Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 07-24-2021, 03:18 PM

Life is good at the lake..

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**sharpeye Mike** · 07-25-2021, 07:11 AM

Life is good anywhere on the water..... Well unless you are broken down somewhere. LOL

**powerabout** · 07-25-2021, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by sharpeye Mike

Life is good anywhere on the water..... Well unless you are broken down somewhere. LOL

then its down to the size of the esky

**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 11:36 AM

Flottan is a division of the Swedish Navy.

This is a custom built Smuggler 28 powered by 2 X OMC Sea Drive V6.
Yes..its a canon installed on the deck of the bow.
This was built and rigged by a friend of mine: Kacke Gustavsson.

**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 02:13 PM

Bob Spalding in Stockholm 1983
The F1-V8 GP pit & not sure who the girl is..??

**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 03:17 PM

Alan Langdon (67) SE class Clerici/Johnson 75HP, clearly enjoying the ride at Bristol Docks 1975.

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**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

The 1984 B & H /Gold Racing ...

I am not sure how Cees Van Der Velden did it..but he took over the Benson & Hedges/Gold racing sponsorship 1984.
He started a three boat team and Luigi Valdano, Italy was dropped as a team member/driver and replaced by Arthur Mostert
Lots of promotion money was spent and a very impressive F1-V8 race team.
Cees was in charge..the team owner, number one team driver..he also used his race # 1.
All boats was built by Velden Racing.
Cees was a very charming person and great with the media..(especially the female media)..

More is coming soon..!!

The team owner himself above

Old style "Go Pro" camera.

#1 Cees in Stockholm GP 1984.

#3 Francois Salabert in Liege 1984.

#1 Cees Van Der Velden in Liege, 1984

Did find this on today..Holland GP 1984. Cees Van Der Velden's home race.

**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 05:33 PM

Will a Limited Edition V8 cowl work on a 20hp Johnson? asking for a friend

**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 06:05 PM

Early 1988 I purchased the 38 Larry Smith Scarab powered by 3 X OMC V8 /Evolution Marine Phase IV 450HP engines for a customer in Finland. Very fast, but hard to handle boat.

This boat was used in the Stockholm/Sandhamn to Helsinki, Finland Offshore race later same year.

**lars strom** · 07-25-2021, 07:46 PM

This picture is from Evergreens Cove yesterday.
I am not a big fan of getting in to the lake but happens every other year..

**powerabout** · 07-25-2021, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Early 1988 I purchased the 38 Larry Smith Scarab powered by 3 X OMC V8 /Evolution Marine Phase IV 450HP engines for a customer in Finland. Very fast, but hard to handle boat.

This boat was used in the Stockholm/Sandhamn to Helsinki, Finland Offshore race later same year.

Tell us more about this boat and how it ran.

**lars strom** · 07-26-2021, 10:49 AM

"Stora Lee - Foxen Loppet" Sweden 1967/68 was a popular boat race back the.

Evinrude X-115 & Johnson GT-115.

PS..One of very few Swedish boat races I did not race.

**lars strom** · 07-27-2021, 09:06 AM

Here is an Evinrude watch from the mid seventies.
Thanks Scott Kunke

**lars strom** · 07-27-2021, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Early 1988 I purchased the 38 Larry Smith Scarab powered by 3 X OMC V8 /Evolution Marine Phase IV 450HP engines for a customer in Finland. Very fast, but hard to handle boat.

This boat was used in the Stockholm/Sandhamn to Helsinki, Finland Offshore race later same year.

This boat was more or less brand new. Very nicely built. The owner was a Texas Lawyer and I met up with him early 1988 during an Offshore race in South Florida. The boat was the Pace boat for the race.
I talked to Marvin Gatrett at Evolution Marine in Louisiana and he told me the engines was the very best with finger ports like the pure racing V8.
We agreed about a price for the boat including the trailer.
My friend Patrick Rinne in Finland was very happy and asked me to make sure everything was working correct at the run later in North Miami.
I dont remember who was with me at the test run..maybe Marvin Gatrett..but the boat was very fast..dont remember the speed but around 100MPH..and wobbling pretty bad wide open..You really needed to use all your racing skills to drive this boat.
Everything was now ready to close the deal when the Texas Lawyer called again..
He now wanted $10,000.00 more..if not the boat was not for sale...!!
WOW..I called Patrick Rinne in Finland again and told him the news..
I cant write what he said...but he wanted the boat bad and was ready to send the extra money.

The first picture is from USA and the second during the race Stockholm/Sweden - Helsinki/Finland.

**lars strom** · 07-29-2021, 09:58 AM

The UIM F3 race in Martinique late 1987 was a "big deal" for OMC..
The rest of the story here..
https://svera.se/blogg/the-omc-fr-31m-f3-race-engine-1988/