Originally Posted by BajaFresh (Post 3868663)

And as far as fast boats go, you can easily die in a 100 MPH boat too. At what speed do we say a boat is "too fast" and shouldn't be built or sold?

Originally Posted by jayboat (Post 3868953)

The boat has only been in the water twice.
I was there the first time (see photo below).
The second time was a setup test and had nothing to do with a speed run.

Your 'source' is full of it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8352/8...020388ea_b.jpg

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3868973)

Jay, it was not stray cat, it was the turbine boat, it will be made public shortly

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3868973)

Jay, it was not stray cat, it was the turbine boat, it will be made public shortly

Originally Posted by jayboat (Post 3868986)

Oh, crap. My bad. Apologies.

Yeah, I believe that number. Spoke with Todd at length about the boat when he drove me to pick up my jeep.
Liking what he has planned for the boat. :whistle:

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1094/4...c07c29d7_b.jpg

Originally Posted by DMLEYSER (Post 3868989)

So is the 207 # real?..

Originally Posted by Cavanti53 (Post 3868856)

+1

Let's see the picture of the GPS.

No way it ran 207mph!!

Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J (Post 3868798)

I saw it on Facebook. It has to be true!!!

Originally Posted by iamjoe (Post 3868981)

Because we're Americans no-one can say that it shouldn't or can't be sold. The point I was making in my original post was that it would be nuts to sell this boat to the general public.

Picture this:

A rich guy goes to Statement and plunks down a-million-whatever for the boat. For him, its the perfect pen*s extention because now he is the big dog on the lake and everybody knows it. Besides having a less than admirable pen*s, he also lacks the talent to operate this kind of boat, but all that matters to him is that he now is king.

On his maden voyage, he packs the boat will his friends, all of which are top earners. They leave the dock and 20-minutes later the guy blows the boat over at 180. Everyone on board is killed.

The families of the passangers file a wrongfull death suit against everyone involved including Statement. In court, a mouthpiece with a nice suit says to Statement, "its your fault because you produced and sold this boat to a guy you should have known couldn't handle it".

After a long and drawn-out trial, the jusy agrees that if but for Statement building and selling this boat to this guy, none of this would never have happened and they (the families) win a judgement against Statement for a "portion" of the lost income that the families of the victims now live without. Considering that all of these guys made north of $1M per year, and they were all in their mid-40s. Equates to tens of millions of dollars.

I'm sure that Statement has excellent liability insurance, but to me, it just seems like a can of worms.

ANYWAY, ITS ALL A MOOT POINT SINCE THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE BOAT WILL NOT RUN NEAR THAT SPEED AND THE ORIGINAL POST WAS BS.

Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 3869033)

Impressive... But my Cigarette Top Gun will leave it in the dust. My GPS says so! :D :lolhit:

:party-smiley-048::party-smiley-048::party-smiley-048::party-smiley-048::party-smiley-048::party-smiley-048::party-smiley-048:

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3868621)

Just got the report that 207 is the number, must be the turbine 50 not the 1350 boat, if its the 1350 that would be the fastest so far. Showed pic of stray cat , did it have turbine before pistons

Originally Posted by NMBullet (Post 3868963)

Last I checked this is America & a free country so we should never say "it shouldn't be sold" Infringement on are rights is already everywhere. Don't ask for more!!

Originally Posted by skaterdave (Post 3869084)

yes where the dumb reign free under the exceptional rule that we're american !!!!!!!!!!!

heres the perfect example dumb + money + new age of instant video fame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_VxHdZKvJ4

i guess as long as the check doesn't bounce

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3869091)

The information came from fastboats, since they sell them i expect them to know this info.

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3869091)

The information came from fastboats, since they sell them i expect them to know this info.

Originally Posted by purrfection (Post 3869140)

Amazing it toke 55 posts before your source was revealed. Problem is why didn't they make that announcement to help their business? Down side to all of this is, if none of this is true, some people may have the wrong idea about Statement and Fastboats. Neither one of them asked for this type of negativity, about lawsuits, people getting killed etc., nor do they deserve it. If one of their boats ran 207, congratulations.

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3869161)

Just passed along a simple public statement from a very reliable source from a public website from a company that sells the product. Is there a reason not to believe it, i think its a great compliment to an awesome company who has a proprietary hull design, congrats to them.

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3869161)

Just passed along a simple public statement from a very reliable source from a public website from a company that sells the product. Is there a reason not to believe it, i think its a great compliment to an awesome company who has a proprietary hull design, congrats to them.

Originally Posted by purrfection (Post 3869196)

Great!! Just post a link to this " public website from a company that sells the product" and everyone will be happy. Thanks.

Originally Posted by iamjoe (Post 3868981)

Because we're Americans no-one can say that it shouldn't or can't be sold. The point I was making in my original post was that it would be nuts to sell this boat to the general public.

Picture this:

A rich guy goes to Statement and plunks down a-million-whatever for the boat. For him, its the perfect pen*s extention because now he is the big dog on the lake and everybody knows it. Besides having a less than admirable pen*s, he also lacks the talent to operate this kind of boat, but all that matters to him is that he now is king.

On his maden voyage, he packs the boat will his friends, all of which are top earners. They leave the dock and 20-minutes later the guy blows the boat over at 180. Everyone on board is killed.

The families of the passangers file a wrongfull death suit against everyone involved including Statement. In court, a mouthpiece with a nice suit says to Statement, "its your fault because you produced and sold this boat to a guy you should have known couldn't handle it".




After a long and drawn-out trial, the jusy agrees that if but for Statement building and selling this boat to this guy, none of this would never have happened and they (the families) win a judgement against Statement for a "portion" of the lost income that the families of the victims now live without. Considering that all of these guys made north of $1M per year, and they were all in their mid-40s. Equates to tens of millions of dollars.

I'm sure that Statement has excellent liability insurance, but to me, it just seems like a can of worms.

ANYWAY, ITS ALL A MOOT POINT SINCE THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE BOAT WILL NOT RUN NEAR THAT SPEED AND THE ORIGINAL POST WAS BS.

Originally Posted by black thunder 46 (Post 3869707)

How many cats did they make? And I also saw it on fast boats fb page.
Brett

Originally Posted by Young Performance (Post 3869569)

What I find comical is that after about 2 posts, everyone knows it's Jim Darr. They then proceed to call him Jim Darr and he doesn't even comment on it. Obviously, if it wasn't Jim, he would be asking what the hell they were talking about by calling him Jim. That should answer the question of who it is.:lolhit:

Originally Posted by black thunder 46 (Post 3869707)

How many cats did they make? And I also saw it on fast boats fb page.
Brett

Originally Posted by jayboat (Post 3869783)

For me, it was the unlimited hydro in his tag line.

:lolhit:

Originally Posted by Orionsilverboat (Post 3869818)

Jay, that boat is a total pos, would of been cool if it was a real unlimited

Originally Posted by Donzi ZX (Post 3869848)

Jim, how darr you switch your boat on your profile, right in the middle of this thread!!!

:stupid:

Originally Posted by Randy Nielsen (Post 3869740)

Maybe the boat manufacturers of these super fast boats could agree as an unwritten rule to make a course in Tres Martins driving school as part of the purchase contract. If I were in the market that wouldnt be a deal breaker for me, just the opposite. Maybe the insurance companys could drop the liability payments down a notch as well. Randy

Originally Posted by offshorexcursion (Post 3868913)

Darrrrrr