How Would the 4100 Look For This Vessel?
I wonder if he has the proper fire extinguisher on board his boat. Do headlight’s count as nav lights?
From Jaloponik:
Stevie Johnson wasn’t content to compete in the local lobster boat races in an actual lobster boat… or in anything resembling a boat at all. Instead, he created this 400 HP, twin-engine 1994 Pontiac Sunbird convertible powerboat. Insanity.
He built one lobster boat with a powerful engine from a World War II-era patrol boat and another with pontoon-like stabilizers that also served as beer coolers. Mr. Johnson showed up at one race in a seaplane piloted by a friend. He convinced officials to put on an exhibition race pitting some lobster boats against the plane, which was supposed to stay sea-bound during the race but was disqualified because it left the water.
To make his current boat, Sunbird, Mr. Johnson lopped the top off a 26-foot cabin cruiser, installed a new deck and chained a 1994 Pontiac convertible to the top of it. For races, he controls the boat from the car’s front seat.
Powered by a pair of 200-horsepower outboards each equipped with its own gas tank, Sunbird is a showstopper at races. During the competition in New Harbor, Mr. Johnson cruised among the spectator boats between races, waving, honking his horn and hamming it up for countless snapshots.“Is that a car or what?” someone shouted.
“It’s a cah-boat,” Mr. Johnson replied, suppressing the “r” in classic New England patois. All the while, his big motors were guzzling gas from the tanks he’d neglected to top off.
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