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ATTENTION RACE FANS!!!
November 3rd - 10th, 2002
The World Championship race has moved to
the party city of the World, New Orleans, LA! We expect the race to be
much more exciting to the racers and fans, with easy access to all
locations.
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November
7 - 10,
2002
At the Mexico Boat Show, the centenary
experience of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, organizer
of the 25 most important boat shows in America, blends with E.J.Krause
de Mexico, leader exhibitions organizer in Mexico and member of the
international E.J.Krause & Associates, organizer of successful events
worldwide.
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AMT's 30' Sport Deck
looks like a pleasure craft on the surface, but underneath it's pure race
boat.
THE Magazine was
at
the Miami International
Boat Show
and wandering
around the outside portion of the show, we walked past the AMT booth,
which had on display its
30' Sport Deck, a twin-outboard cat
with a flawless cutdown deck, no
rubrail, phenomenal mold
work and a seamless paint
job.
Turns out it was fast
enough-and then some. On the waters
of Biscayne Bay, the AMT shot to a top
speed of 104.6 mph
at 8,200 rpm. Very cool.
It backed up that top-end
prowess with enviable midrange punch. Accelerating from 30 to 50 mph took
4.56 seconds. From 40 to 60 mph, the boat began to pack some air and the
engines came into their power band, as was evident from the 4.17-second
time.
From a standing start,
the AMT 30' Sport Deck climbed on plane in a scant 3.97 seconds, hit 25
mph in 5 seconds, 50 mph in 10 and 71 mph in 15. When the stopwatch hit 20
seconds, the AMT was scooting along at a cool 84 mph. All the while it
rode level and felt really solid, with no discernible flexing.
It didn't need much trim
to get it to run fast, less than we thought, in fact. Once it was up and
running, the AMT tracked well, earning high marks from our lead test
driver. It had a little porpoise to it down low, but it disappeared
quickly as speeds increased.
What turns we did make
with the boat required some muscle because of the manual steering, but it
carved fine, either level or exhibiting a bit of outside lean. As we
tested it, this boat works like it should, which revealed a little
something about its history.
In the AMT booth, the
boat looked new, but somehow familiar. Well, it's both. In pleasure form
it's new. In race form, it's the old Blondie and Miccosukee Indian Casino
boats. No wonder it worked so well.
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Where Formula1 is there can
be found the girls called 'Pit Babes'. They adore men who like the rate.
See more!
Dry and Wet
AMT's 30' Sport Deck
requires a strong man who can get control the water, the woman and the
world. Gordon's is for them. For the man who makes his decision alone. For
him who can stay dry in water too.
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