Powerboat Performance, testimonials, Jim Russell

Power Marine - 21' SportCat, Feb 2008 - We have been using the Secrets of Tunnel Boat Design Book to analyse the performance of our new boat with much success, the STBD book makes complex calculations straight forward and simple to use, a great tool for anyone designing or setting up cat or tunnel hull powerboats. Thanks Jim, you and AeroMarine Research have been a great help and inspiration to all of my projects. [Alan Power, Power Marine, Ireland]

Dillon Racing - 2006 Mini GT high points championship & Region 8 Championship - (Feb. 2007) - A tunnel boat I designed/built last year absolutely killed in Mini GT (25hp), winning 8 races out of 10. I expect to design more in the future. I love your program (TBDP). Many thanks, Bob. [Bob Dillon, Hackensack, MN]
(Visit Dillon Racing website at: www.dillon-racing.com)

19' Sterling Tunnel - July 2005 - The Guru Speaks... I submitted drawing, pictures and design notes to Jim Russell at AeroMarine Research to determine what the performance characteristics of my boat would be like (most significantly swapping to twin outboards). The information and understanding that Jim and AeroMarine were able to convey to me was extremely valuable. The final point - use Jim Russell's services and buy his software if you are doing any work on tunnel hulls!!! The alternative of "trial and error" is expensive, time consuming, and possibly dangerous. - [David (AxisMoto), Phoenix, AZ]

Alemdar Offshore Racing Team - 2004/2005 UIM Offshore Champion - (Feb 2007) - In 2003 we bought (TBDP) software and started to modfiy our exisiting hull with TBDP. In 2004 we won the championship. We modify our hull again and we won the 2005 UIM Offshore Championship without losing any race. After 3 years I started to use the TBDP software like an advanced user. Finally 2006 is the year of our completly new designed boat powered by TBDP. We won the championship again!! 4 key factors of our winings (are) Very High top speed numbers, Exellent rough water capability and speed, Acceleration, Higher turning speeds - All the key factors comes from TBDP software benefits. [Murat Alemdar, Istanbul, Turkey]

CT Marine - NZ Superboat Class National Champion (Jan 2007) - I had my designer use your (TBDP) program on our latest offshore race cat. "Sleepyhead" designed for NZ Superboat Class. Powered by 2 x 525 Bulldog Mercury racing engines giving it a top speed of 118mph. Peter Turner wins the NZ National Championship! When it came to a new boat I had already purchased your (STBD) book and our designer (purchased) your program...we input (data from our) last design...then changed every thing to suit (TBDP) program. We launched it on Saturday 27th of January took it for one quick run...raced it on the Sunday and won!
[Nic deMey, CT Marine, New Zealand]

Kuhl Racing - 2nd High Points (TCBA) 2006 - Jan 2007 - Driver Tyler Kuhl at Sioux City, Iowa (photo). Mini-GT Racemaster/Evinrude - Second in Highpoints 2006 (TCPBA); Third in Highpoints 2005 (TCPBA). The TBDP Software and STBD Book helped us understand the importance of Hydrodynamic lift on slower Tunnel boats. It also helped us with dialing in our motor height and reducing wetted surface drag on the hull. This program saved us many hours of testing, I wish I had this program 20 years ago when we where running our bigger boats. I would recommend TBDP software and STBD Book to anyone who has an interest in going fast on water. Visit Tyler's website www.kuhlracing.com for the photos of boats. [Dominick Kuhl, Frazee, MN]

Mike Breslin - Sport C World Champion - (April 2005) - I highly recommend the Tunnel Boat Design software. It allowed us to build a boat from the ground up, and test it without even having to build a prototype first. We were able to test fro speed, handling, and design before we even started the boat. After the boat was built, it tested within 0.1 mph of the projected speed. I highly recommend this program. [Mike Breslin, Black Widow Customs, Sport C World Champion High Points 2004]

American Offshore Powerboats - (January 2005) - We at American Offshore have used the AeroMarine software to design the hull for our 37 ft Cat. It is a very good program and allowed us to evaluate many different configurations and compare our final design configuration with those used by other manufactures. It also allowed us to compare our 26 ft and 31 ft hull designs with the similar size hull designs used by our competition. I highly recommend it. [Art DiNick, American Offshore]

B.Wolf - (November 2004) - I finally (my SST120 boat) built in September of this year. Your book and your info was a great help to me. The boat is light and fast and comes out of the hole like a rocket. Thanks again!
[Barry Wolf, OH]

E.Cengiz - (June 15, 2004) - I would like to inform you that our production of two boats are winner and second place in the first race of this season. Second race was in a lake, one of our boats was the winner again. We highly appreciated your computer software which we used to design our tunnel boats. [C.E., Team Director, Alemdar Performance, Istanbul, Turkey]

US1 Marles Racing Engines - (January 2005) - I use the program all the time and it’s totally awesome. It has helped me win two National Championships in Mod-U Formula One. I would feel naked without it. [John Marles, Two Time National Champion Formula One Boat Racer]

Scream & Fly on-line forum - (October 28, 2003) - "AeroMarine Research's products are fantastic. The Tunnel Boat Design Program is the only such software of its kind, and it's an extremely useful tool"..."The Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design is also a fantastic tool, and very interesting as well as educational." [S&Fly]
(October 17, 2003) - "I also recommend the Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design, by Jim Russell of Aeromarine Research. It's a fantastic manual that outlines the physics behind much of the setups on Tunnel Boats as well as V Bottoms" [Greg - S&F]"
(October 16, 2003) - I designed my Sport C boat with the Tunnel Boat Design Software and it does work! ... It made the designing phase much faster and allot of fun too! Building your own boat from someone else's plans is OK, but building a boat that you designed yourself is much more rewarding [MN].

Scream & Fly on-line magazine - (December 2001) - "This software (TBDP, Version 7) allows the tunnel boat enthusiast to alter a ‘virtual model’ of their current hull...and see the results of...changes in real time as you alter hull variables. The power of the PC can now be leveraged to offer insights into your hull configuration never before possible with such ease and accuracy."
"The (TBDP) shows...how small dimensional differences can really affect performance. It’s very easy to enter your boat’s design dimensions and setup into the software."

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"Astonishingly, the Tunnel Boat Design Program predicted that our setup would achieve a maximum velocity of 115.1 mph! (within less than 1 mph of actual top speed). The TBDP also accurately predicted our acceleration model – a big plus for drag racers. Impressive accuracy, to say the least". "Taking this yet another step further, the Tunnel Boat Design Program assessed the stability of our STV, arriving at the conclusion that our rig would experience relative instability throughout the 55-80 mph range...the software was remarkably accurate: our STV did "settle in" over 80 mph!"

"It is easy to use for even complete novices...pros can dive right in, and amateurs will find that the program can guide users through each step. The included Help file is a gold mine of performance boat knowledge. Each design measurement and aspect of performance is clearly and accurately defined, along with the related background theory."

"On or off the water, Aeromarine Research’s Tunnel Boat Design software is a performance-predicting program that is more than worth the price. There’s just nothing like it anywhere else". (from: "Fine Tuning For The Future - An Evaluation of AeroMarine Research's Tunnel Boat Design Program"; Article and Test by Greg Terzian and Helmut Freitag)

Mark Nelson, (September 2003) - “Jimboat, This this how my (Sport C) boat turned out. It was really fast…Your program did good work. Mark.”..."I designed my Sport C boat with the Tunnel Boat Design Software and it does work! ... It made the designing phase much faster and allot of fun too! Building your own boat from someone else's plans is OK, but building a boat that you designed yourself is much more rewarding [Mark Nelson, IL]

Alan Power, Dublin,Ireland. (January 2003) - “The book is outstanding, it's really starting to come together for me, … the book has already saved a lot of work….Thanks again and keep up the good work.”

Jeff Dozier, Severn, MD (March 2003) - “It is great!!!!!!!!!! It is exactly what I have been looking to find. I am very impressed!”

Techno @ S&F on-line forum - (July 2002) - "I normally wouldn't buy a prop calculator with so many free ones on the web but I made a mistake and glad I did. This one allows you to change anything you want without refilling and deleting and OK'ing stuff. Its cheap and nice to use. If your going to use one regularly I would recommend buying this one...everything is changeable... rpms can be slid up and props changed along with a change in slip with a click". (Techno - S&F on-line magazine - July, 2002)

Hot Boat Magazine - (July 2001) - "The 'TBDP' Version 7' can...compare design alternatives and predict your tunnel hull performance under any operating conditions. The software includes impressive on-screen graphics to illustrate predicted trends of over 40 vital performance indicators".

RaceBoat International - (July/August 2001) - "The new 'TBDP' Version 7.0' is a powerful computer-aided design technology. This is the only comprehensive predictive performance design and analysis computer software package available specifically for tunnel boats, and is essential for the serious tunnel designer, builder, driver or performance enthusiast".

Scream & Fly on-line magazine - (August 2001) - This (STBD) book is highly recommended forthe casual as well as the serious performance boating enthusiast"

"…once I started reading it, I was hooked. I don't know about most of you, but for a book to keep me glued to its pages for most of the night, it must be good. Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design takes the reader into domains that are sure to interest even the most dedicated and knowledgeable boating enthusiast. This fantastic book…details the ten design steps for analysis of hull performance and stability… the material covers all levels of technical understanding, from the casual reader to the technical guru".

I would describe (STBD book) as one of the most comprehensive manuals covering tunnel boat design."

[from: "Required Reading: The Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design - A book review by Greg Terzian - Scream and Fly Magazine, August 2001]"

Marles Racing Formula One - (July 2001) - Our Formula One team bought the TBDP software to find a plaguing problem, in one of our race hulls, affecting top speed. To our amazement, after months of trial and failure to right the problem, your TBDP software went right to it and gave us the answer. Then just for fun we fed in all the information about our other race hulls and the out come was unbelievable. The software's potential speed calculation had the boats within 2 MPH of there actual top speed readings on radar. I am quite impressed. Thank you Jim.
John Marles, 2000 APBA MOD-U National High Points Champion

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Australian Powerboat - (April/May 1994) - "...the world's first computer software package for the design and performance analysis of Tunnel boats".

South African Power Boat and Ski - (February/March 1994) -"Tunnel Boat Design Program Version 4.0 can compare design alternatives and predict performance for a tunnel hull under any conditions".

Powerboat Magazine - (October 1994) - "Tunnel Boat Design Program 4.0 for Dos...gives designers and builders of competition hulls the inside track on perfecting racecourse performance"

Morley Smith - Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (Performance Plans), IL. (Nov, 1985) - "I just received and read your book 'Tunnel Boat Design' ... Tremendous, terrific, great, and fantastic...you have combined a tremendous amount of research with an excellent writing approach so that it is easy for the reader to understand just what you are saying ...congratulations on a tremendous piece of work!"

GRW - CA. (Dec 1994) - "I really appreciate the help and support you've given me."

WH - West Indies - (October 1997) - "Your 'Tunnel Boat Design Program' is amazing!"

BH - Norway (March 1998) - "the 'TBDP' program has given me valuable help in rebuilding some of my powerboats. I look forward to the new upgrade."

EVderV - Belgium (August 1999) - "I like the way you do business - quick and to the point."

DLB - FL, USA (August 2000) - "I really enjoyed your 'STBD' book. Very concise and gets to the point without alot of fluff...your work will radically reduce the trial and error process...Please rush the TBDP, Version 7.0 software."

PR - Ontario, Canada (November 1994) - "Your book and 'TBDP' program continue to be the leading data on Tunnel hull and high performance design."

OB - Italy (January 1993) - "The 'STBD' book is very interesting, and give to me important information about tunnel boat design. Please order the 'TBDP' software."

The *NEW* TBDP, Version 7 /98se is the only commercially available computer software product on the market, designed specifically for tunnel boat high performance design and analysis. Order yours now.


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