[QUOTE=bigshrimpin;233853]Use google ;) How lazy and judgemental can you possibly be? You can't even type in
http://sea-blade.com/ to see there are 16 - 40 versions. no one ever said function and performance were good looking (evinrude g2). It's time to close your mouth and open your minds. The hull might resemble an airslot, but all that means is that dick cole was onto something :) Just b/c they look the same to you, does not mean they are remotely similar.
Oh really? So now I'm lazy and judgmental because I followed YOUR link and read the blurb that YOU posted? I was commenting on what you were saying, not about anything else. Not about how many different styles they tried before they came up with the Seablade, not on how many different lengths the Seablade comes in, not anything except what YOU posted and the link that YOU provided. So if following YOUR post's link makes me lazy and judgmental then so be it. Personally I thought it just made me polite to follow your link. As to my mind being closed and my mouth being open, may I remind you that I was merely trying to get this thread BACK onto it's track, after it had become derailed with this silly and useless chatter about other boats. So let's stop with the sarcasm and the insults. You lower yourself when you engage in such drivel. STAY ON TOPIC OR RISK HAVING THIS THREAD DELETED.
PS... and if you look at the pics that you posted of the various Seablade styles, in the top left corner is a pic of the 16 foot Seablade. Compare that pic to the pics of my 16.5 foot Airslot that I posted in "A funny thing happened" here in the General section of the Forums. Tell me that they don't look almost exactly alike. Do an internet search for pics of a 24 foot Airslot ... same thing. So that proves that Richard Cole was onto something when he designed the Airslot and Steve Loui just wasted 10 million dollars trying to improve on it. Understand, I'm not saying that the Seablade isn't a good design using modern materials. It is. I'm just saying that credit for the hull design should be given to the person that actually designed it way back in the 60's....Richard Cole.
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1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
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