Future Milestones and Legends
Racer
10-19-2007, 06:00 PM
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Tech. upgrades
This may not necc. apply to boats themselves, but I can think of three very nice additions to the boating community. LED lighting and disk brakes for trailers are awesome. That and replaceable spindle assemblies. Mo more repacking bearings, just bolt another one on.
Nick
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10-19-2007, 06:12 PM
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In 1986 Cigarette designs the 35' Cafe Racer deck for the Mistress hull. Still one of the most popular used Cigarettes around.
In 1987 Evinrude/Johnson came out with the 300HP V-8 outboard. We tried them on the 33' Fountains, (10 meter), but had limited luck with the counter-rotating engine. OMC stood behind all the warranties, much to their credit.
In 1988 I briefly left Everglades to work for Richie Powers and Jeff Sofer at the now defunct Champion Marine as the sales manager. I hire a brash, young, eager to learn kid from Canada named Randy Sweers to sell boats. Anybody ever heard of "Fastboats.com"?
In 1987 Evinrude/Johnson came out with the 300HP V-8 outboard. We tried them on the 33' Fountains, (10 meter), but had limited luck with the counter-rotating engine. OMC stood behind all the warranties, much to their credit.
In 1988 I briefly left Everglades to work for Richie Powers and Jeff Sofer at the now defunct Champion Marine as the sales manager. I hire a brash, young, eager to learn kid from Canada named Randy Sweers to sell boats. Anybody ever heard of "Fastboats.com"?
Everytime you post I am amazed with the tech info/stories you are carrying around in your head.
10-19-2007, 06:51 PM
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11-06-2007, 01:27 AM
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11-07-2007, 04:20 PM
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As far back as 1987 Pepe Nunez of Pantera and Jim Muir of Dimension 5 Design came up with the closed canopy design race boat with the Recaro seats and 5 point harnesses. APBA was not sold on the idea of this because of safety concerns. It was a tough sell back then when most guys were standing up in V-bottoms.
As far back as 1987 Pepe Nunez of Pantera and Jim Muir of Dimension 5 Design came up with the closed canopy design race boat with the Recaro seats and 5 point harnesses. APBA was not sold on the idea of this because of safety concerns. It was a tough sell back then when most guys were standing up in V-bottoms.
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