Best rough water boat ever built?????
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12-26-2010, 10:41 PM
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Thank you again, the Phantom was a trailer queen last summer. This summer I hope to be out more often. I have been very busy with more criminal clients, and my law practice is picking up, so hopefully if accounts receivable(s) is OK, I can go boating, afford fuel, the ramp, and the repairs if required, but the Phantom is pretty dialed in right now, with all new everything. I look forward to the summer.
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12-26-2010, 10:48 PM
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The new Pantera 41' built for Ocean Dragon racing team did NOT have "catastrophic" damage done to it. It did not break apart and sink.
As a matter of fact we are very proud of the entire team on what they accomplished at the Cowes race weekend back in early September. They took a very impressive 2nd place "overall" on Friday's Cowes 100 race only to Fabio Buzzi in his 4 engine 46' foot diesel powered race boat with twice the horsepower and a much heavier boat.
On Sunday the team went out in brutal sea conditions in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race and were in the front again to the half way point battling with Buzzi when drive damage occured to the # 6 drives and 5 blade props and the team had to call it quits. Remember this Pantera 41' is only powered by twin 525 EFI Mercs. In a field of over 30 boats including many legendary rough water boats with much more horsepower the Pantera was way out front giving a strong challenge to Buzzi.
By the way this was not the first event for this boat. We actually went to the sardinia, Italy G.P.S. event.
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
The good thing about fiberglass it is all repairable.These things happen when you are taking the equipment to the extreme and really going for it like this team did !!!!
Most of the top custom powerboat manufactures have experienced some type of lamination failure in racing.That is just part of it.
Hopefully they will be out racing again this 2011 season.
Jo - Pantera Boats
As a matter of fact we are very proud of the entire team on what they accomplished at the Cowes race weekend back in early September. They took a very impressive 2nd place "overall" on Friday's Cowes 100 race only to Fabio Buzzi in his 4 engine 46' foot diesel powered race boat with twice the horsepower and a much heavier boat.
On Sunday the team went out in brutal sea conditions in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race and were in the front again to the half way point battling with Buzzi when drive damage occured to the # 6 drives and 5 blade props and the team had to call it quits. Remember this Pantera 41' is only powered by twin 525 EFI Mercs. In a field of over 30 boats including many legendary rough water boats with much more horsepower the Pantera was way out front giving a strong challenge to Buzzi.
By the way this was not the first event for this boat. We actually went to the sardinia, Italy G.P.S. event.
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
The good thing about fiberglass it is all repairable.These things happen when you are taking the equipment to the extreme and really going for it like this team did !!!!
Most of the top custom powerboat manufactures have experienced some type of lamination failure in racing.That is just part of it.
Hopefully they will be out racing again this 2011 season.
Jo - Pantera Boats
12-26-2010, 11:28 PM
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12-27-2010, 07:32 AM
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On Sunday the team went out in brutal sea conditions in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race and were in the front again to the half way point battling with Buzzi when drive damage occured to the # 6 drives and 5 blade props and the team had to call it quits. Remember this Pantera 41' is only powered by twin 525 EFI Mercs. In a field of over 30 boats including many legendary rough water boats with much more horsepower the Pantera was way out front giving a strong challenge to Buzzi.
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
Hopefully they will be out racing again this 2011 season.
Jo - Pantera Boats
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
Hopefully they will be out racing again this 2011 season.
Jo - Pantera Boats
But did the drive damage had anything to do with the structual damage? Can you please specify the laminations failures?
Here in Sweden we have only the best to say about Pantera
People love the boats, race and/or pleasure.
Mange
12-27-2010, 08:29 AM
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12-27-2010, 09:12 AM
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another one across the pond but man what ugly colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKQGpz07Is&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKQGpz07Is&NR=1
