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December of 1973, Elmer Carl Kiekhaefer @ Kiekhaefer AeroMarine Motors, Inc., designed & patented, an outboard transom mounted water-jet drive, driven via an inboard mounted engine... Patent published & recieved March of 1976.https://patentimages.storage.googlea...S3943876-1.png
whats up with the (behind the cowl thing) on Bill's boat pic #6181??
It was an experimental tuned exhaust.Quote:
Originally Posted by mn808gade
[QUOTE=Mark75H;2948647]It was an experimental tuned exhaust.
No if I remember right - the exhaust had to be below the waterline for noise reduction at some races across the pond - so that "pipe" fed the exhaust back into the driveshaft housing and then exited below the so called "cavitation plate".
Fugi, you got a decent picture of Ron Hills twin rude powered Jones he raced in Havasu (Please).
Jackie, the photo(s) of Ron's Jones is on Boat Racing Facts...
Forgot my password for Boat Racing Fact site a couple of years ago and it's such a frig to go through the rigmarole of retrying that I gave up in the end!Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
Bob V sent me the one blurred piccie------had hoped to find a better one----now I'm not saying your biased but ?????
Do you go as far back as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton-----cos I do.
Don't have Hill's, but if you just need a 20' Jones for concept this shot of Joe Habay may work .....Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Thanks Bill, that boat is just a Jones 20' tunnel . Ron Hills boat had cutaway sponsons and as I remember it a middle pickle! But memory,s shot anyway so maybe it was all in the imagination!J.Quote:
Originally Posted by willabee
I don't recall there being anything unusual about Hill's Jones. It was a 20'er and like all 20'ers, it wanted to bite you if you dared push it past 105 mph. I recall that Hill agreed with that assessment. The Jones that Cooper won a couple of races with was an 18'er and didn't have that desire to go flying.
when did they start putting the engines behind the hulls rather then in the tunnel?
Was it faster?
Thats a great question.....I'd also like to hear how and why that changed over time? Thanks GaryQuote:
Originally Posted by powerabout