Quick vid in the 43 and pics etc

It will take me awhile to edit up the videos shot from the go pros etc. Here's a quick vid I shot with my cell phone. It is a remarkable boat.

[video=youtube;7ZLCkhDavcc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLCkhDavcc[/video]

Impressive.:thumbup:
I must say, I had my doubts that it would run that fast.
It's an amazing piece of work.

Doesn't look like GPS speedo ...

HALLETT BOY said:

Doesn't look like GPS speedo ...

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Uhhh... What kind of speedo does it look like to you?

RD

HALLETT BOY said:

Doesn't look like GPS speedo ...

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I'm unaware of a flat glass panel water pitot.

HALLETT BOY said:

Doesn't look like GPS speedo ...

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RiverDave said:

Uhhh... What kind of speedo does it look like to you?

RD

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Dave that Garmin display hooks right up to a standard 1/4" tube off the drive :rolleyes

LMAO

Either the camera operator is drunk, or those Schiadas don't run as flat as everyone says. Got motion sick trying to read the gauge. LOL [emoji23]

I didn't think that beast would run as well as it did. Pretty impressive.

Sbarry said:

Either the camera operator is drunk, or those Schiadas don't run as flat as everyone says. Got motion sick trying to read the gauge. LOL [emoji23]

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Exactly.

RVR SWPR said:

Bottom line,a west coast custom boat builder,built a 43' yacht that will eventually run 95 mph.:thumbup:

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If they borrow 2Forcefull's speedo it will run triple digits.

That thing is running twin 1350s right?

Sbarry said:

Either the camera operator is drunk, or those Schiadas don't run as flat as everyone says. Got motion sick trying to read the gauge. LOL [emoji23]

I didn't think that beast would run as well as it did. Pretty impressive.

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Oh I was drinkin.. Lol. We went across some 4-5' wakes from a work boat when I was filming that fyi.

DLow said:

That thing is running twin 1350s right?

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Merc 700's

RiverDave said:

Merc 700's

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Ok. That's impressive then.

Couple more pics of the boat









RD

Lunatic Fringe said:

If they borrow 2Forcefull's speedo it will run triple digits.

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and if it was a fountain it would be 52'

Hmmmm call me silly. But those motors were pretty closed to talked out. Yet nowhere near the mid 90s

That's pretty impressive. Crazy how much freeboard it has

Riverbound said:

Hmmmm call me silly. But those motors were pretty closed to talked out. Yet nowhere near the mid 90s

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I said before it ran 89.4 Billdo. It is on the GPS recall if ya want to see it.

It's truly beautiful, one of a kind, watched it being built.

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Looks like it run's very strong for such a big boat!! It sounded like the motor's where still coming on? Lee said 2 yrs ago when I first seen it being built it would run 90-95. I sure think thats pretty darn good since he's never built a 43 with 700's before...:thumbup:

What's the price tag on this bad boy? North of a MIL I am sure :yikes

all glass screen :thumbup:

bitchen

Blubyu said:

What's the price tag on this bad boy? North of a MIL I am sure :yikes

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I heard 1.5 million. I also heard the guy doesn't want this boat anymore he wants a 60 something Schiada now. Lol

plaster dave said:

I heard 1.5 million. I also heard the guy doesn't want this boat anymore he wants a 60 something Schiada now. Lol

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Are you kidding me? 1st world problems.

Blubyu said:

Are you kidding me? 1st world problems.

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That's what I heard. Lol.

plaster dave said:

I heard 1.5 million. I also heard the guy doesn't want this boat anymore he wants a 60 something Schiada now. Lol

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With triples!

RiverDave said:

With triples!

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That's baller shit. Although I have done this before too. I bought some shoes and didn't like them and bought another pair the next day. Lol

plaster dave said:

That's baller shit. Although I have done this before too. I bought some shoes and didn't like them and bought another pair the next day. Lol

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LOL [emoji23]

That Riva killer is bad ass!

Here are my pics from the Ride. The boat is just massive.. As you can see by the wake, at slower speeds it resembles more like a surface drive cruiser, then a hot rod.. Once it gets up on top though, if hauls ass.


It's kinda surreal seeing the wake behind this thing, and the propwash..

Pic 1, about 20-25mph


30-35








The next pics were shot at 80+

(Note this pic is showing 88-89 mph.. The GPS recall in the boat with 4 passengers, full of fuel, etc.. 89.4. I suspect if you dropped a couple hundred gallons of fuel and only ran it with a 100 gallons in it, it would run low 90's)






As massive as it is, it still pushes you back in the seat when you get to the midrange. It's really impressive for 700's. I wouldn't have thought it would run this hard with that little HP.

It's also kind of weird that when you are in it, it doesn't feel like you are running 80's. I double checked the speedo a couple times during the ride, especially when you are cruising 50 - 60'ish.. People can get up and walk around like it's nothing.

RD

Before we left Lee was chilling out on his favorite part of the boat.



Didn't take long for Katherine (PT's friend) to join him.


Schiada Tom was showing me that even the trash cans were upholstered.. LOL




Finishing up the day and heading to the Yard House


Arrived at the yard house



Quick Pics of the Engine bay while Stan was showing one of the crew of a large fishing vessel the boat.

My attempt to be a real photographer before dinner. (I'm not Pink Taco but I thought they came out pretty good)





RD