Whoms family had the best boat?

Whom would know?

 

Like a good cigarette boat, what year ?

 

1980s. Super tough monohull. Not like the pansy cats of of today that won't run in a sea above 1'. Apache was founded by Don Aronow, whom also founded a host of other off shore power boat teams and manufacturers, including Cigarette. Worth searching his name for the fascinating story of his life.

Here it is in action, 2:20 shows how tough the hull is:

 

Thanks Carl, great post

 

You're welcome. Some more, with period soundtrack:

 

Here's another one I never get sick of:

 

Brilliant!, they are just ridiculous

 

Not as much as you think, it's a turbine. None the less, probably more than your i3.

 

That's a big fly at 2:20. Did they have auto rev limiters or does the throttle man have to predict the over rev?

 

PP.
You should start a thread on aircraft your family have owned and then another BTC can tell us all about his. I remember you telling me your family owned one of the earliest Boeing 747s and had a sporty SR71 as a fast run about.

 

The rev limiter back then was when the engine threw a leg out of bed.

Three people at the helm. Throttleman (If you look closely, you can see him on the throttle levers constantly and there is one lever per engine). The navigator and the fellow that actually steers the thing. It's a real team effort, especially between the throttleman and the driver. The skill is not just winding the engines back as the boat become airborne, but also to apply the power at the precise moment it comes down to maintain speed.

 

All whilst getting battered and violently thrown around. Tough and skillful guys. Like us I guess?? Maybe not

 

PP also had a Vulcan bomber. It was spectacular.

Here he is flying it at Farnborough:

 

oresum!

 

If you flip it, the correct number still shows. Obviously.

 

You are amongst other big BTCs here. I'm confident there is at least one whose family had an even bigger plane than the 747, and a faster one than the SR71. Maybe a Mercury or Gemini perhaps? So don't be shy telling us all about your famous or infamous family and their possessions.

 

Mine had the spruce goose. Was a very cool way to go to school.

 

It shore wood be

 

Not sure if I saw that exact boat but I saw the offshore power boat championships in Miami in the mid 80's and Abu Dhabi in maybe the early 90's. Couldn't see anything as they were way off shore but it was great to see them when they got them on the trailers. They sat on the trailers at maybe 45 degrees. Big boats and you could shave with the props. It amazed me that they were pretty small (maybe 200mm diameter) but were really thick on the trailing edge (Maybe 10mm thick.) and super sharp. I think a mechanic or driver said they spun at 30,000 rpm, so had a big step up gearbox. So I'm a little BTC but unfortunately my family never owned one.

 

It made a real splash where ever it went.

 

Oh come on JB all of our families had one, mine used it to just sit there and smoke cigars on

 

Made a goose of itself

 

Why? Does your male friend want to try that position with you??