F2-71 in KW today
11-23-2004, 11:46 PM
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Re: F2-71 in KW today
[QUOTE=JO - PANTERABOATS]Thanks guys for your suppor
When you hammer it at the start and get to the first turn 2 miles away and all 6 F2 boats are still side by side you have to be confident with each other and the competitors next to you.You are going over 90 MPH a few feet from each other and now have to make a sharp left turn and head into real 5 footers at WOT.
There is a big difference while testing a boat on your own than pushing it to its limits in a race coarse. . It goes to show you that you are just pushing that much harder. In a race you are turning the boat at 75-80 MPH. In a pleasure boat ride these are speeds that are not necessary to do a turn at. You learn the handling of the boat and what needs to be done to improve on your designs. I must say the bottom on our twin stepped 36' Survivor is right on. It handles perfect. We worked closely with bottom designer John Cosker from the Callan Marine race team and must say that we are impressed with all his efforts in this project.
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AMEN, you must race to know the true fealing in a coarse for 45 minutes at WOT.
When you hammer it at the start and get to the first turn 2 miles away and all 6 F2 boats are still side by side you have to be confident with each other and the competitors next to you.You are going over 90 MPH a few feet from each other and now have to make a sharp left turn and head into real 5 footers at WOT.
There is a big difference while testing a boat on your own than pushing it to its limits in a race coarse. . It goes to show you that you are just pushing that much harder. In a race you are turning the boat at 75-80 MPH. In a pleasure boat ride these are speeds that are not necessary to do a turn at. You learn the handling of the boat and what needs to be done to improve on your designs. I must say the bottom on our twin stepped 36' Survivor is right on. It handles perfect. We worked closely with bottom designer John Cosker from the Callan Marine race team and must say that we are impressed with all his efforts in this project.
Jo - Pantera Boats
AMEN, you must race to know the true fealing in a coarse for 45 minutes at WOT.
12-06-2004, 07:22 AM
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Jo
The boat looked great out there, Nice Job
Mike
The boat looked great out there, Nice Job
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12-06-2004, 01:52 PM
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Re: F2-71 in KW today
Thanks Mike !!
Even though we took a close 2nd on all 3 races it was a good knowing that our 35' Survivor handled awesome and really performed great all week long.It boiled down to prop testing since we were so close to the Donzi Factory race Boat all week long.
Donzi F2 - Compared to F2-71 Average speeds and time difference.
Our average speeds on race # 1 75.72 to a 75.05 - 13 second difference
Our average speeds on Race # 2 80.60 to a 80.32 - 5 second difference
Our average speeds on race # 3 75.63 to a 75.41 - Approximately 10 - 15 seconds
We definetely gave it 100 % and we ran the boat as hard as you can possibly run a boat.
It was a great group of Factory backed race boats and everybody ran as hard as possible and very smart.
I have some incredible race pics. that are coming in this week from the outside part of the coarse. I will post them when I get them in.
Regards,
JO - Pantera Boats
Even though we took a close 2nd on all 3 races it was a good knowing that our 35' Survivor handled awesome and really performed great all week long.It boiled down to prop testing since we were so close to the Donzi Factory race Boat all week long.
Donzi F2 - Compared to F2-71 Average speeds and time difference.
Our average speeds on race # 1 75.72 to a 75.05 - 13 second difference
Our average speeds on Race # 2 80.60 to a 80.32 - 5 second difference
Our average speeds on race # 3 75.63 to a 75.41 - Approximately 10 - 15 seconds
We definetely gave it 100 % and we ran the boat as hard as you can possibly run a boat.
It was a great group of Factory backed race boats and everybody ran as hard as possible and very smart.
I have some incredible race pics. that are coming in this week from the outside part of the coarse. I will post them when I get them in.
Regards,
JO - Pantera Boats
Re: F2-71 in KW today
12-16-2004, 03:27 PM
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joe, It was good seeing the family in the keys I wish you guys the best next season and I know you guys will be first. say hi to the family and please call me so I can get those long sleeves shirts..... Andy (786)-486-6178
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