Hi--- I'm new here. I have a 1962 wooden Switzer Craft Shooting Star,recently restored by my brother Dave Doyle in Wisconsin.It has a tunnel in the front,tapering to flat at the back, so that at speed air from the tunnel is forced under the boat,lifting the back so that it barely touches the water. I raced it back in the early 1970's with a Mercury 1000 BP, which I still have. It is now powered by a restored Mercury 1500 XS,and it's a real kick in the pants, besides being beautiful! I also have a 1968 Switzer Craft Super Hugger powered by a Mercury 115 HP in-line 6. I'm currently restoring a wooden 1956 Switzer Craft Shooting Star,which is very different than the 1962 Star,and at some point I'll be looking for a vintage Mercury to put on it. Any other old Switzer/Mercury fans out there? Jerry Doyle