Avanti 41 History?
11-27-2011 | 12:15 PM
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In the mid 70's I hired JC Simon to design a new Open class race boat for my Banana Boat co. The hull that he designed for me, looks very much like your hull. I know that Avanti made some 33 footers out of that design, PARADOX on this site has one.
One way to know for sure is to measure the width of the strakes. The chine strake should be 5 inches wide, the next strake in should be 4 inches and the inner one should be 3 inches wide.
You can compare from the photos on the Banana Boat Co site, look at the photos of the 38 foot Top Banana. www.bananaboatco.com That hull design won it's first race and it took two years for the new Cigarette hull, the 38 foot Top Gun to beat it in the Bahamas 200 in 1980.
One way to know for sure is to measure the width of the strakes. The chine strake should be 5 inches wide, the next strake in should be 4 inches and the inner one should be 3 inches wide.
You can compare from the photos on the Banana Boat Co site, look at the photos of the 38 foot Top Banana. www.bananaboatco.com That hull design won it's first race and it took two years for the new Cigarette hull, the 38 foot Top Gun to beat it in the Bahamas 200 in 1980.
11-27-2011 | 01:26 PM
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11-27-2011 | 07:23 PM
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[QUOTE=272bajadriver;3558307]we had if I rememer correctly 8 or 9 people with coolers, full tanks and Paradox got on it only a few times and it wasn't for very long and we were showing 89.xxx on the GPS.
While I was pleasantly surprised to see 89+ on the GPS with a heavy load, we only had 7 people on board and about ¾ of fuel. A little correction and accuracy is due.
When dennis freedmen owned and made the Avantis, he sort of farmed out the rigging, so the rigging and detail work on his boats were hit and miss. The hulls are awsome however. Great in rough stuff. Avanti still used the original lay up schedule from Banana boats and Sonic with mostly 24oz layers. Mine is the absolute last offshore hull and it was rigged by Lightning Bay in Tampa not in NJ. I had mine in some pretty nasty $hit, and not a single hairline or stress cracks ANYWHERE.
Enjoy your 41 footer.
P
While I was pleasantly surprised to see 89+ on the GPS with a heavy load, we only had 7 people on board and about ¾ of fuel. A little correction and accuracy is due.
When dennis freedmen owned and made the Avantis, he sort of farmed out the rigging, so the rigging and detail work on his boats were hit and miss. The hulls are awsome however. Great in rough stuff. Avanti still used the original lay up schedule from Banana boats and Sonic with mostly 24oz layers. Mine is the absolute last offshore hull and it was rigged by Lightning Bay in Tampa not in NJ. I had mine in some pretty nasty $hit, and not a single hairline or stress cracks ANYWHERE.
Enjoy your 41 footer.
P
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11-28-2011 | 08:36 AM
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In the mid 70's I hired JC Simon to design a new Open class race boat for my Banana Boat co. The hull that he designed for me, looks very much like your hull. I know that Avanti made some 33 footers out of that design, PARADOX on this site has one.
One way to know for sure is to measure the width of the strakes. The chine strake should be 5 inches wide, the next strake in should be 4 inches and the inner one should be 3 inches wide.
You can compare from the photos on the Banana Boat Co site, look at the photos of the 38 foot Top Banana. www.bananaboatco.com That hull design won it's first race and it took two years for the new Cigarette hull, the 38 foot Top Gun to beat it in the Bahamas 200 in 1980.
One way to know for sure is to measure the width of the strakes. The chine strake should be 5 inches wide, the next strake in should be 4 inches and the inner one should be 3 inches wide.
You can compare from the photos on the Banana Boat Co site, look at the photos of the 38 foot Top Banana. www.bananaboatco.com That hull design won it's first race and it took two years for the new Cigarette hull, the 38 foot Top Gun to beat it in the Bahamas 200 in 1980.
It seems that the mold came from the MSV 44' boats that was then modified by JC Simon and your company where you removed the additional strake the MSV 44' had and some how Avanti ended up making boats out of your modified mold. Does that sound correct? Were there any other differences in the hulls besided the number of strakes?
11-28-2011 | 07:16 PM
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