I have a cap that's says Hustler is the fastest boat in the world pound for pound, so that settles it.

They also say that with identical length boats with identical power, they out perform all other V hulls MPH.

What was that cat killer thing.
When that 177 reach there was the cat killer promos,
Jokes or what those was

The Barron's 42 SchwartzCraft is CLEARLY the worlds fastest V-bottom PERIOD!. Speeds have been verified by Government GPS in the mid 200's though the actual number is classified as the US Navy is testing an upscaled variation of the powerplant as well as the hull design for the next generation of aircraft carrier to be spec'ed with a top speed of over 75 knots.

Well....they cant print it if it aint true...so you win my friend.

We need to get together this summer man. Ill end up riding with you cuz my POS will phuck up in one way or the other...thats a given. lol

In those years which the Powerboat P1 Championship was held. At least 1/2 of all the boats competing had structural failure. Especially the Epoxy/carbon built ones. I saw I all the races which were held in Malta, Europe and when the sea got real rough, No-one could come close to the Fountain. I saw the skater's and outerlimit's laminate failures with my own eyes as they were being repaired at the Chaudron powerboat factory in Malta. The Furnibo Fountain (was on sale here a while ago) was second to none when the stuff got rough. The OL had the edge in calm water but always chimed horribly and hooked several times. I believe that the Fountain hull was decades ahead of its competitors in terms of real offshore powerboat racing and also I never say anyone come even close to the cat killer's top speed. I'd love to see outerlimits go for a top speed vee boat record! (I'm sure im not on my own on this one!)

I thought Fountain race boats were made by Skater!!

With all due respect, all of the Outerlimits hulls experienced no delamination durring any of the P1 events. The boat you might have seen was being repaired in Malta by OL technicians due to the SV 40 suffering from a collision in the France race when the port side was taken out by another race boat. Additionally OL has had a stellar rough water performace history in P1.

I see this is you first post so welcome to OSO

OL40SVX is correct. The Outerlimits did not delaminate and Outerlimits does have a stellar rough water performance.

The European circuit known for its rough waters and it is true that many boats needed repairs after racing hard. Many boats took advantage of the long, mid-season break to work on their boats in Malta. Aaron Ciantar (Chaudron Powerboats) always had an open shop for anyone who needed a place to work on their boats and I cannot say enough good things about Aaron and his hospitality.

All of the V-hulls racing in Europe (and especially during the Powerboat P1 days) were fantastic. Using the word “failure” (in the phrase structural failure) sounds negative. Racing 70-miles on Saturday followed by a 90-mile race on the next day is hard on any hull and crew. In my opinion, the #99 Fountain World Wide entry, piloted by James Sheppard and Craig Wilson, was by far the best-prepared team (crew chief Mark Wilson) I have ever seen. James and Craig drove the crap out of their boat every single race and I will never forget Tunisia where Ian Hawkins standing on the shore wringing his hands fretting about how hard they were running his engines. OK so James and Craig did not have the fastest boat, but they had reliability and they were the best prepared to race it hard. Go back and watch all of the P1 starts and you will see that the Fountain was never the lead boat until later in the race (and that was due to attrition or mistakes made by other boats in corners). They were probably the fourth fastest boat in any given the fleet (behind the OLs, Skaters, or Cigarette). They finished every single race they entered, and won back-to-back world championships proving it is not the fastest boat that wins in circuit racing … it is about the fastest laps in a reliable boat. After Fountain World Wide, Frank and Pierre in #33 Furnibo picked up the Fountain campaign in Europe. Frank and Pierre raced hard too and did a good job, but they were not the fastest boat (behind both SilverHook and Searex), but they raced it really hard and they had a great crew keeping the boat together so they did really well in the end.

It would be great if there were more Kilo runs, so that everyone would have more information about which hull is the fastest in a straight line. Both the Outerlimits and Skaters have very fast hull and, time will tell of course, but we expect our SilverHook design to be even faster.

The SilverHook hull, designed by Ocke Mannerfelt, is extremely efficient and coupled with the Mystic canopy via CAD; the files processed by a wind tunnel simulator to ensure the best aerodynamic design possible. The wind tunnel results identified some fine tuning opportunities that were into incorporated in the final SilverHook design. There are very few flat surfaces on the SilverHook.

Bring on the rough water ... SilverHook thrives in rough water:


And this is video from the boats very first race in the rough waters of Malta where Nigel & Michael agreed to take the first corner conservatively and then they walked past #33 and #66 after the first turn:
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SilverHook will prove to be the new leader in circuit racing by having the best lap speeds as the boat leans into the corners allowing the running surface to carve through the water so that the pilots do not have to fight their way through a turn. Please take a few minutes to watch the videos and check out SilverHook® Powerboats.

Janet

That's one hell of a shot...