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Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:28 am
by LOTOHEAD
Skipping out of work this afternoon and headed to the SHOOTOUT at LOTO. Taking my 282 out tomorrow with my buddies then taking a friends 42' Scarab to the race on Saturday!! Can't wait for the madness........
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:39 am
by AsLan7
LOTOHEAD wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:28 am
Skipping out of work this afternoon and headed to the SHOOTOUT at LOTO. Taking my 282 out tomorrow with my buddies then taking a friends 42' Scarab to the race on Saturday!! Can't wait for the madness........
Sounds like a great few days ahead LH. Post the pics!
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:58 am
by Table Rockin
I was at LOTO on friday. We had a few beers at shady gators while waiting for the rain to clear out. Saw a catamaran hulled boat with turbine engines put out of horny toads. When he fired up his engines it actually sounded just like a jet engine firing up. I couldn't believe it. Pretty wild.
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:23 pm
by tgrace98
One of my buddies that has a place at LOTO sent me this on Friday. This nice Cat had pulled into his community dock
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:06 pm
by cmattj
This family was just here in California last weekend. They have several of these cats ( this is the small one
) and make most of the runs and events across the country.
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:00 pm
by AsLan7
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Oooh. That’s such a good lookin’ machine.
Did you happen to see Fountain’s 32 Thunder Cat there? Curious if they showed up.
Reggie III is experimenting with some concave Cat bottom hulls. Interesting concept allowing it to lean in the turns vs running totally flat.....
https://www.boatingmag.com/our-test-rid ... =ene082518
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Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:19 pm
by cmattj
Slick Fountain. Fun read! I’m not a fan of the off camber turning so this should be the ticket for people who want a more stable turning at speed.
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:11 am
by Table Rockin
tgrace98 wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:23 pm
One of my buddies that has a place at LOTO sent me this on Friday. This nice Cat had pulled into his community dock
We saw this one as well at Toads docks. It was kinda cool....it was rainy and then there was a break in the clouds and like 10 or 12 of these boats all fired up to head out. Lots of power.
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:03 am
by LOTOHEAD
It was a great shootout! The wind made the lineup a little shaky for the first few hours on Saturday but it was a great day. American Ethanol took the top gun again with a run of 204 mph. I got the ride of my life when we finally got past the no wake and my buddy had an itch to get after it. We had the scarab out of the water a couple different times!!
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:27 pm
by AsLan7
LOTOHEAD wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:03 am
It was a great shootout! The wind made the lineup a little shaky for the first few hours on Saturday but it was a great day. American Ethanol took the top gun again with a run of 204 mph. I got the ride of my life when we finally got past the no wake and my buddy had an itch to get after it. We had the scarab out of the water a couple different times!!
Now I’m so jealous. Would have loved that ride LH!
Re: Headed to the SHOOTOUT
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:45 pm
by whitelightning
Sounds neat but I've heard it's nearly hurricane sized waves afterwards while leaving the area which doesn't sound fun, safe or appealing. It sure doesn't sound like a good place for WL.