Fastest straight V?
 

What is it? Who owns it?

The old tub grinder 39 velocity race boat. 130?

Mike tick tacks fountain. 110+?

Excess energys 41 velocity?

Gentry scarab. 126?

A big power velocity 30? Supposedly one went 115.

That is a very good question. I look forward to all of the response, there might a straight V-bottom pleasure boat out there I have not heard of,....

Has this boat made a top speed run yet?

http://speedonthewater.com/boat-rest...r-testing.html

I would imagine it's a contender.

Fountain.

This is pretty good question. I would have to imagine the fastest straight bottom V would have to be over the 115-120 mph mark. Since there is a few sabers and apaches that are talked about running in the 105-115 mph range. If 115mph is the mark to beat, I may be awful close in my BT!!!

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Think it was a triple Merc 1000 powered Fountain and the record was about 130 but I could be very wrong....

Wasnt Ohio Steel a straight bottom?

Is a Fountain really a straight vee? It has a pad bottom. I guess if a Velocity is allowed its ok. I did think you were talking about a "real" straight vee though.

A better question may be, what is the fastest non step V bottom out there?

I would think fountain would have it well over 120. My 41 APACHE has bin 110.7 and it had pair of 960HP NA Engines. Going for 115 this year with different engine combo still NA. Your Black Thunder what power?

the CGS ferocious ran 134 back in the day. 41 velocity
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What power? That's hauling the mail.

Don't know if the fountains were stepped yet at this point, but either way the velocity went faster apparently:

WASHINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1995--Within the span of less than an hour in two different boats of his own make, North Carolina boat builder Reggie Fountain broke the Super V-bottom world kilo speed record twice, establishing a new record high of 130.246 mph.

Fountain, along with throttleman Tres Martin of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., started the day at the wheel of "INXS," a 47' triple engine V-bottom with passes of 128.338 mph and 127.898 for a combined two-way average of 128.118 mph. The mark was good enough to break the former Super V-bottom world record of 126.382 mph established on Oct. 7, 1993, by Alan Pariser in the 43' Wellcraft Scarab "Gentry Eagle."

Less than an hour after establishing the new mark, Fountain moved behind the wheel of the 45' triple engine Super V-bottom "Ohio Steel" and increased his own mark with consecutive runs of 130.739 mph and 129.753 mph for the new 130.246 mph world record. Fountain was accompanied in the boat by "Ohio Steel" owner John Rebhan of Warren, Ohio. The boat was powered by three standard 1,000 HP MerCruiser racing engines manufactured at Mercury Marine's high-performance facility in Oskosh, Wis.

47 Fountain INXS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYhtqMo7fTA

Not sure yet since they have not made it to the dyno yet. I'm guessing at this point they should make 1100-1200hp. But you never know they could only make 800hp. Lol.

Sure, straight and pad then. I wasn't sure if scarabs had pad bottoms or not.

That should get it done with no problem. What kind of weight and how fast was it with its previous power? Whipple or psi superchargers now? Thanks Eric

that's my old velocity, it had wiesman dry sump 6's, crash boxes, 1250's and she ran 134 mph. fastest straight bottom that i know of. just imagine what it would do with some of today's big boy power.

When you splash your upgraded BT this summer we will start a new category "FASTEST STRIGHT V with a 91/2' BEAM"

Your projects kick azz man keep those pics coming!

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/r...ull-resto.html

Definetly has to be the fastest non step 9 1/2 beam boat out there. Maybe I will shoot for 135mph in a year or so. Thanks for the compliments.

You have got some talent from the pictures on your build. What do you think your boat weight is? Nice job!

Thanks I appreciate the compliments. Thanks for posted a link.

Thanks

I would think that if someone had the $ and desire to put current "big" power in a straight bottom hull you would see 150 give or take depending on the hull.

The CGS Velocity was running 130's back in the mid to late 90's , their big problem was keeping the motors together .

I might have missed it, who owns the Velocity now?

Hi!

There are straight v ski 21-22 feet boats in Australia equipped with Merc 1350 hp running close to 130 mph with two skiers behind.. :)

Cheers Toffen

I've always loved those videos.

I guarantee that sport started with the phrase "Here, hold my beer" "Im going to tie by buddy to the back of my 1000 horsepower jetboat"

There is not enough beer to make me want to do this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggn2vFp7PsQ&feature=share These guys a completely nuts.:fear:

There's not enough liquor either. This is just insane. I thought it was pretty awesome to run a 100 inside a boat much less outside of it on a pair of skis!

what happens when you wipe out? immediately disintegrate?

Hi!

I have seen a video where they needed to do a sharp turn in 100 mph, and amazingly they managed to stop in a very short distance. I thought they should roll, but no. They did a 90 degree turn in a river. I wonder if they sell these boats for pleasure. They run on rails.

Cheers Toffen

The real fool in all of that is the spotter! He doesn't have a clue where he is going and can't see where he's been.

No kidding!! And he's half out of the boat to start with. These dudes are nuts!


Darrell.

Hi!

Whats sure is that they can drive and ski..

Cheers Toffen

The cgs got traded to NJ and then it sold to Florida somewhere and is being rerigged with decent power and #5

In that we live in a day where folks have a need for things to be validated by those in authority I would say you have hit upon the winner here!

And sum biotch if it aint that same man again.

Was he the best or just the most determined? In any event Reggie holds more of the big numbers than anyone on the planet, and likely will for a whole lot of years to come. Love him, or hate him, you can not take away what he has done.

I read this over and over and over here on this forum and just wonder why members feel the need to defend Reggie? "Ain't no one else on this planet who's done sh!t and we got your back Reg" :rolleyes: I'm starting to hate the guy and I've never met him.

Do these straight bottom rides run about the same speed to their stepped bottom cousins when running in the open ocean, where they are airing out on a regular basis? If so, it seems that purchasing a straight bottom boat at a reasonable price, would be perfect if running in the ocean is it's main purpose. The reason I ask, is im thinking of getting a Vee with a cabin just for ocean running. Kind of just thinking out loud. It just seems there are so many great deals on boats that are maybe a generation older in design .


Darrell.