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Old 03-24-2015 | 10:55 PM
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Out on the water in my Spectre 32 running Ilmor MV7-10s and X-Power surface drives alongside my Eliminator 30 XP with a single Merc 700 SCI with NXT

Having a play with our friend Ian in Loose Cannon. 2400 HP Nor-tech Supercat 3600 famous for once being the fastest pleasure boat in the world !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70MQL-yyIB4
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Old 03-25-2015 | 12:46 AM
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Thank you so much for that Aussie, just brilliant!

I remember stealing petrol from the general store in Bonnie Doone 35 years ago 'cos I didn't have enough cash to pay for it. My Pride Capella with a 40 hp blue band was nearly dry! Any water at Bonnie Doone theses days?

You must be the king of Eildon with those boats. In my day it was only Stephens TR's, Flightcraft, Gilflite and a handful of Bullets. Are there a few more bigger go fast boats around like yours? Great to see and thanks again.

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Old 03-25-2015 | 04:21 AM
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Hi RR,
Eildon is still a wonderful place. The water is up and down each year. Bonnie Doon was totally dry a few years ago and hadnt seen water for the 10 years beforehand. Then it rained. and rained and rained. and totally filled the lake. You could park at the Bonnie Doon pub for lunch. Its dropped back a little now but you can still get up that end.
As far as go fasts, there is one other in Melbourne, another friend of mine. They have a 3600 supercat with blown Ron Potter motors. Awesome boat. Melbourne has the fastest boats in Australia with Ians Loose Cannon and Michaels Optimus. Both Nortech 3600s.
I live on the Gold Coast now. I have the Eliminator and Spectre. Eliminator is perfect up here. Im not keen to put my Spectre in salt, therefore I have listed it for sale. But if someone wanted the Eliminator instead, I'd sell that and put the Spectre in salt. Even up here there is only one other real boat, a Donzi 38ZR, which I imported a few years ago but sold because it was a little too big for me to store etc.
Thailand would be brilliant with a triple rig fountain.
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Old 03-25-2015 | 07:26 AM
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Aussie, thanks for that little update, I am really losing touch with the boating scene in Aus. All the thousands of Americans on here really do have an amazing selection of boats to choose from. Sounds like you're doing pretty well for yourself with go fast boats too.

Lots of fun in Thailand but based in Pattaya Beach in the gulf of Thailand, the water usually puts on a nasty show and I'd love to go bigger but this is my second U.S. Import and the time frame for importing and costs involved are just horrendous. Add to that the minuscule market for re selling and I may be stuck With the current boat for quite a while.

Love Thailand but geeeeez I'm envious of all the boats I read about on OSO.......!!!

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Cool video , thanks for sharing.
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Old 03-25-2015 | 07:52 AM
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Thanks for posting that. Some really cool segments in that video. Good to see Loose Cannon once again. Enjoy.

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