who made shadow cats?
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1980 Ex tunnel racer, Rich Luhrs, tears up George Linder's plans for a 28 foot, v bottomed Shadow when seeking an addition to the already remarkable 21 foot Challenger/Shadow and demands that they create a cat. The eventual design, 30 feet in length, is ungainly due to Linder's insistance that it be under 8'6" in width and legally trailerable. In spite of the slab sides it features more hydrodynamic lift than the Cougar, multidyhedral bottom design, and a spec that calls for drastically raising the "X" dimension. It is the latter change that frees the cat from lower unit drag and allows it to demolish existing speed expectations.
From one of the more interesting threads in the history of OSO:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ghlight=shadow
From one of the more interesting threads in the history of OSO:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ghlight=shadow





