Yes. Al Copeland

Al Copeland passed away before the boat was finished but to fulfill his vision, Al Copeland junior and his crew completed the project.

http://www.copelandsphenomenon.com/about.htm

Very sad

Who actually built the hull and was it documented anywhere?

All these stupid questions, remarks and comments.
If you look at the boat and don't get it, then you are clueless to offshore history and "the" late/great Al Copeland, and what he "personally" did for the sport of offshore racing.
Sad to say the least.

Yeah, that^^. Not a stupid question at all and I was wondering the same thing.

hey Elvis might have been the King but by the same token not all of his ideas were home runs either!

The Sheik ran the fastest turbine boat out there but I don't think he won the best paint award that weekend!

Moral of the story: one man's dream (no matter how great the man) isn't always the best idea!

not everyone here knows all about offshore history......Al Copland grew up here in Louisiana and all I knew when I was young was he was the rich Bastard who stated with nothing, busted his AZZ and made it in the fried chicken biz...damn good chicken too LOL. some of these younger guys along with the older newbies DON"T know...don't brow beat em for that LOL.

love the winter time threads :lolhit:

So what kind of boat is it? Is it a one off "homemade" hull? If it was built for the sole purpose of running greater than 220 mph (a number blown away by the Sheikh when he ran 244) why does it have the ridiculous school bus cockpit?

For all Al's *****es