How many record breaking runs are there?
05-14-2014 | 09:37 PM
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05-15-2014 | 05:46 AM
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Some of the records we are going for with the new boat will be.
Chicago - Detroit
Miami - New York city
Key West - Cancun
San Francisco - Long Beach
New Orleans - Saint Louis
New York city - Bermuda (Again because its a cool place to boat too)
Tampa - Miami
Miami - Nassau
The great loop
New York City - England Trans-atlantic
Round Britain
Around the world speed record (first set by Magellan 500 years ago)
Chicago - Detroit
Miami - New York city
Key West - Cancun
San Francisco - Long Beach
New Orleans - Saint Louis
New York city - Bermuda (Again because its a cool place to boat too)
Tampa - Miami
Miami - Nassau
The great loop
New York City - England Trans-atlantic
Round Britain
Around the world speed record (first set by Magellan 500 years ago)
05-15-2014 | 09:11 AM
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We have some new props that were CNC'ed from billets of the strongest metal we could find. The blades are over twice as thick as a normal prop. They started out weighing 2500 lbs then all the metal machined away and now they weigh 54 lbs each. The other prop in the pic is a 17" herring for size comparison.
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05-15-2014 | 11:25 AM
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A lot of cool runs to do, I think the Detroit to Chicago sounds like a blast. Same with Miami to Tampa.
On the New Orleans to St Louis Run to you get the cooperation of the locks or just try and time it just right?
On the New Orleans to St Louis Run to you get the cooperation of the locks or just try and time it just right?
05-15-2014 | 12:10 PM
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No locks on the river after Alton just north of STL. Wide open, just you, the tug boats and logs. Almost no gas stations either. That record would be tough, it was set in a fast cat.
05-15-2014 | 03:50 PM
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Really?? I had no clue. Any idea on how much elevation drop there is from STL to New Orleans?
05-15-2014 | 05:27 PM
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The Mississippi record is on our schedule for one of the first runs we are going to do in the new boat. It will be a good amount of distance to test all of our systems without being hundreds of miles from shore incase something breaks. Arneson ran really fast but then would have to stop for fuel several times. We will not be as fast top end but will have the range to do it without refueling.
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