On 15 Mar 2007 18:11:57 -0700, "Tim" wrote:

On Mar 15, 4:40 pm, Fredo wrote:
Did you see the fast boat busted ferrying drugs across the English Channel

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/drug-runner-boat.shtml

It has 8 250hp Yamahammers on the back.

Fredo

" ... Given the lack of any collaborating evidence, it seems
reasonable to conclude that, although the boat shown in the photograph
may well have been used to smuggle drugs, the description of the drug
bust included in the message may be false or inaccurate. ..."

I would have to agree with the disclaimer in the article.

1) I don't see how a craft like that could avoid becoming airborne at
a high speed, Especially such a high speed that it would be a "Blur"
on a RN Coast Guard radar.

To be a blur on radar would require speeds significatly higher than 8
250 horse Yamahas are going to produce.

4) The boat builders being arrested for selling a boat to a drug
kingpin?

I don't know if you remember this, but back during the Iranian Hostage
Crisis, the Iranian "navy" harrassed shipping in the Straights of
Hormuz with gun boats that looked suspiciously like 24 foot Mako
center consoles powered by engines that looked suspiciously like
Mercury 250 horse outboards.

Of course nobody ever admitted it.

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat.

On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat

And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat

And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html

"RJSmithers" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat

And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html



5,283.4 gallons fuel tankage.
$ 14,793.52 for a fill-up at 2.80 per gal.

Free wash, though.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"RJSmithers" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat
And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html



5,283.4 gallons fuel tankage.
$ 14,793.52 for a fill-up at 2.80 per gal.

Free wash, though.

Eisboch



This boat is sold in Europe, it is probably closer to $5/gal, but if
you are making millions on your haul of drugs, what is $30,000?

Eisboch wrote:
"RJSmithers" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:

On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat

And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.


The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html




5,283.4 gallons fuel tankage.
$ 14,793.52 for a fill-up at 2.80 per gal.

Free wash, though.

Eisboch


That's 31,700# in fuel alone. Add another 4300# hanging on the transom
and you get over 35,000# on a 60' hull. 60 knots might be a dream even
if you could get it on plane.

Assuming the best, at WOT (what else is this built for?) you might get
11 hours running time for a range of maybe 800 miles. That's about
$19.00 per mile - or $19.00 per minute.

If I was in the drug business, I would look for another method of
transportation.

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:16:33 -0400, RJSmithers
wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat

And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html

Notice the speed?

65 mph.

I can do that in my Ranger.

PFFHHHTTT....

blur on the radar indeed.
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:16:33 -0400, RJSmithers
wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat
And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html

Notice the speed?

65 mph.

I can do that in my Ranger.

PFFHHHTTT....

blur on the radar indeed.
+


I can do that on my Lambretta.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:16:33 -0400, RJSmithers
wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat
And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html

Notice the speed?

65 mph.

I can do that in my Ranger.

PFFHHHTTT....

blur on the radar indeed.
+

I think they are deliberately underrating the speed.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:16:33 -0400, RJSmithers
wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:32?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I looked at that photo and have to wonder if it's been Photoshopped. I
have my suspicions about short shaft outboards being very effective in
terms of speed on that boat

And it really does seem like an odd boat/engine combination.

The last item is the 8 engine set up for 1.1M Euros
http://www.cromptonmarine.com/list_uk.html

Notice the speed?

65 mph.

I can do that in my Ranger.

PFFHHHTTT....

blur on the radar indeed.
+

I'm guessing you can also make nice turns with your Ranger. But, this "drug
boat" - I have doubts about that crowd of metal being very nimble.