Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
05-09-2010 | 09:43 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Another picture you can see how we cut this thing and matched up the joint.There is the piece I cut out just put a pair of transom eyes on it and lifted the section out.
They had pad lifting the boat but as heavy as this thing was and the screwed up bottom it never ran well,until it left the operating room that is.
They had pad lifting the boat but as heavy as this thing was and the screwed up bottom it never ran well,until it left the operating room that is.
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05-09-2010 | 09:47 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Here is one of those side ducted tunnel Cheetahcats this one was a triple I pulled the photo off my video tape a while back, was still working on the core here and getting it ready for glass
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05-09-2010 | 09:51 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Here is a 36 B, Which is same as the first Cheetahcat only with the Sheer line lowered and a little different rear profile we called these "B" models.
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05-10-2010 | 08:13 AM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
The 10 Meter "8" Model 3 1/2 years newer in design and construction. While I was building this boat the Cheetahcat 12 the 40 my first Inboard was being designed and drawn.
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05-10-2010 | 08:14 AM
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Another Picture I had this thing like Vacuformed around the Tunnel in a effort to keep the volume and area low as I could, this also had the ballast down low and pushed outboard around the CG. It was funny to see it sitting with the rest of the boats in the waves, unique and very stable looking, The Italians liked the thing as well and wanted to buy one.
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05-10-2010 | 08:20 AM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
We used only internal mixing Venus equipment in those days, I am looking for some gelcoating photos we Waxed and sprayed the large molds upside down ,that little mold there on the right was through a chit storm in that place.
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