1991 Seebold tunnel boat

[PARKER RABE]

Timmy will build u a wood boat right now

[Dave Strong]

Your right I drove a composite SEEBOLD and I couldn't believe how loud it was in the cockpit compared to my wood boat

Parker Bill Seebold told me when I met him at a race in the early 90's the wood was better in rough water than all composite.

Dave

[powerabout]

Parker Bill Seebold told me when I met him at a race in the early 90's the wood was better in rough water than all composite.

Dave

I wonder if that was comparing a carbon epoxy hull with wood or just a std glass hull?

[johnmiffco]

I built and raced carbon cored formula hulls
what bill stated in the 90s was true at the time,,,,,,
the harmonics to the water means a lot in a formula hull
and the 3-5mm plywood did its job
but,,,,with todays technology and materials,,,,,
its not true any more
the early glass boats were straight glass or balsa cored and were too rigid
with new flexable resins and foam coring were able to get them harmonics as wood did in the past
my last hull weighed 314lbs and that's with a 5000 newton capsule
and had to add 75 lbs to it to hit minimum weight
and also was quiet in the capsule
theres good and bad with wood and composite,,,,,,
wood rots and comes loose through time,,,fast repair
composite takes more beating no rot but more costly repair

[powerabout]

Thanks for the info
Btw who is willing to build a hull these days ( in the usa that is)?

[kb5050]

Gary Pugh is building boats

Thanks for the info
Btw who is willing to build a hull these days ( in the usa that is)?

[powerabout]

In glass?

[PARKER RABE]

lee craft, grand prix, revolution, dac , baba, seebold, alot more i just cant think of all them.....

[johnmiffco]

gary pugh is the only true F1 / 2 boat builder left here in states
and he is going all glass
seebold,lee,hoffman,revolution and gran prix is gone,
last seebold built was normands in 2007
individuals picked some of the up molds like the revolution and gran prix

[powerabout]

thanks, for that John.
merry Christmas

[PARKER RABE]

gary pugh is the only true F1 / 2 boat builder left here in states
and he is going all glass
seebold,lee,hoffman,revolution and gran prix is gone,
last seebold built was normands in 2007
individuals picked some of the up molds like the revolution and gran prix

i heard that peter at skater built some glass seebolds for timmy not too long ago?

[johnmiffco]

I quit racing tunnels in 2011
so have not been up much since then on where all the molds went
do know last boat seebold made was normands at their st Louis facility
before BEBE passed
tim bought back normands boat this summer to have a spare
they did build a couple glass hulls for tim back in 2005,,,,,worthy and nunez got them boats
don't know of any built lately as peter is not an uim registered capsule man.
mabe so but I don't know of it,,,,,
farmer ended up with revolution molds
jose has the gran prix
as far as the original builders still building boats,,,gary about the only 1 left here in states
the demand has just gone away as not many new drivers stepping in
with lots of used hulls sitting

[dbug10]

Hull and trailer is minus fuel pump rigging and all of that other junk you listed. But since you want to be a dick about it you can stick your boat up your a $$. I don't understand what people like you get out of being a complete dickhead. I asked you a simple question and you had to be a smartazz.

BFP2006 if you check it out it wasn't CarGuyLSX who left the nasty answer It was some ass who is new here just disregard him he wont be here long acting like that

[bfp2006]

I just saw that. Here I was thinking the guy selling the boat was rude as hell. I will probably buy it now haha.

[Bronson Johnson]

24 year old wood boat? Tell me it is in great shape and I will take it.