Yeh we know, it just reminds us of how slow we are compared to the 525's

I cant testify to that. Jr. and myself where out testing Randys new boat for half a day, moving CG's around. Never saw more than 82 mph, with legal weight. Ed

Smitty, it not so much the top end, but with the short couses and the torque produced by the 525's in those boats its just frustrating. If you get a chance to see the start of Savannah on film, you'll see how Gino just walked away from the field. Randy wasn't in the picture but those two leave everyone else like they are standing still.


PS I think that those of us with the larger boats that had th so called advantage because of size, are now at a disadvantage because of it. Due to the shorter courses and calm water. We just want to get rid of the 300 lb weight penalty at least for now

JUST GIVE US THE SAME HORSE POWER, THATS ALL IM ASKING FOR

KEVIN

Smitty: What prop did you have on? Black Beauty did 85 with the Hydromotive 4blader.

Re: CG. Congratulations. Everybody was remarking after A/C how perfectly balanced Black Beauty is.

we had the 29 5 blade, seemed like way too much wheel

Even Better

Smitty: Exactly. He did much better with the 4blade Hydro. On our boat OTOH, the 5blader performed a middling miracle. Whatever works.

Sorry for the confusion...I thought you guys ran the OPA race and that the boat was in an ABPA legal configuration.

A lot of good talk here. If we make it to Milwaukee and run like we are capable, I think we'll see how all the motors stack up.

We got spanked by the Activator in 3-4 footers in Mentor, but frankly I expected that. Once we see what happens on the "pond" in Milwaukee, I think we'll have some more data to see if a proposal to APBA is necessary.

I'm pretty sure we'll have 500CARB, EFI, and 525's all in the race.

T

44: Yeah. But OTOH, Randy's boat IS APBA legal, and the results are not that far apart.

Parting shot: I remember when everybody was complaining (F1 APBA) about the Sportsmaster slowing the boats down, and about all that added weight that must be dragged around with the 525.

Funny. Now there are boats that get along just divvy with that equipment. And suddenly, there are a lot of people who want to throw these boats out of the class.

Here are the commonalities between Randy's boat & mine: Identical new Kryptonite hulls, identical 525s, identical Sportsmaster drives. Middling results w/ Bravo prop, great results w/ Hydromotive by Throttle-Up.

Differences: Higher X & ITS on mine. Added weight on Randy's to comply with 525 regs.

You would expect more than the 1 - 1.5 mph difference between Black Beauty and White Trash. Maybe it's time to get rid of restrictions.