Tuesday, June 2, 2009

[Electric Boats] Re: Fast electrics on the Oregon coast



Congrats, what motor was used on the 98mph+ record?

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, John Paramore <watertoyz@...> wrote:
>
> Electrics were happy campers at Devil's Lake kilo trials over the
> weekend. Both Fred Saxby and Mike bontoft turned solid speeds (Though
> none can be announced as records until APBA grants official approval
> and UIM confirms and accepts the results.
>
> Freddie drove my brother Will's 48v Runabout through twice...Turning
> 30.136 mph in an APBA attempt, and 29.687 mph in a separate UIM
> trial. He ran 4 car batteries in a runabout and Will went along
> sharing the ride (and went along in other boats as well) in the form
> of a bit of his ashes in three nitro-pill containers sealed tight
> with Will's favorite repair medium, JB-Weld.
>
> Mike Bontoft's 144v hydro was definitely spectacular to see, running
> a 91mph attempt at the UIM mark on saturday, holding back a little
> because winds were up (and on the two required passes becoming the
> first E-boat ever to make a faster return pass than the initial down
> pass). This morning he ran his APBA attempt turning an average speed
> of 98.253 mph, then with better water ran another attempt at the UIM
> mark turning a two-way average of 98.806 with a fastest pass of 99.331.
>
> John
>

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