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Hello all, brand new here. I am a casual boater who has had more sailboats the powerboats.
This Biel boat is only my second powerboat, and I'm old. 
I have liked smaller boats as they are easier to handle, store and maneuver, sailboats included.
After unloading my 16' Sugarsand jet boat, I was not sure I would get into anther boat.
I was looking for small but still exciting. ...Looked, searched & surfed, not totally serious. The Biel Promise kept catching my eye.
Searches brought me to the Biel boat site and here at Canalworld. I find out the boat hasn't been built in 20 years, but is tooling up to give it another go. Very cool and good timing for me.

So... the molds have been refreshed and I am first in line! Its a one off at this point and the owner & builder are hoping to see a Biel comeback.
I am buying a turnkey boat from Mike Biel, so we have to stick to the USCG max hp rating. That is fine for me as I just want a sporty runabout. TLM will build bare boats as I understand to power them up as desired.

Many know the history - its a good history of this boat, and we know it can go pretty fast for its size.
So here are initial pics of a sweet little tunnel hull. Not finished but Twisted Liquid Marine can turn them out fairly quick. No hurry, its winter!
This boat will have some teething as it has been upgraded and engine availability is different from the old days.
I will update as this boat gets built - its probably a couple of months out, guessing. 
Maybe the owner or builder will chime in, as I know they are pretty excited to turn this boat out.
I feel lucky and will learn a lot here on Canalworld, and from Mike Biel. 
Cheers

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7 minutes ago, Athy said:

I have never heard of them. Are they narrowboats?

What is a "turnkey boat"? Did you mean "turkey"?

Do you have any connection with the company?

I think you'll find that whole OP is just a copy and past sales pitch that they send to any boating forum with just the forum name changed at the end. 

 

The the company is based in Seattle and the boats all all power boats of the kind you will take out and batter for an hour and then go home - theses are not canal worthy boats. 

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