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Also list boat and power

1998 37 Outerlimits triple 725hp 598ci NA 112mph, ran like it was on rails
 

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154 in the ocean
40ft skater with big power

129 in havasu also a skater with twin outboards

Fastest I’ve driven was 109 my dads Nordic 29 deck
 

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116 MPH 36 Spectre with Ilmor 625, s What was so strange in how the boat did not slow down after backing off the throttles kept that speed for almost 5 seconds before it started to slow down.
 

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A friends 21' Eliminator Daytona with a Johnson V8 outboard hanging off the back and I think the boat is an early 90's because it's pink.
96 MPH in Havasu a couple years ago.
 

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185'ish 388 Skater.. Been 175 a bunch of times in Skaters. Been 167 in an M41, and been 140's / 150's in M35's/31's.

Ask me how fast I'll go now.. LOL (Now we just stick the cameras on the boats.. I'm over that BS)

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I was about 10 or 11 in a family friends Daytona with big Pfaff power. Myself and my cousin were in the open bow when he got on it, afterwards we asked how fast that pull was and he said it was 112.
 

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I was about 10 or 11 in a family friends Daytona with big Pfaff power. Myself and my cousin were in the open bow when he got on it, afterwards we asked how fast that pull was and he said it was 112.
Chelsea?
 

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Going with what seemed like 1000 mph (more like 90-100 i would think)about 45 years ago in a little red, white and blue hydro named "stroke me" up at Shaver Lake. I only remember because of the name. LOL
 
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Not the fastest boat I have been in but the 21 Silverwing tunnel sure felt like it was the fastest being in something that small at over 100 is a ton of fun. Fastest was 27 Daytona at 115.
 

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39 mph but I just spent $87,000 on engine mods so if Lake conditions are right I think I can break the 40 mph mark next season.:D

Seriously though, I've been in some small, relatively fast, boats but I'm not sure that I've ever broke the triple digit mark. Maybe Sam will give me a ride in one of his hot rods someday.
 

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142-143mph 33’ Daytona.
Think they were twin 900’s.

Fastest I have driven was a HTM SS with a N/A 540. Low 80’s dad told me to knock that shit off before I could get it to 90
 

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116 MPH 36 Spectre with Ilmor 625, s What was so strange in how the boat did not slow down after backing off the throttles kept that speed for almost 5 seconds before it started to slow down.
Agree, first time a went 120 in my Daytona with the big motor I panicked when I backed out of it, thought the throttle was stuck, I mean it did not slow at all for a long while
 

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Over 130 a few times. DCB and Skater. 120 in a DW Outboard.
 

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Not sure of the speed but probably around 90 in my dad's old hydro 18 foot with a blown alcohol injection big block I could my but hole pucker! And around 100 in a 26 foot Daytona
 

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110-120

Cougar V drive(55s I think) with a 572 and a 1471. We were hanging at a hot boat regatta talking with the owner for a while and he offered to take my cousin and I for a ride. All I can say is WOW. What got my about it was the acceleration, never been in a boat that hooked like that before(or afterwards). We hit the smooth water and he punched and I thought the tach was going to snap in two. He had plenty of pedal left when he let go.

I've been in the 100-105 two other times in a great family friends eliminator daytona. One was a 26 daytona with an M5 and 540. We were hanging up river slamming through cocktails, the other boat that was with was a Sunbird with a 350 who left about 5 min before us and Jack said we were going to make it back to the house first. Got a little sketchy. A few years later he upgraded to a 30 with Teague 850s. He took Dad and I out for a ride. The boat didn't feel like was warmed up at 100.
 
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112 Vector
110 28 Skater
125 F29 DCB
138 M31 DCB
 
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Around 110-115 in this. 1978 Biesemeyer.
 

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As passenger 168, as driver 149
 
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135 as a passenger, a little over 120 as a driver. I have zero interest these days in even sniffing 100, weird how things change.
 
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