unfortunately that will keep happening until the punters realise the deck needs to be as strong as the hull
F1 tunnel boat cell is stronger than anywhere else on the boat.
( ok the hatch is an issue and needs fixing)
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unfortunately that will keep happening until the punters realise the deck needs to be as strong as the hull
F1 tunnel boat cell is stronger than anywhere else on the boat.
( ok the hatch is an issue and needs fixing)
Well..Bobs four engine boat was very heavy. Not sure what it takes to build a big cat like that to hold up for a 170 MPH flipp.
A few weeks before the Key West accident Bob asked me to be his co-pilot in the Key West race.
$10,000 was going to be my part of the cost..
I told Bob no thanks and said "if you flipp that monster you are dead"..
Bob answer was..I have raced that boat so many years Lars and its impossible to flipp it.
Well..Bob I am still going to pass on your offer.
Jeff Tillman and Bob raced many times together and I guess Jeff said yes when Bob asked him to be his co-pilot in Key West 2011..
The first picture is the boat with the four engines at Lake of the Ozarks.
The second picture is me in the cockpit and it was a big cockpit..way to big to be safe.
Third picture is me in Key West long time ago when we was helping Bob a the race. Big Thunder Marine was his marina at Lake of the Ozarks.
Many good memories.." the Kansas bad man" was fun to hang around.
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...6&d=1510234812
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...4&d=1510234771
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...5&d=1510234793
wise man Lasse.
I think a few of the offshore guys should take a look at a current F1 boat ( or unlimited drag boat) and realise in an accident the boat can be trashed but the cell and driver will be ok.
Every video I have seen in the last 10 years killing offshore guys were all survivable had the cockpit not fallen to bits
The safest place at a boat race is standing on the dock watching others..it took me many years to figure that out..
I did twenty years of tunnel boat racing without cockpit and survived .. my instinct told me its time to get out I used up all my luck..
That makes you smarter than me. I stopped because I ran out of money before I ran out of luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
There was also a JPS 2 seater with Johnson V6 power. I think this is from Lago di Como.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...6&d=1510267754
...Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
KEY LARGO, FLA. (WSVN) - One person has been airlifted to the hospital after a boating accident in Monroe County, Wednesday.
http://wsvn.com/news/local/1-airlift...monroe-county/
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...7&d=1510268165
Unusual crash 25 seconds into to video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwyT...;feature=share
...http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...0&d=1510279003Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
BATTLE FOR OMC
Hundreds of Outboard Marine Corp. dealers, gathered in Chicago for the International Marine Trades Exhibit and Conference in September 1997, milled about a ballroom at the Hilton Chicago and Towers wa...
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/19990626/ISSUE01/1000816/battle-for-omc?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...1&d=1510315671
Well..did not help this time, so sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Joe Sgro, Principal of Outerlimits Powerboats, lost his life following a crash during the Miami to Key West Poker Run. Reports indicate Sgro’s 50 foot canopied monohull rolled over at speed, and while the other four occupants of the craft escaped injury, Sgro suffered serious injury. He was airlifted to hospital, but during the journey his condition deteriorated and he passed away in hospital.
http://www.raceboatinternational.com...ker-run-crash/
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...2&d=1510316665
Andy Bullen was very active in F1-V8 racing both in Europe and the USA.
This is his Burgess/CORA/Johnson V8 3.5 liter looper, carb model 12 inch mid section.
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...4&d=1510319677
Another great picture of my #1 OE/F3 class Burgess/AKAI/Evinrude CC from 1981.
This picture is from Chasewater or Nottingham, UK..not sure yet.
Thanks Barry Trindall
http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...6&d=1510322078