New world record?

[Conquistador_del_mar]

I have rarely posted, but I thought some of you might be interested in seeing the boat that is going to attempt the new world's speed record. I have a boat stall business at Lake Texoma on the Texas side. My next door neighbor has a high performance boat repair shop and just got in this custom made 40' Skater that will be shooting for the record. It will be powered by two 3000HP engines thru surface drives (they are huge!) with a single center mount rudder. The engines are not installed yet, but all the running gear appears to be there. The last I heard, he hopes to have it ready by next year. There is only 300' of field between his dyno exhausts and my business - Zoom-zoom! Bill

[gcarter]

The name on the trailer seems appropriate. :eek!:

[chappy]

Very cool, please keep us posted with updates.:cool:

Rich

[Conquistador_del_mar]

The 40 is a cool hull. Going to be interesting to see what they end up running. Thanks for the pics, keep us posted please!!
I will post anything new that I come to find out about the project. I will also get some much better pictures, especially after the engines are installed. The pictures I posted were taken by my girlfriend out of my truck as we were headed to my business a couple days ago so they aren't planned shots. The project and hull have been in the works for at least a year. Bill

[Conquistador_del_mar]

I will post anything new that I come to find out about the project. I will also get some much better pictures, especially after the engines are installed. The pictures I posted were taken by my girlfriend out of my truck as we were headed to my business a couple days ago so they aren't planned shots. The project and hull have been in the works for at least a year. Bill

I talked to Leon this past week about the progress on the world record attempt boat he is putting together. He is having the engines shipped to a facility in Detroit to be dynoed since his dyno is good to 2500HP and the motors he will run should make a little over 3000HP each. They hope to start testing it on our Lake Texoma later in the summer/fall before finalizing the boat for the world record run. Just wanted to update the progress. Bill

[DONZI]

Thanks for sharing.
I'd also like to see the progress pics. as the project moves along.
Here are some pics. & vid. from the 46' Turbine SKATER project i've been helping with.:smash:
Two T53'S 1400 HP each w/ #6s on the rear.

Here is the 1st time we fired her up on a COLD January day !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6-BuvVj8AY

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/38994/2707965940101021175S500x500Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2707965940101021175uoQzzZ)

[Conquistador_del_mar]

When I was at Leon's shop building this afternoon, he let me take a few shots of one of the two 3000HP engines that will be used in the boat in which he plans to try setting the new record speed. The turbos are capable of making upwards of 50lbs of boost. Quite a beautiful piece of hardware! It will be a while before the boat is completed. I will update this thread when there is more information I can pass along. Bill

[axelkloehn]

What's the world speed record at the moment?

[BlownCrewCab]

The 50' Miss Geico boat has done 209mph(Under a different name), but there is another 4 turbine boat thats shooting for much higher numbers than that, search the internet for "Copelands Phenomenon" Project. they just started testing 2 weeks ago, should easily raise the bar to the 250's or more.

[BlownCrewCab]

I'll add that this is for offshore style boats, other purpose built boats have gone faster.

[Sweet Cheekz]

I met Leon once at LOTO running his very fast 32 Skater Nice guy
A bit nutty for speed!
Parnell

[PlumCrazy]

The current flying kilo record for a propeller driven boat is just over 220, set by Miss Budweiser in 2004(http://www.speedace.info/miss_budweiser.htm). As stated above, Al Copeland, Jr. hopes to break the 250 MPH mark in his quad-turbine powered, 12,000HP 56' cat prior to the Miami boat show in Feb. You can read about it here... http://www.seriousoffshore.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12136&page=3

[BlownCrewCab]

Where is Al Jr going to run the Kilo? Sarasota Bay? Do you know?

[PlumCrazy]

Where is Al Jr going to run the Kilo? Sarasota Bay? Do you know?

Looks like it's been pushed out until July 2 at the SBI races in Sarasota, FL.

[Walt. H.]

Dang thats sick! Those quad turbos are so huge they make those BBC's look like small block V-6's.:shocking:

[DONZI]

Great to see an update !
They sure are pulling some big H.P. #'s out of Turbo power these days.:eek:

The engine doesn't appear to have been dyno'd yet.But i wouldn't doubt the rating. It would be great to see that one on video getting dialed in.:yes:

Thank Ken !

[Conquistador_del_mar]

A few shots I took last weekend at Leon's place next door. I will have to ask if the project is still a go. Bill

[Planetwarmer]

I'm interested in seeing how it runs. Those turbine Mystics are hard to beat!

[Conquistador_del_mar]

After talking to Leon yesterday, the boat is back on the front burner. He plans to take 1st place next year at Loto. Bill

[Planetwarmer]

He would have had to run 209 to win this year

[Conquistador_del_mar]

He would have had to run 209 to win this year

I believe he told us that he should reach 230+MPH. He will be testing it here at Lake Texoma so I told him I would be the guy with a video camera - lol. :yes: Bill

[Planetwarmer]

I believe he told us that he should reach 230+MPH. He will be testing it here at Lake Texoma so I told him I would be the guy with a video camera - lol. :yes: Bill
I live in Tulsa. That may be worth the trip to watch him run 230!:yes::convertib::yes:

[Conquistador_del_mar]

This carbon fiber race boat is getting closer to being completed. I am not supposed tell much about it, but it will be fast at over 200MPH. How about trying to follow the gauges at that speed? lol Sorry about the poor quality pictures, but I only had my Ipad when I got to board it last week. Bill

[gcarter]

Bill, that appears to be a different engine setup.........

[Just Say N20]

In the back of my mind, I was thinking that the fastest boat at last years LOTO had on-board GPS speed readings of 218, but a limitation of the RADAR used for the event put them at 209.

Either way, best of luck to them.

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Bill, that appears to be a different engine setup.........

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George,
Not too much gets by you. You are correct, but Daniel did not want me to talk about the engine setup so I won't. There is actually a back seat for two passengers in the boat. The front seat has an escape hatch in the floor that is clear Lexan. The two Arneson drives are huge with many parts like the lifting rams made at a factory in England. The rudder is also a work of art and is massive. Bill