The first Bat Boats

[Ben Mazur]

Absolutely nothing to do with high performance but these have to be some of the most original, quirky, ugly, individualistic (choose your own adjective) fiberglass boats ever built.

What do you think?

http://www.fiberglassics.com/galleries/bitb/default.htm

[pepperstman]

cool stuff. i would like to find one of those cats

[Ben Mazur]

Welcome to Proprider Pepperstman!

Some very novel designs, some I think look pretty good.

How are things in the OSS Cat Lite world?

[pepperstman]

not bad here. i have bought several r/c boats lately and have been practicing with them.

[ciao]

I raced against the first Batboat to run in UK water back in 1995.

It was in a 3 heat 1.3 litre World Championship held at Hull.

All 3 races were run in flat water.

I could not believe just how fast that boat was! We were running in a catamaran, ideally suited to the weather conditions, and this thing was running along side us!

[pepperstman]

yes, those things were and are badass