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05-02-2015, 06:13 AM
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Yes we ran the boat in Arendal, Norway. it ran the kilo qualifying at 165 +/- a half mph with 980 hp Sterling open class engines running 7800 rpm through 1.63 #6 drives. I forget which props we ran for the kilo but they were 5 blade Herring's, probably 16.5 x 38 or some where around that. we came in second in the run to one of the Victory boats that ran last and hung it way out to run about 1/2 mph more.
Here is a 25min clip of it racing in Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFkb...UUhGMuikOSzRvw
05-02-2015, 08:32 AM
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I dont recall the exact weight but I do remember that we were the heaviest of all the US Open Class boats by about 200 pounds. I drove it in testing to 164.5 (gps) in Sarasota with the props turning in but it was a handful to drive so we raced it turning out. in Arendal they had to enter the course all the way by the left buoy and the wind carried them so far over that they just made it inside the right exit buoy. needless to say but there was a lot of air under the boat.
05-02-2015, 02:33 PM
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Very impressive, would they a have been blower motors? what HP crash boxes I gather, were the #6 wet or dry dump back then.
Looking forward to seeing how the diesels do, I think the seateks back then were the twin turbo 1000+ hp units.
Looking forward to seeing how the diesels do, I think the seateks back then were the twin turbo 1000+ hp units.
05-04-2015, 07:37 PM
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Thats the one! I have talked a little with his son and they are selling the engines and drives to put 4 mercury 400's on it.
I am far from an expert but someone told me that there is no need to have trimable surface drives since they are already cutting the surface. The trimax drives we are using are the ones made by Fabio Buzzi and they are adjustable up and down to find the best handling and top speed.
These are the engines, gearboxes and drives. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj50mq9bvw...11%29.JPG?dl=0 the gearboxes are drop box ZF IRM301 and the lowest ratio for them are 1:1 but they are no longer making spare parts for them so we need to find others for next summer.
I am far from an expert but someone told me that there is no need to have trimable surface drives since they are already cutting the surface. The trimax drives we are using are the ones made by Fabio Buzzi and they are adjustable up and down to find the best handling and top speed.
These are the engines, gearboxes and drives. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj50mq9bvw...11%29.JPG?dl=0 the gearboxes are drop box ZF IRM301 and the lowest ratio for them are 1:1 but they are no longer making spare parts for them so we need to find others for next summer.
05-04-2015, 08:00 PM
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everything runs its course. after 5 years and multiple wins it was time to move on. He was going to race Super Cat a few years later and spent the weekend with him in Corpus but that was when Jack Carmody was killed so his wife soured on the whole racing thing. cant blame him, family is more important than trophies.
05-05-2015, 12:57 PM
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Those are incredible numbers (165 mph with only 980 per side) in a 46 Skater.
Crunching the numbers in the speed calculator is would seem that entire package would have had to weighed under 7,000 lbs wet to achieve this (assuming the hp numbers were accurate)!!! I've never heard of a 46 skater with twin BBC's and 6's anywhere near that light! Hell, those would be stout numbers for a 36 Skater!!!
The drive-train (engine/trans/6's) has to be at least 1,700 lbs per side. Even if there was only 20 gal of fuel in the boat add in the driver & throttleman... There's almost 4000 lbs right there. Add in some props, tie bar, seats, etc... Is it possible the hull and rigging for a 90's 46' skater could be under 3,000 lbs??? That sounds incredibly light considering a modern carbon fiber/epoxy 32 Doug Wright hull is 2,000 lbs and that hull is much smaller in length, beam, depth, etc.
Crunching the numbers in the speed calculator is would seem that entire package would have had to weighed under 7,000 lbs wet to achieve this (assuming the hp numbers were accurate)!!! I've never heard of a 46 skater with twin BBC's and 6's anywhere near that light! Hell, those would be stout numbers for a 36 Skater!!!
The drive-train (engine/trans/6's) has to be at least 1,700 lbs per side. Even if there was only 20 gal of fuel in the boat add in the driver & throttleman... There's almost 4000 lbs right there. Add in some props, tie bar, seats, etc... Is it possible the hull and rigging for a 90's 46' skater could be under 3,000 lbs??? That sounds incredibly light considering a modern carbon fiber/epoxy 32 Doug Wright hull is 2,000 lbs and that hull is much smaller in length, beam, depth, etc.
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