All I can say is Gold Rush got the shaft
08-15-2009 | 02:53 PM
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All I can say is Gold Rush got the shaft
Instead of GR making the cover of August Powerboat, they put that plain Jane DCB 35 on it. A terrible injustice IMO. 
Even the Statement would have been a better choice than the DCB.
Even the Statement would have been a better choice than the DCB.
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08-19-2009 | 12:53 PM
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I like Gold Rush..impressive paint job, and Im not a Gold fan..I polished the heck out of it at the Miami show. Congrats to the owner. The Statement is also a beautiful boat with some cool engineering things done differently then other manufacture's. and lastly.. the 35 DCB..I think it's an amazing smaller cat package on a 10' wide hull vs the 9'0" typically found on the west coast boats. Impressive speeds at Lake havazoo..maybe not quite how they were achieved during the poker run, but none the less, impressive boat..just my take on it.
08-19-2009 | 01:13 PM
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Of course the cover would have been great but they only have 11 ( it may be only 10 now) covers in a year. We had Eileen's 50 on the March April issue.
They have to spread the love to keep as many manufacturers/ advertisers happy as possible.
Thanks for the votes though!
TS
They have to spread the love to keep as many manufacturers/ advertisers happy as possible.
Thanks for the votes though!
TS
08-19-2009 | 02:43 PM
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"They have to spread the love to keep as many manufacturers/ advertisers happy as possible."
Friggin' hippie
Frank actually just left my office. I neglected to bring up the cover snub.
See you in Sarasota in October.....I will be a line/fender biotch on Gold Rush once again. Much better than my day job.
Friggin' hippie
Frank actually just left my office. I neglected to bring up the cover snub.
See you in Sarasota in October.....I will be a line/fender biotch on Gold Rush once again. Much better than my day job.
08-19-2009 | 07:13 PM
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Of course the cover would have been great but they only have 11 ( it may be only 10 now) covers in a year. We had Eileen's 50 on the March April issue.
They have to spread the love to keep as many manufacturers/ advertisers happy as possible.
Thanks for the votes though!
TS
They have to spread the love to keep as many manufacturers/ advertisers happy as possible.
Thanks for the votes though!
TS
I just re-newed my subscription last week, it is down to 8 issues a year.....
08-19-2009 | 08:49 PM
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I like Gold Rush..impressive paint job, and Im not a Gold fan..I polished the heck out of it at the Miami show. Congrats to the owner. The Statement is also a beautiful boat with some cool engineering things done differently then other manufacture's. and lastly.. the 35 DCB..I think it's an amazing smaller cat package on a 10' wide hull vs the 9'0" typically found on the west coast boats. Impressive speeds at Lake havazoo..maybe not quite how they were achieved during the poker run, but none the less, impressive boat..just my take on it.
Oh and Gold Rush grabbed Top Speed with 166(DCB 2nd at 161). Of course there was a little matter of 9500lbs weight difference...
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08-19-2009 | 09:29 PM
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Well for a big cat it doesn't get much better than this, check out the video;
www.nor-techboats.com
But talk about an awesome Poker Run V, check out the nine seat cockpit on this page;
http://nor-techboats.com/boats.php?id=1&type=vbo
John Arruda or Terry can that boat be rigged with turbines or is the engine room too short with the extra seating?
www.nor-techboats.com
But talk about an awesome Poker Run V, check out the nine seat cockpit on this page;
http://nor-techboats.com/boats.php?id=1&type=vbo
John Arruda or Terry can that boat be rigged with turbines or is the engine room too short with the extra seating?
