Interesting. I believe the new JetSet is being built at Turbine Marine. Plus a multitude of other turbine offshore powerboats. I know people change builders for a variety of reasons, but Turbine Marine seems to have some impressive, knowledgeable clientele.

+1...this thread is dangerous and based on "anger" from ONLY one point of view. I say close it and remove it until certain facts are available from BOTH parties. All of Turbine Marines hard work and marketing efforts are on the line. Of course, the forums feed on this kind of thing!

how many engines and how much money did geico spend on turbines...the fact is JOHN HAGGIN made the class happen. not john arruda.

when jeff bought into it he was assured everything was worked out and his turbines would be the most reliable engine package out there!

jeff has paid hundreds of thousands for a spare engine that no one on our team has ever seen for 3 years!

i really like that john installed "special" parts in our engines. had to have them if we wanted to beat geico...i implore someone to show me these special parts!

comanche go visit another thread, you're out of your league here......

Sorry, I thought you were Kurts son. Well im sure you and my father have met anyway lol.
Sorry about the high jack guys

Double Down, I don't need your permission to visit any thread. Now I will certainly stay. You've peaked my interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvxanhTspxU

Audacity hits it right on.

None of these engines are FAA approved. Each part of a turbine engine has a serial number and a FAA service life once this
is exceeded it must be removed from a engine. This part may still
be functional but it cannot go into the aircraft.

The secret lies in using a FAA Certified shop that can still analyze
these "exceeded service life parts" and put them through the proper
tests to assemble a reliable ground use turbine.

These turbines are like Frankensteins there built with parts from a pile of no longer FAA approved parts.

The point I was trying to make is Turbine boats would not be were they are if not for Aruda. Not the class. Obviously not the class. If haggin decided not to race there wouldn't be any turbines to race.

Why would someone spend "Hundreds of thousands" for 3 years if they never saw the motor. After the first year, didn't anyone ask to see it? How do you hand over that kind of money year after year without getting something for it?

Until recently all you guys we so tight. When I saw you all at Cape Coral you were all buddies. I thought John was even sponsoring you guys.
Why all of a sudden is there all of this bashing? You're mentioning Key West last year. Why is all this only coming up now?

If a guy screwed me out of an engine I paid hundreds of thousands for or If he did something to make my competitor faster It wouldn't take me years to be pissed at him. He would never touch my boat again.

Arruda would not be where he is today without Haggins bank roll.

Sit back and enjoy the show its gonna be good.

LJ42...we have kept our mouth shut on so many things and promised so much including sponsorship and support. which was like anti support. it will all come out in the end. the story is so crazy you couldn't make this stuff up.

kinda like jeff is thinking arruda is storing his super-truck while his employee is out driving it! how do we know that because he got in an accident with it! now jeff has to deal with that. again just the facts! or how about using jeff's trailer for other boats and him finding out about it from pictures online!