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DSK wrote:



I dunno if one of these
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/phm-1.htm
could break 100 but I know for a fact they can break 80.
Prbably if not loaded, they could do a lot more.

How come they were all decommissioned in 1993, some after only 11 years
of service?

Cheers
Marty

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

Hard to lose an expired licences Lloyd.

BTW there is no speed limit on Clear-Lake and I was just a passenger
anyway.

Why would you lose your license over driving 116 knots?

Clear Lake does have a speed limit.



The guy who owns the boat is also my dentist.

I see cigarboats as great to do once, but then what? Not worth the
money, and IMO not much skill involved.

The skill is in tuning the hull & engines & props to work together to get
the most speed out of the boat. Driving one of these is not fun IMHO, too
loud & the motion is rather violent.

Not if you are drunk.



Years ago I was part of a deal involving reciept of an "offshore racing
boat" as partial paymeny of a bad debt. Naturally I was thinking sailboat,
it turned out to be a 40' beast with 3 engines, not tuned up in any
respect of course. The thing was probably 2 or 3 owners post-drug-siezure.
We did get the engines running smoothly at least and did a number of runs
over 100 knots. PITA and never did see a cent return.

Sell it to high school kids or drug dealers.


I dunno if one of these
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/phm-1.htm
could break 100 but I know for a fact they can break 80. Prbably if not
loaded, they could do a lot more.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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I wonder where the hydrofoils ended up?

The reduction gears from the turbine must have cost a fortune.

I saw a navy surplus submarine depth gauge on-line.
Care to guess what that one 5" gauge cost the Navy?

Joe

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"Joe" wrote in message
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I saw a navy surplus submarine depth gauge on-line.
Care to guess what that one 5" gauge cost the Navy?

Ask your dentist. He has four of them.