“Fastest Skater” Competition Returning to Shootout

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08-25-2011, 09:33 PM

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Matt, It's his client/friends boat. The same one you tested. Eddie rerigged and built 1200's+ for it. Owner had a 377 Talon and 43 Nor-Tech, now this sweet Skater.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...ter-399-v.html

and this SWEEEET Skater gets derigged after the shootout

08-25-2011, 09:42 PM

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Is'nt this V the 1 and only one made by Peter ?

No, skater has built a few.

08-25-2011, 11:10 PM

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Matt, It's his client/friends boat. The same one you tested. Eddie rerigged and built 1200's+ for it. Owner had a 377 Talon and 43 Nor-Tech, now this sweet Skater.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...ter-399-v.html

Quite a collection, quite a progression.

I feel very fortunate to have ridden in that boat.

08-25-2011, 11:30 PM

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This is very cool.

Here's another vee- Tom's Tainted Lady.

He brought her here this weekend...
there are a LOT of Skaters on this lake right now.

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08-26-2011, 01:24 AM

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There is another pleasure 399 with a wrap around windshield. It doesn't have a cabin though. I thought the one that I did (Bruce's) was the only one with a cabin. The one with the wrap around has a similar paint scheme to Bruce's but with green (I think) as the primary color. JC Perf. did the power in it. I believe they had some handling issues with the boat. Not sure exactly. I think Lake Cumberland has it for sale with 700/NXT's.
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08-26-2011, 01:27 AM

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So you own a Skater V-bottom. Lucky man. Most impressive V-bottom ride I've ever had a 135 mph.

Good luck this weekend. Stay safe.

Unfortunately it isn't mine. I rigged and built the power for it. I did have the pleasure of running it last year at the Shootout and was lucky enough to win Non Pro Vee, as well as my class. I would love to do it again this year. Bruce wasn't able to make it last year so I took the boat, trailer and matching truck and headed to LOTO. Now that is a good customer that will give you his entire rig to go flog on.