Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

You know what guys, Im so glad I was born a simple sort of soul.
im one of those that doesn’t have to look up utube to know what to do with a morning hard on, it always kinda came natural. Never once has it occurred to me to compare it to “TORQUE” REVOLUTIONS or “ HORSEPOWER” . Should any of you ever have problems in that direction, give me a call and I’ll help you all i can.
On reflection, every boat racer I ever knew was legendary in the “Hardon” versus “Torque” debate, examples are , (not in any particular order of merit) Garbrecht— Pruett— Spalding— Percival— Fountain—-. In fact I’m trying very hard to come up with a single boat racer that ever had a problem. In the Torque/Revs/ Horsepower/ Hardon situation? I can’t think any of them ever had a problem!

On a more sombre note, I know a lot of drivers stateside know Andy Elliott , he has been running power boats since he was ten years old and was always a hard charger. Came up through the classes and finished as runner up to John Hill in his first year in Formula one.
Understand he is on a life support machine and a tough decision has to be made in the next few days. Sometimes Life is hard and unjust. This is one of those times.

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Only old farts will remember this Mercury ad. You have to admit, Mercury had OMC beat in the advertising department too, every time.

...cool ad...couldn't agree with you more jack...https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...1&d=1597746699

Butler was right up there with Joe Swift for a while.

...butler? ...never heard of him...:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...butler? ...never heard of him...:rolleyes:

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Then you must be deaf as a post FUJI !!

Me thinks you need to repost the ROTARY Cosworth. The old fart is getting grumpy again.

...what? the Rotary Jack Cat?...Best damn driver OMC had...;)https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...8&d=1597621426

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...what? the Rotary Jack Cat?...Best damn driver OMC had...;)https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...8&d=1597621426

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The. Old adage i cant believe my eyes comes to mind !

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Even in 1979 i was still shooting my mouth off .
Sorry about the print, but its not all my fault. It was printed over a picture which doesnt always show up clearly.

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Lets try again , this is from the june 1979 issue of Powerboat and Waterskiing magazine
Baverstock was editor and Ros Knott was advertising manager/
In 1972 Baverstock and i set off for havasu or Parker , i forget which, we were supposed to cover OMC’S world record attempt .
We made it as far as Highland and spent the week there, Baverstock decided it was far more exciting there in highland than either Needles or Havasu. I had to agree.

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Hot news in June 1979 was Velden leaving Mercury and joining up with Garbrecht and OMC.