Originally Posted by Uncle Dave (Post 4418412)

Curious - Is anyone that works at today, or is a current owner of OL claiming Eliminator wont give them back?

Or are these claims of "Mold holding/theft" actually from boat owners engaging in hearsay?
I can't really tell who is who under all the screen names.

I would think if OL showed up at Eliminator doorstep with trucks demanding their IP (molds) and didnt get it we'd have all heard about this firsthand, but maybe not.

I would think the lawsuits would be flying and wed be reading about them online.





UD

Originally Posted by Uncle Dave (Post 4418430)

Jeez Shu.....16-19 molds - thats a lot of molds, sounds like its as expensive to build as a 32.

5 for the hatch?!?!? trying to figure that out just real quick- 1 for a scoop, 1 for the flat part of the hatch, 1 for a brace + 2 more?

Whats the beam?

Innerlined - I would expect that from Ol (and demand that as a client of any of these boats)

UD

Originally Posted by shueman (Post 4418410)

400's would take some development as well. What do you do with the 32" bustle? Notch it or cut it off? The back of the hull is designed for a single I/O; barely enough width for two big Merc outboards.

A single 565 will make that boat a great cruiser ... IMO

Originally Posted by shueman (Post 4418437)

Those two(2) carbon fiber accents along the hatch make up the other molds. Here's the Elim in Toronto ...

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The beam was like 8' 1" I believe ...

Originally Posted by Bullhead (Post 4418433)

Dude you really do your homework....you managed to find the few laps where the SMB was not in the lead.....what you don't know is that Brian Forehand was not able to make it to MC and the guy that Doc had been testing with got sick the day before the race.... Saturday afternoon before the race on Sunday Doc called me and I caught a flight from Va to Chicago...got to MC at 2 am....so when we started the race on Sunday it was the first time Doc and I had ever been in the boat together...so yeah it took us a few laps to get things worked out....by the end of the 2nd race we were about 3/4 lap ahead of the Fountain....congrats on proving Dan wrong

And by the way Brian Forehands shop is not on the Pamlico river....it is in Wilmington Nc....the boat is routinely tested in the ocean

Originally Posted by onesickpantera (Post 4418436)

Exactly, I call 100% bullchit on that one. But, hearsay is good enough on OSO. At the very least I'm sure there is another side to the story.

Originally Posted by Uncle Dave (Post 4418452)

Like all stories - probably 3 sides.


UD

Originally Posted by Boatlesss (Post 4418509)

Why hasn't Shueman commented? I mean it's not like he doesn't act like he represents Eliminator Boats on here.

Originally Posted by SS930 (Post 4418531)

My understanding is OL has been nicely requesting to have the molds returned for about a year and a half. I don't understand why Eliminator is not commenting unless they have something to hide. If they want to keep or make a copy of them, they should be renegotiating with OL to do so, but as it stands now, it's my understanding they are not their molds to keep.