I don't think Ken said that speed was in a bass boat. Maybe a racing boat. :) <A HREF="http://www.cartech.com/news/wr_news_boat.html" target="_blank">http://www.cartech.com/news/wr_news_boat.html</A> Arneson has now reached 175 mph piloting the fastest offshore racing boat in the world. His own 46-ft. Skater is a new generation catamaran powered by a 4500 hp Lycoming gas turbine similar to that giving flight to a U. S. Army Chinook helicopter. (A bit dated. From 1999)