You must be a real dare deveil Jackie, each time I hurt myself, first thought is, I wont be doing that again.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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You must be a real dare deveil Jackie, each time I hurt myself, first thought is, I wont be doing that again.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
No way Pilgrim, I’m soft as Vaseline on a baby’s bum.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Have always tried to be extra careful in everything I’ve ever done. You ever listened to the pre flight drill on any aircraft ————- put the oxygen on your own nose FIRST. Then look after the others——- if The Patriarchs hurt, the the whole herds in danger.
Had two blowovers in my life, one, a full 360, performed to perfection, right in front of Joe Swift and Roy Ridgell (trying to impress Mercury.
The second and last was Havasu trying to stay upright and failing miserably. I did succeed in giving myself a shedload of aches and pains. Swore I would never do that again, and I never did.
Im not even brave Pilgrim and I dislike any form of pain, from guts ache to childbirth, and all points between.
very nice
Must have upset the ADMIN today———- tried to find the “Tricks” site, only to find it hidden in fourteenth slot. Still can’t make out if that’s the naughty step or not.
Only way you can get a “Stickie” is to whinge loud and long——- then throw your dollies outa the pram after working a minimum of thirty three and a half years for Mercury.
Future threads could be”BUTLERS BROWSINGS” or SERRAS SIGHTINGS . Both would be guaranteed a top ten slot stickie.
Sorry Lassie, you ain’t never going to make the top ten hit parade, no matter how good your site is.——— white is talked about, but only in undertones.
Mercs come white now and OMC come dark, who da thoughtQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
You have had to contend with adversaries all your life the main thing now is just keep up the good work and put a smile on everyones face.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
I think you probably meant “ADVERSITY “ Steve——— otherwise I would be whacking every Tom, Dick and Harry I passed in the street!Quote:
Originally Posted by STEVERINO
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Malcolm TYRRELL posted this on Facebook today. Was taken at Havasu as we tried to get it on plane after somebody messed about with the gear ratios and there wasn’t a prop anywhere in the world that would work until Bob Hetzel went to work.
Lump under the cover on the front of the trailer is a second DFV that was never even unwrapped!
We were able to compete due to Bedford (Bud ) Davey funding the operation.
First and only time the Cosworth ran in the USA————- never missed a beat in the whole seven hours.
...March 1979...http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...2&d=1516222201
an outboard like no other
Aint that the truth Pilgrim !Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
When the project was under way at Cosworth’s in Northampton, the people involved were the royalty of the car racing world.
Keith Duckworth.
Mike Costain.
Dick Scammel.
Ben Rood.
Malcolm TYRRELL
Ian (Hawkeye) HAWKINS .
Gloria on the switchboard always knew where to find Keith and became a great friend.
When you have the might of the Cosworth Family getting to grips with a special project then you’re living the dream. It was amazing how many of the team used to spend evenings and weekends until the whole thing came together. From memory, I think it took six weeks from them receiving the boat from Chris Hodges to the first tests.
We need a short history timeline of boat racing with Cosworth and Jackie Wilson...
The Cosworth venture into boat racing goes much further than me Pilgrim———- Keith always thought the Seebold would have suited his engine much better than the Hodges did.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Problem was, I didn’t have the financial backing or sponsorship, so I had one crack at it, then the pot was empty.
Keith always wondered if it was the boat or the driver that was not up to muster( could not possibly be the motor———— that had a conservative 400+ horsepower in Le Mans trim and would (and did) run forever).
He asked Billy to take it round for a couple of laps at the 1978 world championships Was much relieved when Billy couldn’t even get a tenth extra out of it———— must confess, I went round the pits with the biggest grin on my face ever.
Bill Petty commisioned a Seebold with a DFV . Bentz drove it at the Miami Marine Stadium and successfully wiped out KT racing in the USA after lapping the whole field twice in the first heat.
Mr. Rickey (Vapour Trails,) swore he would get the Cosworth banned from the USA for ever..
Cosworth and Duckworth had a long and close relationship with Mercury of which I had nothing at all to do with.
You need to get Malcolm TYRRELL and Ian HAWKINS to tell you about The unlimiteds and all the other stuff that went on afterwards.
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World Championships Chasewater 1978- Saturday Night Fever was coming outa the tannoy system and I was running the big Cosworth. Didn’t have a mechanic——— my long time friend and engineer Chas Shooter had gone to work with Tom Percival and Bob Spalding——— left a big hole that never really mended. All the fun went out of racing when Chas left!
I did a couple of races with Mark in 1979, but I knew it was time to quit. Paris ‘79 was my last race ever,
Marks mother read the riot act to us both after the race——- told us never again could we both race together. Told Mark he could have the boat and I walked away. Never ever got my bum in a raceboat again.
Cobbled together a nice compact “SURFACE STERN DRIVE” must confess it does look neat——- surprised Fred K hasn’t come up with this before———— they have something like this in the Far East——— usually a big block V8 in a twenty foot canoe with a tiller and a drive shaft straight off the crank.
Very interesting concept.
One of my long time friends Michael Buerrer is a stunt driver working for Remy Julian who does all the James Bond movies for Cubby Brocolli told me that driving one of those canoes was the hairiest stunt he’s ever pulled.
Show you a piccy over the weekend!
Jackie:
Your new postal service isn't working either. Have not received it yet
RJ
I do have a tracking number somewhere Johnno——— they haven’t sent it back to me, so I live in hope.——— Things ain’t what they used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Postal service is about as reliable as a chocolate fireguard.
This new service was supposed to herald in a new era in postal parcels systems——— looks like it’s just as crappy as the old system .
Give it another week Johnno——— then I’ll start throwing the dollies.
Question at the top begs”Torrigia race catamaran”——- can’t see anything there that even came out of Italy ! Think that was either a Velden or an early Seebold——— yellow boat I think is Jenkins Cougar..Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
The yellow Cougar no 24 is Bill Badsey Evinrude from South Africa.I still have a race program for this event only the fastest 4 boats from each country would Qualify to race in the main event the others could race in the Perno Grand Prix which was a support race.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
I'm still amazed a MCM 1 drive top box could handle that Cosworth, or did it get rebuild every day?
Once Cosworth swopped that stubby Little Merc drive shaft for the little quill shaft, we never had a problem.nor did we ever lose a gearcase.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Duckworth was full of no confidence with the gearcase. We took two of them to Parker, both had pressure gauges with dials in the cockpit, he fighured that would give us a fighting chance to get back to the pits if we experienced a problem. Fact is, due to the fact that the combined might of Cosworth, Mercury and GERRY GILBREATH could not release the gearcase———— we had no choice but to run it for the whole seven hours.
When the gearcase was opened up back home in England, Malcolm TYRRELL declared the item to be as near perfect as it could be, with zero sign of wear.
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]you should have been a good boy, gone to church this morning, eaten all your shredded wheat without complaint, six Hail Marys and four back flips down the isle and for goodness sake———— hide the Todger before noon——— have ya no shame? Bobby V.
My granddaughter Lou and her husband Gary Stray called in to see us tonight for an hour or so.
We talked of big boats and big engines with big people as jockeys, Looks like Stevie Curtis got the sticks and James has the wheel in Miss G.
A lot of exciting stuff going on down in Jupiter———- oh yes, they told me “Little Sh-t” had been in the shop telling them how much he loved me but how I was the rudest SOB that ever raced a boat———— get ye on the naughty step SHUFFLEBUM for spreading misinformation and idle gossip——- then wash your mouth out midget.
That MCM 1 ssm lower had the 3 vertical shafts I thought?Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
That would handle the engine but the top gears...yikes?
Apparently the problem was with the shaft to the top gears, not the gears themselves———- the minute the quill shaft was fitted, there was no longer a problem as All the shock load was dissipated .Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Son Mark, and grandson Craig, have recently opened up WCC, WILSON CUSTOM COMPOSITIONS.
For years there has not been a composite safety cell that met UIM standards (its also a very expensive business) so one of the first tasks is to construct a cell for the all new composite F1 Seebold.
They've also put a safety cell in a Carbon P1 —— and a 32’ Skater.
All the cells are high spec, documented, ( whilst working with the UIM) so as to-get everything right the first time.
I heard tell Reggie and Benny are getting grief in large portions from APBA over the question of the safety cell. They had to put back the launch day
New F1 carbon Seebold leaves the factory this week, it’s on its way to the Paris Composite Exhibition.
Second one is ready February. Was not told who it’s for. Just that there’s a whole lot of knicker wetting going on.
There will PROBABLY be some piccys later On in The week, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.
yes the offshore boats keep killing people coz the safety is a joke, once the boat goes upside down they fall to bits
Not any more Pilgrim————it’s happening, very slowly, but it’s coming!Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
thats a bit weird as that shaft will hold back a big block chev, its quite big.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Must have been some torsional harmonic issue?
hard to crash test a big boat, are they going to do structural analysis on the forces to calculate the loads so they can then build the correct safety?
Deck needs to be as strong as the hull, I just worked out on a napkin over a few beers based lol.
I have noticed the F1 safety cell is stronger than the hull by several factors of magnitude, almost as good as a transom.
How did they get there, structural calculations and crash tests.
Think they work with those little computer gizmos in the shop these days Pilgrim, not a bit of good asking me for chapter and verse on anything more complex than a sack of flour——— I was never more than a bakers boy with ambition and a spattering of common sense.
I can tell you these are not ordinary folk working with a brush and roller using glass fibre the way you and me used to. with a bucketful of resin and a hand full of chopped strand. Names are longer and more scientifical———- Star Wars, thunderbirds and F1 car construction is the realm of the boat designer and constructor these days————- been a while since they had an idea and sketched it on a ciggy packet or the back of a napkin.
Have another grandson who commutes to Florida with his laptop and a series of programmes to try and keep bodies in water safe from harm.
I have to admit the tech in one off high tech racing yachts is pretty cool, I just wish some of if spilled over to powerboating.
Yacht racers can pay a million or so to build one ( depending how big), if it doesnt work they throw it away, even if it does a faster one gets made next year.
The carbon ones have all been pre preg for many for years and cooked in an oven , you might know something about that part.
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Think it’s safe to say some of the carbon pre prep system has found its way into high speed boating. Yachting can never reach the impact speed of the circuit and superboats but I think the F1 car industry is closer to fast boat design and technology. Hodges was working on F1 race car safety pods years before he designed the Boat capsule.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
non flex forms lead to truer lines——— less drag, greater speed, and all the other benefits that come with modern composites———- I would not know where to begin or even to get into superlatives on modern technology .
I just understand my kids are travelling down that particular road in search of something——— I don’t know what———- but their looking..
Could someone PM that last picture to me without any of us getting into trouble? Preferably without the bit of script underneath..
Obliged if you could.
Have them talk to Ted Jones, right there in Stuart. He started making the cells in the late 80's. Knows what works, what does not.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson