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11-29-2011, 04:18 PM #767000 RPM
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11-30-2011, 07:50 PM #77
Harrison
I have Harrison collection photos I can copy to a CD and mail to anyone interested.
otseg@aol.com
Very early Molinari as an example.
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11-30-2011, 09:19 PM #788000 RPM
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12-01-2011, 06:34 AM #79Member
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Mr. Lanham,
Thank you for that picture of my dad sitting on the Flying Dutchman IV. I never knew he raced the Parker 9 hour. I always knew he went to Havasus because it was always around my birthday. As for my brother's comment concerning shoes, this is how I remember my dad in the sixities:A 1963 Mercury Advertisement.
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12-01-2011, 12:34 PM #805000 RPM
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Very cool. At the time Roy was a bit downtown with his boat shoes. The white socks went well the black loafers. Remember Mel Riggs racing in big black leather boots....... Oh yes we were trend setters.
Hi Gene Lanham missed you at OFF. How are you getting along?
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@MiniMax: Is there anyway to put the Harrison pics on a web site like Flickr or Picasa?
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12-01-2011, 08:03 PM #82Member
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You think you know your parents and then one day someone steps up and BAM...questions galore. The Parker 9 hour picture, lead me back to the GCM trophies of Dad's, what a surprise to find what I thought were Outboard trophies were actually inboard class F (don't know what 'class F' means). I got two 1st place overall for '62 and '63 So then I start looking through Old Pictures and I believe I found a likely suspect. Did Mr. Kiekhaefer have an interest in inboards before the stern drive or were they partners in crime? Or was class F really a stern drive that they didn't know how to classify? I am asking because unlike 1966 I don't have a newspaper article to compare with.
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12-01-2011, 08:23 PM #837000 RPM
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I am guessing that is an early Mercruiser stern drive in a Raveau. I would like to hear about that rig. Also notice the casual approach to safety equipment, both drivers in this picture are not wearing helmets and both are wearing minimal life jackets.
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12-01-2011, 11:04 PM #847000 RPM
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Hey Jim---Raveau??? I bet Butch could help us here---?? but by the race number, I am sure it was powered by the Mercruiser I---with a '110' Chevy II four cylinder engine.
Casual approach to safety equipment? Here is my 1954 Gold Coast ride. One of the original Challengers (Dudley Whitman), one of the first boats built from fiberglass---
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12-02-2011, 08:43 AM #85
Obviously FB 110 was Mercruiser powered (look at the name on the bow).... and probably heading out to the starting line on a hot day sans helmets.
I, too, question the Raveau lineage since the hull seems to be a "V step" design rather than a flat bottom.
As far as your 1954 picture...Why would you need safety equipment at 25 mph?....20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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@Gene: your picture shows what the GCM was intended to be! In my humble opinion anyway.
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12-02-2011, 06:13 PM #88
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12-02-2011, 08:09 PM #89
Seeroy great pic of 202 - yes it appears to be cut down some - the owner of the 28 in Stuart says thats not his either - his has more freeboard. I guess you were a Moesly guinea pig, as his #31 had more freeboard too, sorry you got so wet LOL
Did 202 have the ballest system up front??
What we are discussing that one of 8 boats from that 202 mold is for sale in a CC configuration on Classic SeaCraft as fishing boat. So the goofballs we are, we are hunting for history, decent price too but damn it looks really sharp
Steve you got me thinking about the cut down thing - go look at this boat - I think it is #202, it has less freeboard than #31 or - I think #404 which was posted somewhere over there - 202 is the only one that looks like this boat.
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I would have to agree with Tx Guy, from a even earlier post the history about why the GCM was set up it was for the casual boater a chance to see how he stacked up against friend and foe alike.
Very cool picture from 1954. Before my time, my launch date wasn't till 1958.
Like other forms of grass roots racing, the evolution of the sport led to bigger and better (sometimes) things.
I always wished I could have raced too. You guys are the icons of a great era.