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11-06-2008, 08:22 PM
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This is insane. i just watched it on discovery channel in Extreme Engineering.
 See the big fluro yellow one down the bottom? 3,800hp twin turbine engines. on the show they had just reconditioned the engines and were testing it for the first time - previously it had reached 160mph - this time they got this monster up to 170mph(274km/h). Can you imagine that kind of speed? i doubt many, no most of you have even reached that speed in a car let alone a boat. I thought someone would find this awesome, i was stunned, never realised these offshore racing boats reached those sorts of speeds! 
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11-06-2008, 08:24 PM
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170 mph with the shows host steering it.
Extreme boats Just watched this show for the first time only about an hour ago, I haved set the IQ box to serial record
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11-06-2008, 08:30 PM
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yeah that cool but makes ya everyday 400kw ford look sad lol
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11-06-2008, 08:31 PM
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11-06-2008, 08:58 PM
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the new miss geico has recorded 235mph ruma has it. But on the Hipo boat forums form the states it was trapped (radar) at 210mph.
Go fast on water and you'll never both on land.
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11-06-2008, 09:06 PM
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Its Resonating!
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I seen them for real on sydney harbour, similar boats...
Stuff turbines! lol twin lambo engines and twin blown v8s are the go 
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11-06-2008, 09:48 PM
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got the video off youtube of the Miss Geico Racing 2008 Mystic boat something like 4000hp twin turbines, and they got the thing upto 210MPH on GPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ORjZ8Dpa7k would mind one in my driveway, could go to rottnest on it in like less then 1 minute lol
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11-06-2008, 09:53 PM
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not 170 mph but have done 120 mph and that was fun enough for me
i have also done about 90mph on a ski but wound up in hospital for 3 months still have the pain for that one jason
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11-06-2008, 09:56 PM
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oh dude, u gotta tell us the story
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11-06-2008, 10:02 PM
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Wait? What?
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Location: Tassie
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Wasn't there an aussie one that was bright pink and driven or owned by a hair dresser called Stefan.
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11-06-2008, 10:14 PM
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Location: Sydney - Loving my new GTF
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Quote Wasn't there an aussie one that was bright pink and driven or owned by a hair dresser called Stefan.
Riviera's Bill Barry Cotta was the big player in Australian off shore racing, about 15 - 20 years ago, my family had small (30') off shorerace boat 'C' class, and the cash the big boys threw around, Steve Ackery (Stefan) included was unreal bring back the 80's  : : :
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Ever done 170mph..... on water?....
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