New THOR 355 to be released soon!

[Carl Van Houten]

Kevin Lee is rocking right along with his first wood kit, THOR 355 Flat-Build. He should have this one ready for testing soon. Kevin has built this boat without having to ask one question about the assembly process.

-Carl

 

[dion smith]

Very nice looking build. What is the reason for the squared front on the cowl Carl?

Cheers

Dion

 

[Carl Van Houten]

Very nice looking build. What is the reason for the squared front on the cowl Carl?

Cheers

Dion

Hello Dion,

It is for strength at the nose and it also provides a positive stop to locate the part in the trim jig.

-Carl

 

[dion smith]

Thanks Carl !!

 

[rumrunner]

Kevin Lee is rocking right along with his first wood kit, THOR 355 Flat-Build. He should have this one ready for testing soon. Kevin has built this boat without having to ask one question about the assembly process.

-Carl

Thats cause he's smart monkey!!!!! Lol

 

[Maryland FE]

Some shots of the 295 and 355 in action at the D12 race this weekend. Wasn't the best day for tunnels.

 

[RonShaw]

Thanks Pete for posting pics. The race weather went south starting the first race day morning and continued through today. No tunnel racing water at all. Even the gas classes were not finishing. Dick said it best today, the retrieve boat was leading in every class....lol. Everyone still had a great time. Fortunately we went up on Wed evening and got two full days of testing on Thurs and Friday. Both boats went in the water for the first time on Thurs and within three runs each and initial CG established, speeds surprised a lot of fellow boaters that were in attendance. The 355 and 295 will no doubt quickly make their marks in races all over the world.

 

[Kris Flynn]

looks like great 'normal' race water to me

 

[RonShaw]

Lol

 

[Kris Flynn]

that also looks like Craig Chenco next to you Ron....didnt think he made it over there recently

Had the boat made it to the water before the race day Ron?

 

[RonShaw]

Yes Kris. We had two great testing days on Thurs and Friday. Very happy with the results. Too bad the weather went south on both race days.

 

[Carl Van Houten]

Congrats Ron Shaw! I am looking forward to seeing you make a showing at the Fall Race in South Carolina.

-Carl

 

[Matt Minassian]

When can I haz one, need my 40 tunnel fix!

 

[Carl Van Houten]

I guess it passed the rough water test. I am happy to see that it is possible to place on water that bad but It really hasn't gotten the race-water test yet.

-Carl

 

[Ronald van Essen]

rough water test...can some of the guys who own one of these beauties tell the difference between the Thor and lets say Lynx in these conditions.....????

Thanks Peter for posting very nice pictures....

 

[Carl Van Houten]

Kevin Lee is set to test his 355 this weekend so we should know more then having two of them running to base setups on. Ron Shaw got to run his some before the wind started blowing last week and said he was happy with what he had for setup based on the first day out with it.

-Carl

 

[RonShaw]

Yes. Thur and Fri were great tunnel water days. Wind started picking up Thurs evening and was list all weekend. As Carl mentioned, we had great testing time before we lost the water. By the third run on Thurs, the 355 was getting close and making full speed laps. This boat is more stable in high speed turns than any 40-60 tunnel I have ever driven.

 

[dave roach]

Nice looking boat Ron.Like to have the skills to build one.LOL

Dave Roach

 

[rumrunner]

Dave ,he better thank you or give you some of the rum he's bin hoarding . LoL

 

[Carl Van Houten]

rough water test...can some of the guys who own one of these beauties tell the difference between the Thor and lets say Lynx in these conditions.....????

Thanks Peter for posting very nice pictures....

We will need to do a little more testing before we can say how is compares 100%. So far, and after the hurricane test this past weekend...everything looks good.

-Carl