New Jet Hull for speeds of 170 mph Plus?

[jphii]

screw you you know what i said if your a racer

lo!!!

[afr]

lo!!!

thats right no one on this board is as crude as i am with my own stuff but it done break
i just dont have any backing

[specboatops]

I know you speak English, but I think your proof reader took the night of....

Hooked on Phonics didn't go well for him I assume Joe

[bp298]

No, it's Yellow, Rock Guthries old boat, "Pure Insanity", yes I'm still driving for the Deatons, already had my 8 second license.

Will post pics of it tonight.

very cool bill. he was pretty successful with it, so i'm sure you will be too. yeah, new boats are challenging . getting there with mine. for the other guys, nothing came loose in this boat and moved around. the 2 year old hull delaminated/cracked to catastrophic failure at speed. I've seen numerous jetboats that run 130-140 for years, and never seen or heard of anything like this before.

[sleekcrafter]

What a shame, the team was moving forward....

[robertpitter]

170?, i would like to see that

[mirage243]

170?, i would like to see that

Don't worry, you won't

[bp298]

Don't worry, you won't

dan kirkman has run in the 160s many times with his "awesome toy", blown alky stealth. stepping up the power just a little bit could find 170, but I don't think he cares as much about speed as he does et. at the last cdba race, he reportedly was running 5.30 1000 footers... I've seen the thing run several times. boat runs like it's on rails...

[GN107]

dam is this the boat

This is a great picture! Would make a good poster. Hope everyone is ok

[bp298]

brad is fine. boat hull was crap, delaminated and came apart around him. very much like what happened to randy benson at wildhorsepass in September. except randy's was an old hull with a ton of laps on it. this one wasn't that.

[Lake X Kid]

This is a great picture! Would make a good poster. Hope everyone is ok

The photo above and below is why I think the best interest of Boat Racing Pilots reaching old age, is better served by utilizing safety capsules.



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This is the aftermath of Ty Newton and Dave Bryant race boats colliding, at the San Diego Bay Fair 1999. The yellow-helmeted driver (in the attached photo) just ran over the top of the other race boat, turning the corner at the turn buoy.

These are still shot images that I took from the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtDpR0ss_I

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[bp298]

The photo above and below is why I think the best interest of Boat Racing Pilots reaching old age, is better served by utilizing safety capsules.



In light of the circumstantial evidence above (photo), regarding boat collisions, I am incline to support safety capsules. The walls of a safety capsule between an enclosed pilot, and another driver’s boat hull, seems to me to be an added protection. I would rather see a boat’s propeller chew-up a safety capsule, than the alternative.

This is the aftermath of Ty Newton and Dave Bryant race boats colliding, at the San Diego Bay Fair 1999. The yellow-helmeted driver (in the attached photo) just ran over the top of the other race boat, turning the corner at the turn buoy.

These are still shot images that I took from the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtDpR0ss_I

not sure what any of that has to do with a jet boat that can theoretically run 170...

[mirage243]

I'm with ya BP . . . . . . . If ya wanna run 170 plus, buy a hydro

[albypine]

Lol ...........

[CharlieN]

Looking at the picture of this boat breaking up at speed it sure looks like the hull was at least partially a chopper gun layup. Sure not something I would expect to see in a high powered build. Obviously the original poster has not chosen to be around here in the past 3 years. Then again I would expect he got himself close to being charged for manslaughter.