155 in a boat
05-01-2004, 08:47 PM
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05-02-2004, 05:53 AM
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How's a guy supposed to troll at that speed ? It'd be a little hard to feel the fish bite when you're jiggling around like that !!! 
Use that for a liberty boat into Manila Bay !!
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Use that for a liberty boat into Manila Bay !!
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I imagine that would burn some amount of fuel. These kinds of boat are all over Lk. St. Clair on sunny weekends in the summer. There are quite a few 100+ mph boats but 155 is pushing the pucker factor. Blackjack will do 40 mph with a tail wind of about 20
05-02-2004, 08:17 AM
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Not only is it an incredibly expensive hobby, but dangerous as well. Not just for you, but for everyone else as well; especially when overtaking someone with closure speeds in excess of 120 mph on the water for most boats. It can be rather enlightening when going a measely 60 and be passed like you're standing still. 
We used to have a fellow in our boat club that ran a 40' Skater with a pair of gas turbines - 170+. A very professional and safe boat owner, he and his throttleman left us in early April doing what they loved.
That little video lasted a couple of minutes, I bet they consumed as much gasoline in that run as I burn in the Mustang in a month. But I know it was a thrilling 5 mile run!
We used to have a fellow in our boat club that ran a 40' Skater with a pair of gas turbines - 170+. A very professional and safe boat owner, he and his throttleman left us in early April doing what they loved.
That little video lasted a couple of minutes, I bet they consumed as much gasoline in that run as I burn in the Mustang in a month.
But I know it was a thrilling 5 mile run!
05-02-2004, 04:51 PM
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Would have been nice to see some other views during that run.
Maybe a side view, see you blowing by everything,
a dashboard view showing speed and fuel guage dropping like a rock.
phox
Maybe a side view, see you blowing by everything,
a dashboard view showing speed and fuel guage dropping like a rock.
phox
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155 is amazing...I think anything over 80 and you become a pilot...not a driver. I am speaking of bass boats though. An Allison XB-21 with a 2.5 merc. should be good for over 100 with the correct prop....and anyone with the cash can go get one ....my dream bass boat. I would most certainly need training before working the throttle....JKE
....my dream bass boat. I would most certainly need training before working the throttle....JKE
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