New 96 Getting Closer
March 1st finds progress being made on the new 96 Spirit of Qatar, which will be the most state-of-the-art hydroplane ever designed and built.
Owner Erick Ellstrom says, “Work is progressing nicely. The frames are all in now and the tubes for the electrical are going in. The steering system is under construction. Most of the advances we are making from our old boat are not things that will show up in photos and the hull won’t really take shape until the decks go on, and that is one of the final steps after all of the systems in the hull, including fuel and electrical, are done.”
Plans are to move the hull from it’s top secret construction site in Seattle to the team’s race shop in Ballard some time in mid-April, where it will be prepared for the 2014 season, one of the final steps after all of the systems in the hull, including fuel and electrical, are done.”
New 96 Getting Closer
March 1st finds progress being made on the new 96 Spirit of Qatar, which will be the most state-of-the-art hydroplane ever designed and built.
Owner Erick Ellstrom says, “Work is progressing nicely. The frames are all in now and the tubes for the electrical are going in. The steering system is under construction. Most of the advances we are making from our old boat are not things that will show up in photos and the hull won’t really take shape until the decks go on, and that is one of the final steps after all of the systems in the hull, including fuel and electrical, are done.”
Plans are to move the hull from it’s top secret construction site in Seattle to the team’s race shop in Ballard some time in mid-April, where it will be prepared for the 2014 season, one of the final steps after all of the systems in the hull, including fuel and electrical, are done.”