What was powering the Bud hydroplane boat back in 06 or 07 at Shooters when he went topgun? That was a single engine boat upwards of 180?
I don't think Qatar would be coming if they didn't feel they had a good shot at the record.

Safe travels to all heading that way next week.

It's not the "normal" boat wakes that will get you. It's those 3-4 50+ ft cruisers side by side heading up the channel pushing several thousand acre/ft of water that are killers! I saw several "<24ft boats" last year that literally disappeared in those holes! I was looking back at a small tri-hull and shouted "Hey! Where'd that boat go? Oh, there it is, nope, it's gone again." Crazy!

I'm in a 36 footer and last year on our way home, I came up behind a 50+ foot cruiser, backed down a bit and got awesome air with a perfect landing. Then I got back on the sticks thinking I was in the clear. Ooops....forgot about the 6-8 ft frontal wave. Hit that thing, chopped the sticks and dropped straight down into a huge hole. No lie, I thought we were going to sink from a cracked hull we hit so hard !!! Lesson learned and shared :)

Does anyone know the top speed the Qatar boat has run on a longer test run and not a short mile course? What do you all think the top speed could be with all that extra HP on a long run with no restrictions? Can someone do the math on HP to weight? That's not a little more power than the T55 THATS A $HIT LOAD MORE. Is 300 MPH possible?

im gonna run up one hell of a bar bill!

It is a T55....

LOTO waves have cracked many boats!! It's not open ocean or lake Michigan, but until you have experienced it, especially after the shootout, you want to be careful.

**** now you're speaking my language. Need someone to back up the trailer?

They figured my way could do 240+. With all the extra power this boat has I suspect 250+ is theoretically possible. But damn, saying it and doing it are far different things. Serious cajones required.

Would phenomenon have a shot?

Having dramatic HP advantage over MY WAY isn't a guaranteed record setter unless they can put all that power to the water and have the driveline / props hold up.. it is after all a 50' cat on a liquid dragway. How much trial and error testing must Tomlison's crew have goine through to go from 208 to the 224?

That said I would like to see 224 fall just as a natural progression of people pushing the evolutionary envelope of man vs. machine.... providing everyone goes home at night safe and sound.

There is another Mystic that I would like to see make a pass or twol... pistons are cranking out some crazy HP since Dave/JT ran their 208 pass