This has GOT to be a Photoshop deal.

Jklingel · 03 April 2009, 17:07

No way this thing is for real, right?

Bigmuz7 · 03 April 2009, 17:46

Its real alright ... do a search for crompton marine .. or drug running.. should turn something up

chewy · 03 April 2009, 18:40

It was meant to be super fast and undetectable to radar for cartain reasons, I don't think it was either and never made it to the customer.
Its on here somewhere?

samt · 03 April 2009, 18:52

Heres the photoshopped version

. Not sure who posted this originally. But I've seen and been emailed that original photo so many times

codprawn · 04 April 2009, 02:28

Crompton did some great boats - sold them to the goodies and the baddies!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBKJ5...eature=related

Here is a little one with only 4 engines - nice cargo.............

And here is one of the proper beasts in action - I think they used a Land Rover for the cabin - my ideal mixture.

British engineering at it's best!!!

Jklingel · 04 April 2009, 07:04

for the info. anyone have any word on how fast it really was/is? If a second prop adds only 50%, a third must be a tad less, and .... an 8th?

m chappelow · 04 April 2009, 10:47

[QUOTE=chewy;289226] It was meant to be super fast and undetectable to radar for cartain reasons,
What with all that amount of aluminium at the stern ,lol

Bigmuz7 · 04 April 2009, 13:12

Was this the one that conked out half way through a drugs run because they filled its tanks with diesel ?

Daniel · 04 April 2009, 13:38

here's another, scanned of an origional photo i have these are v8 's too!!

codprawn · 04 April 2009, 20:11

Look more like V6s to me but the photo is very bad.

I used to wonder about the sense of this - 2 big diesels would be a better bet - until someone pointed out it would take a lot of shots to knock out all 8 engines!!!

Poly · 05 April 2009, 09:18

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Look more like V6s to me but the photo is very bad.

I used to wonder about the sense of this - 2 big diesels would be a better bet - until someone pointed out it would take a lot of shots to knock out all 8 engines!!!

and 2 big diesels would take up a lot of cargo space.

Daniel · 05 April 2009, 10:19

in the 80's OMC made a v8 2 stroke, never really took off, i wonder why... (li per hour prehaps!!)

codprawn · 05 April 2009, 20:29

Yes I would love one of those old V8s - same weight as a modern 225 2 stroke but with 400hp - awesome or what???

Chris · 05 April 2009, 21:32

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Yes I would love one of those old V8s - same weight as a modern 225 2 stroke but with 400hp - awesome or what???

I thought they were 250HP?

codprawn · 06 April 2009, 03:07

They were 300hp as standard but many racing ones were 400 or even 450hp. They thrived on very high revs and lots of petrol!!!