how about that batboat
 

i just seen this video on youtube and batboat is moving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzJWGApcR1Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYt54Jb2V3U

that is a nice boat does anyone know who owns it

does anyone know any info about this boat

search for batboat on this forum. It should have pics and info on most of them.

ok thanks but i dont see any info about this bat boat

It is a 28 Vamp. They run mid 90s. Ask Chris Riendl he has a couple of the 28s.

One of my best from Sarasota

To help narrow it down, its not the green one running around the lake st clair area.

the one in the second clip is/was for sale at lake cumberland marina. The 28 are probably the funnest boat you will ever run.

is this the boat that won the hottoddy run in 07

Forum member C_Spray has a true Ocke Mannerfelt B28. I have personally ridden along on it during a poker run a few years back . It is VERY fast and the wings are functional. :)

This link has many photos of his boat.

http://beta.communities.msn.ca/Power...at.msnw?Page=3

You are right it is not the green one, since I own it. It is now yellow and it is a 24.

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Pt.Pleasant New Jersey. One of the funnest rides i have been in!!!

this bat boat is mine its a 509 with a whipple on it about 770,800 hp it does 103. i bought it from lakecumberland marine about 4 years ago best thing i did

wow 770800 hp is a LOT who made a motor with that much HP? :D:D

it was a 500 efi i sent it out to speed pro parts in elmsford it has the stock crank but new push rods,deep dish piston, afr heads about 7 psi of boost

You missed my joke. Your wrote that as you were making seven hundred seventy thousand eight hundred hp. :eek::eek: That would be impressive :D:D

i see it i didn't read ur post fully

Here is one in Farmingdale, NY.
It's been in the same spot for at least a yr now.

is that the ockemanerfelt design or the newer design i have the ockemanerfelt design it was shipped over from sweeden

do u have the address where that boat is

Corner of Baiting Place Rd and Florida St in Farmingdale, NY.
In one pic you can see a sign w/ a phone number, but its not a for sale sign.

There were only two Swedish-built 28's imported into the US. The first was a blue/burgundy boat with fore-and-aft race seating brought in in 1993, later equipped with a canopy and raced in 1996 (7?) as the yellow "Rain-X" boat in A (then later AX) class. As far as I know, Bill _______ still owns in in the Sarasota area. This was B-28 Hull #1. My boat (Hull #5) was imported in December 1994 as a silver boat with red trim and a half-enclosed full pleasure interior. Both boats were brought in by Volvo Penta as demonstrators for the then-new DPX drive. As far as I know, both hulls were built by a Scandanavian yard named "Batbygaarna", specializing in racing sailboat hulls. Mine is vacuum-bagged and fully foam-cored, including the bottom. US-made boats are solid bottoms.

Unless your boat has a "Batbygaarna" certficate laminated into the front bulkhead of the engine compatment, it's not Swedish. The last time I spoke with the builder/former owner of your boat, he told me that he had bought a bare hull from Armada (now defunct) and finish/painted/rigged it himself. It won its class at the LOTO shootout at least once.

Hey C Spray,

Did you ever met the Volvo Penta test pilots? I think one of the guys was Ante Malmgren. He's still doing all the testing for Pentas drives. A great guy.

Did the B28 of yours look like this?

I never met the test drivers. My boat looked exactly like the one on your picture. Apparently, there were at least two of them painted that way, but only one made it to the US.

Now mine looks like this:

Looks very nice!! What power, drive and speed?



Here's a B28 race. Actually built in US. It's rigged with 510/800hp on SSM #5 to fit the Swedish class.

540 ci / 600 hp, DPX-A drive, 92 mph best.

I was under the impression from Ocke himself that the Speedmaster boat was Swedish hull #8. It's getting hard to tell these days unless you can see the laminated build certificate (Scandanavian boats), or hull ID plate (US boats).

Chuck took my wife and I on a ride in his BatBoat one time.:eek::eek: It runs quite well!!!

Thanks again Chuck!!!:ernaehrung004:

The white/red Speedmaster-boat used to be a DPX-boat. It's rigged with speedmaster this year.

Do you think Ocke are talking about this one? :
(All expoxy/carbon)

yes my boat did come from sweeten i had checked it out already thanks

Interesting. What hull number is it?

Please understand that I don't mean you any disrespect. It's just that I've been involved with these boats since late 1996, directly with Ocke Mannerfelt himself, Armada, and Volvo Penta (at the time). During the Aramada days from 1998-2000, there was a lot of creative claims abut hull quantities going around, even rumors of hull numbers being changed. You can see how the heritage of a particular hull could have been clouded over the years. Besides the laminated-in hull and build certificates (there is one of each) on the engine compartment bulkhead, other ways to identify a scandanavian boat is the circular rear seat and the integral fuel tank under the cockpit floor. All American boats were built with the fuel tank between the rear seat and the engine, resulting in a engine compartment that is about a foot shorter. Most have a 3-across rear seat. After Chris Reindl took over the project, things got much better.

Either way, the hull molds were consistent enough between the various manufacturers that the boats should all run pretty much the same. It's just that some hulls will be constructed differently, and therefore vary in weight. Despite the claims made in Armada's promotional materials, no hulls were cored in the bottoms, and very few (if any) were vaccuum-bagged.

Photos of your boat will help sort out its heritage.

It would sure be interesting to see these racing in SVL. I'm sure it would add a lot of interest by fans and racers. Everytime I take my V24 out it draws a crowd.

here r some picture what pict would u need to find out if it is from sweeden
http://batboat.shutterfly.com/

No Zul kicked his AZZ:evilb:

zul was no where to be found i won in 1st and i got a tophy to prove it

I too wish they were legal. It is a very fast, well mannered boat from everything I have seen. It would be nice to have a 4 seat SVL legal 28 with a removable canopy for weekend playing with friends and family.

What is a good source for reading up on the Batboats? I can find a little here and there, but not much in one spot hat can be counted on. Models, setups, seating, power, etc. Where are these boats typically listed for sale?

www.ocke.se

www.vectorpowerboats.com

The "Armada" emblazoned on the side of your boat confirms it's a US hull.

From Ocke Mannerfelt himself:

"From what I know we have only delivered two B28s to the US."
and:
"We didd all the fueltanks integrated in the hull ander the u-sofa.."

(Gotta love that Swedish accent...)

Here's the forward engine bulkhead of a Swedish boat (mine). The two documents you see in the center are laminated directly into the hull under a thin layer of glass. Through the circular access port you can see the fittings on the top of the fuel tank, which is actually part of the hull. All Swedish boats were built this way.

Does anybody have a V24 with the volvo penta engine and drive for sale, or know where i can find one?

Since you're in Sweden, try Ocke Mannerfelt:

Ocke at Ocke.se