Howlin,

got any documentation showing that the VX40's have done 40 knots or above (or even anything closely resembling such speeds)?

The Tornado class (and others) have claimed 30 knots, but there is no documentation. GPS logs from users on this forum show a max speed for beachcats around 25knots. At least they did so the last time we had this discussion.


Media/PR-companies and sailors make outrageous claims about speeds from time to time. Like the VOR70's doing 35 to 40 knots in the southern ocean.. Yes, perhaps free-falling off a wave generating a high local speed on the GPS, but it is not something they are able to (or want to) reproduce, more a measuring problem.
I dont believe much of whatever speed a class claims unless the documentation is there. Knowing who the marketing genius behind the VX40s is, I make a point out of not believing any speed claims before they are documented.


The Wright brothers knew what they were doing. Plenty of prior art and others along the same path. The same goes for the VX40s, plenty of similar crafts who has not gone to 40knots.