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View Poll Results: WHO BUILDS THE HIGHEST QUALITY CAT?
SKATER
365
44.84%
MTI
136
16.71%
MOTION
5
0.61%
SPECTRE
34
4.18%
AMERICAN OFFSHORE
11
1.35%
AWESOME CAT
4
0.49%
COUGAR
9
1.11%
EXPRESS CAT
7
0.86%
HTM
3
0.37%
JAGUAR
9
1.11%
NORTECH
113
13.88%
DCB
41
5.04%
ELIMINATOR
47
5.77%
PLATINUM
20
2.46%
AMT
10
1.23%
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Old 11-11-2006 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by fast fun 2
And that is coming coming from a guy who is the Crew Chief for a Spectre.
no disrespect... but you sure know alot for a kid....crew chief ....ok Just how many boat have you owned? Just messin with ya kid... your as smart as the rest of us on here...
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Old 11-11-2006 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by customryder
no disrespect... but you sure know alot for a kid....crew chief ....ok Just how many boat have you owned? Just messin with ya kid... your as smart as the rest of us on here...
Thanks It means a lot.
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Old 11-11-2006 | 09:16 PM
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Best Quality ? Outerlimits of course.
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Old 11-12-2006 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Jesse James
i have been in a lot of cats seen there factorys and my vote has to go to skater they keep there volume down which keeps qaulity up and that wont change pete would not let it happen just my 2 cents worth
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Old 11-12-2006 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Havasu Cig
I don't know how you could rank DCB and Eliminator in two different categories. They are built using the same process and materials. Neither is vacuum bagged or using high tech composite materials in most cases. As a matter of fact I would say there have probably been more Eliminators built with special layups using carbon fiber ect... than DCB's. DCB's are know for high quality rigging, but you can get an Eliminator rigged to the same standards.

The Skater I just bought is in a different class than the DCB's I owned IMO. They are built for different purposes.
What do you mean, "same standards" ,Eliminator builds 200 boats a year, DCB builds 25. It takes 6 weeks to build an Eliminator,14 weeks for the DCB.
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Old 12-27-2006 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by offshoresteve
Skater,Skater,and SKATER.The others that copied skater are nice too.


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Old 12-27-2006 | 06:21 PM
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The few Nortechs I've seen didn't impress me with the hull and deck fit. Is anyone even racing any, or do they just power the crap out of them for poker runs and just plain having fun?

I have been to the Skater plant twice, once in the late 80's and two years ago, I was blown away by the attention to detail. It would be cool to have an MTI plant tour.
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Old 12-28-2006 | 06:21 AM
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[QUOTE=Outcast1;1974803]The few Nortechs I've seen didn't impress me with the hull and deck fit. Is anyone even racing any, or do they just power the crap out of them for poker runs and just plain having fun?

We just over power them so us a fun loving guys with a personalities can keep up with those Skater, OL, and MTI guys.
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Old 12-28-2006 | 06:40 AM
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Nortech's 36 For the size, comfort, styling and cabin of the 36, which is actually 38'-2" and 10'-6" beam its very fast, It runs 140mph on stock mercury 850's, just how much faster is an Skater or MTI, O by the way I forgot about price, pull out your wallet and open it more for these two.
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Old 12-28-2006 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by wiggler4490
Nortech's 36 For the size, comfort, styling and cabin of the 36, which is actually 38'-2" and 10'-6" beam its very fast, It runs 140mph on stock mercury 850's, just how much faster is an Skater or MTI, O by the way I forgot about price, pull out your wallet and open it more for these two.
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I am a NorTech fan but be honest, if the 36 ran 140 then how long can it maintain it and what conditions can it run that speed. I get sick of people quoting a one time speed with 1/16tank of fuel and one person on board on glass speeds. Oh, did I forget, downstream? And as for price, first of all they are all very expensive and the purchase price for a 43 Supercat and a 44 MTI are less than 10% with Potter motors vs. Sterling power (both 1150).Just my .02
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