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#399533 - 04/23/08 11:28 AM 2,000 horsepower Inflatable
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Here's the latest drug runner toy from Europe. This thing can reportedly scream across the English Channel at 60 knots with a full load of fuel and...whatever. The story goes that the British Coast Guard was so astonished by the speed of the unknown boat when picked up on radar that they brought in a special high-speed helicopter to chase it. We're told that the craft was designed with low profile and painted black to make it difficult to spot on the water. Allegedly drugs were found on board when they caught it.




Wow !!!!

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#399537 - 04/23/08 11:37 AM Re: 2,000 horsepower Inflatable [Re: Capn Morgan]
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Hey hey hey saw it before. Wow indeed.
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#399560 - 04/23/08 01:00 PM Re: 2,000 horsepower Inflatable [Re: PhatboyC]
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Wonder how much gain there'd be by ditching those engines, and installing 6 350hp Yammies.

Lose the weight of two motors, and pick up 100hp.

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#399563 - 04/23/08 01:06 PM Re: 2,000 horsepower Inflatable [Re: F14bombcat]
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Not only weight, but drag as well. You probably have two engines worth of drag sitting across the back.
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#399635 - 04/23/08 04:40 PM Re: 2,000 horsepower Inflatable [Re: WaterMutt]
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I would think a smaller inflatable of the type used by law enforcement agencies with four 250hp Mercs on the back could easily keep up with that thing.

Of course, neither could outrun a helicopter gunship.
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#399717 - 04/23/08 08:28 PM Re: 2,000 horsepower Inflatable [Re: GoFirstClass]
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So do you think it would have any trouble pulling skiers???
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