new chief raceboat
 

http://chiefventurecup.com/index-7.html


thoought this may be of interest

Cool!

2 pics from the site.............

is that at pompi s shop?

She's a beauty!!! Best of luck to all involved.

The other contestants of the worlds toughest offshore powerboat race must be thinking, "this race got alot tougher" :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyPeUTkXsnQ

Is it a NEW boat,........or the Chief boat from a few years ago converted?


Thanks
Jon

im guessing new as the chief is listed for sale in LOTO, nice to see some new boats coming outta that mold !

brand new

cool ... What size Arnesons are those?

thats awesome, Josh lets go over and watch em and help em out :)

Think Rik calls themASD 6/8.
The drives on the Chief has 1:1,56 gearing.
Ilmor 725,s and crashboxes.

ASD8-6 Drop Boxes with Long Thrust Tubes :D

with the oversize fin also. cool setup..

The boat should corner very very well and handle the ROUGH equally as well.

Love those Arnesons!

Did Checkmate conduct the layup?

It was layed up in Florida under Chief. Carl Jobert, and Bobby Saccenti did the lamination schedule. It is a Kevlar, Carbon Fiber schedule. I dont know all the details on the entire schedule but it is not a balsa core boat. You would have to ask Bobby for any details on that.

Cool project!

I'm going to take a guess that the bottom is foam core. If there's a hit, foam will not suck up water like balsa.

Nice project. I like all glass bottoms w/ cored sides / deck.

I'm not sure Bobby would build a cored boat, especially the bottom.

Good luck guys, boat is looking great!

Old tech left, new tech right.

Ok. I've got a passport and not afraid to use it...

Leaked from Chief Powerboats
 

Looks like the boys at Chief are busy creating a winner for next June's Venture Cup race.

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...th_2012_11.jpg http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...th_2012_21.jpg http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...th_2012_31.jpg http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...th_2012_41.jpg

On the road !!!
 

The New 42' Chief "Warpath" hitting the road for rigging and interior. Next stop, paint shop !!!

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ath42Chief.jpg

Beautiful lines !!

Congrats

What an iconic boat. The lines are just unmistakable. I hope they paint/sticker it up to look like the original. It looks like the correct color combo to make a modern classic.

A "modern classic" are the perfect words for this boat. I hope there is plenty of race footage of it during the 2,400 mile challenge.

It has been on my mind for years if I ever had a new boat built that I would like the paint scheme of the Warpath Apache above. That is one of my FAVORITE boats of alltime. I am glad to see someone else thinks like me and has had this new 2012 version built. Outstanding.

I wish them the best of luck in the race, I will be keeping track of this new Chief powerboat.

sweet! i cant wait to see it completed!

That race looks sick...id love to have a boat to enter!

Yup!

What is the expected top mph? Weight?

I think 10,300 weight and like 500 gallon fuel capacity. Not sure of speed, should be over 100 mph though.

Have they started water testing yet?

Last I checked, which was just before the holidays they were waiting for an Arneson to come back from the west coast. So no, not that I'm aware of.

Latest on the 42' Chief "Warpath"
 

"Warpath" is in the paint shop getting it's long awaited legendary art work. How lucky are we to have the internet this time around to see the different phases of building this amazing race boat.

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps74a31274.jpg

Totally awesome !

Very Cool!!! Here is the link to the blog with the pics. http://chiefpowerboatsblog.wordpress.com/

Really nice project awesome boat.