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    Hornet Marine Model One Demo Ride Sept 14

    On Tuesday, 9/14/10 Hornet Marine is hosting demo rides of our new 17' powerboat, The Model One on the Connecticut River. You can check out the event invite and sign up for your demo time here:

    http://archive.constantcontact.com/f...672514257.html

    We hope to see you there and appreciate your feedback.

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    Hello All,
    I can honestly say that I was truly impressed with the handling, fit/finish and top speed of Dave's new boat. With three good sized guys in the boat and 3/4 of fuel on board, we still managed to achieve a speed greater than 50mph on GPS, which is not bad for a non V8 powered boat.
    Recently I had the pleasure to visit Dave's Bristol, Connecticut factory and it was a real treat to see the nuts and bolts of Hornet Marine. The company’s attention to detail and small batch philosophy will be a certain recipe for success.
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    Saw it in Miami and wasn't so impressed...The Gel was terrible and it's a Splash..Sad really
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    Thank you for stopping by

    Quote Originally Posted by thriller View Post
    Saw it in Miami and wasn't so impressed...The Gel was terrible and it's a Splash..Sad really
    Glad you stopped by the booth. We appreciate the feedback. We are using CCP-951 gel coat after much research we chose this for resistance to UV and its ability to be buffed out and brought back to a shine long in to its service life.

    As far as the boat being a splash, it is not. We built plugs ourselves and then built molds from those. If you look very close at the hulls you will see changes such as the hook for counter rotating prop and driver position. little things like a flat molded in for the bow eye. There are big changes like the cockpit floor being 1 inch lower which makes passenger seating more comfortable. By lowering the floor we were able to give the driver 1/2 inch more leg room and increase the dash by a 1/2 inch. Lowering the floor like this gives the boat a lower center of gravity which improves the handling significantly.

    We also ran a fully finished liner in the forward compartment with electronics panels on each side.

    Thank you again for the feedback. Honest feedback is how we improve. Next time you see us please introduce yourself we always enjoy meeting a Donzi enthusiast. Let us know next time you are going to a show that we are at we generally offer free show tickets to anyone on donzi.net and offshore only.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Hartmann View Post
    you will see changes such as the hook for counter rotating prop and driver position.
    please excuse me becuse i'm not a hull designer, but why would you redesign a hook for a counter-rotating prop, then leave the original 16's hook in there on both sides anyways?

    not sure what driver position has to do with the HULL..
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    Hook

    Quote Originally Posted by BUIZILLA View Post
    please excuse me becuse i'm not a hull designer, but why would you redesign a hook for a counter-rotating prop, then leave the original 16's hook in there on both sides anyways?

    not sure what driver position has to do with the HULL..
    There is two different hooks in the hull. There is one that is on both sides. Our boat has that. There is another hook (or at least that is what we call it )that is just on the surface between the spray rail and the chine on one side of the boat. This has been changed significantly. This is in there to compensate for prop torque at midrange speeds.

    Yes you are right, driver position has nothing to do with it. What we did regarding driver position, is put the battery on the opposite side of the boat so that the boat sits level at rest.

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    Hornet Marine photos needed !

    David:
    Why don't you post a few digital photos of your new Hornet Marine show-boat here on this site for we folks who were not able to view it at the Miami show !

    I for one~~~would like to see it !
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverghost View Post
    David:
    Why don't you post a few digital photos of your new Hornet Marine show-boat hereon this site for we folks who were not able to view it at the Miami show !
    I for one~~~would like to see it !
    Here are a couple pictures of the boat that was down at the Miami Show. Check out our facebook page (www.facebook.com/hornetmarine) for a lot more pictures of our boats, we update our page regularly.


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    I hate facebook but like your boat. How much does an unrigged hull weigh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Guimond View Post
    I hate facebook but like your boat.

    What he said. I don't follow any people, and especially not ANY company on facebook.

    Of course, maybe I'm just old.
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    Dave
    I met you at the show and saw your first boat run at Lake George at the dustoff last year. I wish you good luck with your new company Your product seemed good to me but I really wish you would have made a more original logo for your product It really does smack of a copy and for me that was the only thing that really bugged me. It would seem to me that if you really wanted to seperate yourselves from other similar competitiors with as you have stated a new plug, different bottom ect you wouldnt have made an almost exact copy of their old logo.
    Other than that good luck

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    Nice boats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Hartmann View Post
    Here are a couple pictures of the boat that was down at the Miami Show. Check out our facebook page (www.facebook.com/hornetmarine) for a lot more pictures of our boats, we update our page regularly.
    Well done. I was wondering what the finish product was going to look like.
    I was at the show last year and you just had the hull. Nicely appointed interior.

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    New England Boat Show Going on till 6 March Come s

    Quote Originally Posted by silverghost View Post
    David:
    Why don't you post a few digital photos of your new Hornet Marine show-boat here on this site for we folks who were not able to view it at the Miami show !

    I for one~~~would like to see it !
    A few more pictures. The Red and White one is on display at the New England Boat Show until 6 March. After that It will be going to A&S Boats of South Windsor CT.

    Photos at
    http://gallery.me.com/davidyh

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    Looks great! Good job, and thanks for stepping out there and doing what others just squawk about! Good luck!

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