they would just like to know why it only went 70 instead of 90 ???

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the trim up comment was a joke... dragon 1 was up here and ran 90+ with 525s.... look, the rerigg is awsome... spend ur money any way u want... the article said u traded ur 525s and bravos in and the total was the same as buying a #6 boat so job well done :cool:

im just cant see why in its original form ran 72?

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V-tec are you driving a boston whaler? sounds like you don't know much about these boats. I had my hands on Eric's boat more than he did at the beginning and it is one beautiful boat. Yes it had some problems at the beginning. Well that is all over now and Eric gets to enjoy his pride and joy. To many people on this site that have no idea whats up and have never owned a performance boat. V-tec your moms calling you to go and get your plastic tug boat out of the bath

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Eric, the boat is awsome and kuddos to Lidia for letting you "stick with it"!! :D Had to be some rough times and you gotta love having a wife with a passion for high performance like yourself. I hope my wife does for that future "re-rig". Now you just better not sell it! :p

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Yes, I don't know anything about boats. But, soon I will have CAD drawings of the Dragon hull and I will make them available for FREE to anybody who asks. I can supply in Unigraphics and IGES. Then everybody can analyze this hull to make improvements, etc. Maybe somebody will modify the Boston Whaler bottom on the Dragon to help it achieve 70+ mph.

I can provide a cutter path too, for a marginal price.

My new company will be called PirateDragons. I know, ya gonna call your lawyers.........step in line if ya wanna sue me......

I'm used to it. In fact, it's a sport now.

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:confused: :confused: What???

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If anyone wants to ask question and find out the exact specifics of Eric's boat (not that it's anyones business), just call Dragon and talk to 'em about it. Craig and the rest of the group there are EXTREMELY cool people and stand by their product. Craig hails from the best (in my opinion) heading Cigarette for many years. Dragon is a new company and will have set backs and growing pains but they have not let anyone down yet so cut 'em a little slack.

Eric doesn't want to air anyone elses dirty laundry. Obviously there were some issues. Whether it was Dragon, the riggers or whomever else it has all been resolved and Eric, Craig, Bob and most importantly Erics family are very happy.

Erics boat isn't the only Dragon ever built. They are currently proving themselves on the race course (UIM) winning a few races already and have proven themselves on the poker run course (Original dragon ran well over 90 at the Havasu poker run).

If you ever see Eric's Dragon in person, go look at the detail and quality of the build. Talk to Eric and watch that thing run. You'll understand why after all has been said and done he's got a smile on his face a mile wide. ;)

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LOL.....what a crack up!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

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The teauge platinum drives from what GPM and others on this bd have experienced are a out of the box xr with a vert shaft upgrade and a other few small details,they would NEVER cut the mustard on a 10,000 lb plus boat with 1800 or 2000 hp. #6's make PERFECT sense other wise drives would be a ongoing issue. I also know this from first hand exp on a boat half the weight with similar power,Smitty

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And that is all that matters that you are happy with your stuf!! :cool: I dont get what the deal is about PB lately...

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I own hull #1 and was part of the whole experience from the time the hull was layed up by Doug Wright. My boat was rigged by Mercury at Lake X. The first pass it ever ran was 86 mph with 3 blade Bravo props. After tweeking it ran 98.5 mph on GPS with 525's and 6 blade Herrings. In my opinion (for what it's worth) Eric's problems stemmed from the rigger. The hulls are identical, and Eric is very happy after Bob's re-rig. Craig and Scott have always been standup guys and build a great boat.

Vtech, get a life!!!!!!!! You are even more out of line in this post than the last. Maybe you should take up knitting.

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Lets start a pole over weather v tec even owns a boat. He most likely sweeps floors at a bayliner dealership

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Check out www.extremeboat.com and www.powerboatp1.com/results.ihtml
See how well the Dragon hull #6 ARPRO is doing in Europe. It is in first place. They are not slow hulls.

Isn't this what makes our sport/pasttime so much fun and passionate? This guy said....I want to go fast and I don't care what it costs....I admire that. Did it happen in a not so common way? yea....but hell, we have all probably been there in one way or another. I took my last boat....a 01' 25 Baja and put a damn 540 in it and threw over 60k into a boat that is only worth maybe 30k. Should I have done that instead of just go get a badazz 35' boat for 60k? Probably not, but it sure was fun wasting all that money.....I learned a lot and had a years worth of fun doing it. My money waste was on a different scale then Eric's, but my point is we all do it at one time or another.....Pleasure boating is about PLEASURE! Enjoy it once in a while!!!

haha....not sure how I happenned upon this article....just realized how friggin' old it is.....sorry for the 1st reply, and now the 2nd