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Doug Wright RGR 28 foot cat plug in the works

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Here are a couple of videos of a 28 foot cat plug being developed at the Doug Wright factory.

If you have a boat design idea that you'd like to be developed, please contact Doug Wright directly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238eInXWGMo

hey noli all good ? youre teasing us !
the vid is private cant watch it :(

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Whoops. Can you try again please and let me know if its accessible now?

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Working now sir !! Any rendering of how it will be finished ??

Thx !!

Does it re lock? I can't view it.

They both played for me...

Must have been my connection, worked.

Does skater plan on pulling the mold them selves or will it be done by a subcontractor? Will the mold be carbon or glass ?

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Originally Posted by HEDGEHOGER (Post 4328970)

Does skater plan on pulling the mold them selves or will it be done by a subcontractor? Will the mold be carbon or glass ?

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Originally Posted by HEDGEHOGER (Post 4328970)

Does skater plan on pulling the mold them selves or will it be done by a subcontractor? ...

Ans: on this particular build, it is planned that RGR will pull the mold off of this plug. I'm not sure who owns the plug, I am guessing that RGR will own the plug and thus will own the mold as well.

if you visit the Doug Wright factory, you'll see a Uuuge 38 foot Deep-V in the works. Again using the same process above. That design was gotten from a different customer. In this particular build, DW skipped the plug creation step, and went right onto mold tooling.

P.S. all of the workers, from DW [both of them] down to the workers are all humble, down to earth, easy to converse with folks. This is how I learned all of this.

Request for Corrections: Please add corrections in the above process where necessary.

Request for additional data: If you have pics and/or renderings of the deck, please share with us :)

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looks like a mini mystic

Great post noli, really informative. Is there any information about possible power?

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I believe from the other thread that the first one will have a pair of Monty V8 racing outboards.

Will be cool to see.

I hope it looks like this or even more bad-ash (from what he's done in previous engine projects)

OMC top and mids. Merc lowers

Photo Credit: Monty_man

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...tyman_16v8.jpg

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A custom builder in Clearwater is building a boat similar to the Twister from over seas. He will offer a canopy to race in a spec class and an open version. Hope to see a fun single outboard class next year. Great idea. 100 with 250 is bad ass. I heard smart marine is building a similar version.

I visited their site last night and was real impressed. This question is not to start a pissing match, but a general question in case Skater nation chimes in because I really interested in a 30-32' Skater outboard. How do DW compare in build quality and performance. DW is new to me love the tapered stern. Price wise, are they similar if anyone knows.

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Originally Posted by noli (Post 4329270)

This hull is not being built by Skater (Peter Hledin) , rather it's being designed and tooled by Doug Wright Powerboats

Doug Wright Powerboats is owned and run by Doug Wright Sr. [DW Sr] and Doug Wright Jr. [DW Jr]

The design concept is gotten initially from the customer, in this build the customer is (RGR - Rick George Racing) www.fatcatboats.com

The design then gets transformed into a powerful CAD computer by DW Sr.

DW Sr converts the customer's design ideas into a three dimensional rendering via computer aided design methodologies (3D CAD) as seen below

Photo Credit: Todd D [ Naples FL ]
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Next, the 3D CAD is converted into instructions for a mutli-dimensional-axis Large CNC machine [in-house]. This is the tooling portion of the build (DW Sr.). DW Jr then begins to protect the foam for the next steps. DW Jr covers the foam with a blue film, then an orange material that hardens over the foam so that the CNC machine can further mill the plug.

Photo Credit: Chaz [ Palm City, FL ]
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DW Jr covers the milled foam with what looks to be a blue plastic material, then an orange material is applied and hardens. DW Sr once again instructs the CNC machine to perform a finer milling of what is slowly becoming the plug of the 28 foot cat as seen in below video. DW Jr will then blueprint the plug (hull bottom) to create another magical hull from DW Powerboats.

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Now to finally answer your question...

Ans: on this particular build, it is planned that RGR will pull the mold off of this plug. I'm not sure who owns the plug, I am guessing that RGR will own the plug and thus will own the mold as well.

if you visit the Doug Wright factory, you'll see a Uuuge 38 foot Deep-V in the works. Again using the same process above. That design was gotten from a different customer. In this particular build, DW skipped the plug creation step, and went right onto mold tooling.

P.S. all of the workers, from DW [both of them] down to the workers are all humble, down to earth, easy to converse with folks. This is how I learned all of this.

Request for Corrections: Please add corrections in the above process where necessary.

Request for additional data: If you have pics and/or renderings of the deck, please share with us :)

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Thanks for all the info noli sorry if I confused anyone I should really keep track of all the different builders better

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you're welcome.

Hope someone chimes in and shows us the progress on the deck.

That and the interior will define the looks of this beaut I think!

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If I had the coin this would be the 28' I would purchase!

Nice pics Noli! Lol.......... You guys will have to wait a while for performance #s, as the boat has to get out here to California first. The motors are still in break-in mode with the little bit of run time they got put on them in Florida. I can tell you guys that Dan is SUPER happy with the way the boat performed. Once we have data to share from the two sets of props we're starting out with, we'll be sure and post it up. The one set of props are the 5 blade Herings you see on it in the pics, the other set is the Dewald 4 blades off my 28 Skater. This boat is sure to be a runner!

That is a good looking boat.

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Latest builds...three RGR 28's built at FatCatBoats ...also builders of boat trailers for that perfect fit...

"The camo hull is going to get a flat deck with a recessed twin passenger console", Joe said

Photo Credit: Joe P.
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Anyone interested in one of the Doug Wright designed 28 hulls is welcome to call me for details. We have a group purchase of ten boats that will have special pricing and there are some slots left. The most recent buyer just pulled the trigger on a pair of 400's but most are opting for 300XS power. There is a separate deck option for a single as well.

Joe
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For those that don't scroll down to check out the Doug Wright forum, but are interested in one of these new 28s, here are pictures of the first one built. The seats were out of it in these pictures, but the boat is complete other than that.

Very nice lines. Truly like....