Friday, June 19, 2015

Crazy Jet Boats today - Texas Outlaw Challenge 2015

That's my marina pictured above.  In the top right corner you can see my mast.  It's a zoo.

This afternoon i was talking to a guy on the dock and he told me, 
"some of these boats cost two or three MILLION dollars."

This guy says his boat goes 180 miles per hour.  
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I stood behind this boat when he started the engines.  
It's like having your head behind a rocket blasting off.  
LOUD, rumbling and vibrating.


It takes this many speakers to be heard over the engine noise.

Two - 1400 horse power engines.  "it goes over 200 mph"

The guy in the middle, with the spiky hair, was talking at my marina today when i walked by.  he said, "i think i'll take it to the shop and spend a few hundred to get it checked out.  it starts acting funny when i get up over 90 miles per hour."  i didn't hear anything else but am curious how fast it went and how 'funny' it got.
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I took all these today at the Marina.  
Some days are pretty strange around here.  
This weekend has been a freak-show.



The little boats in the middle cost more than the two outside them.  
No bedrooms, no kitchen, no bathroom.  
But, they seat four and go very very fast!




My sailboat burns less than a gallon per hour.  
These boats burn 3 gallons per minute.






THREE HUGE ENGINES
Roughing it in the parking lot


















Thursday, June 18, 2015

The new Hatches are INSTALLED

During the painting process i got two new hatches.  (remember the earlier post 5/10 - The hatches are the wrong size)  So finally this week i got them installed.  To be fair, i did have to wait five weeks for them to be made and shipped.  So the delay is my fault.  But they are in now and look / work great. Thanks Ben Miller and Johnny for the great work.  

I was so smart thinking bigger means more air flow.  
Bigger means more fiberglass work and more $$$$

so i measure again, create a template and buy a second set of hatches.  ($475 ea)  They 'almost' fit.  All we have to do is create and use a small fiberglass window frame....