Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

..One thing I have noticed in all of the OMC racing threads is that OMC participated using a modest profile (no graphics) on the hulls, not like Mercury did (no "team" stuff). Only time OMC actually touted their racing was in their annual sales catalogs.

Not sure where you are looking..
First picture is me 1975..Team Evinrude..the second picture is Cees Van Der Velden 1975..Team Johnson/Johnson Stinger GP V6.

[STEVERINO]

Was Scotti the only builder who experimented with air slots?

.No Fred Miles built a tunnel boat with slots he copied Scotty but found it had no advantage the slots were there to reduce lift.

[WaterZebra]

The earlier Stinger, Stinger GP and Starflite SS, Super Strangler was 15 inch+..more like 16. (Never 20)

This is the Scotti-Craft painted and in Paris 1973. Scotti standing onboard.

Barry Woods was the US distributor for Scotti-Craft.

It must be me? The photo of the ON boat with V6 makes that 15 inch mid look tall..........

[WaterZebra]

Not sure where you are looking..
First picture is me 1975..Team Evinrude..the second picture is Cees Van Der Velden 1975..Team Johnson/Johnson Stinger GP V6.

Team Johnson..........Team Evinrude........yeah I get it. Show me something that had "OMC" on it?

[WaterZebra]

I don't ever recall seeing a Scotti running with Merc power? Woods and Hering had said good bye to the Merc camp and if Barry was the USA portal for Scotti, chances are none were sold intended for Merc power.

[lars strom]

Team Johnson..........Team Evinrude........yeah I get it. Show me something that had "OMC" on it?

Hmm..No..OMC was never promoted in boat racing..same with Brunswick..was never on any Mercury race boats..!!

[lars strom]

I don't ever recall seeing a Scotti running with Merc power? Woods and Hering had said good bye to the Merc camp and if Barry was the USA portal for Scotti, chances are none were sold intended for Merc power.

Well you are way off in the time frame..Scotti dead 1974..Hering left Mercury late 1976.
The last new Scotti-Craft was the one he crashed in Paris 1974..
I have picture of Scotti's crash and you can clearly see Scotti on the concrete wall in Paris.
Very sad picture I am keeping to my self.
I cant remember any Scotti-Craft boats powered by anything else than Evinrude/Johnson.

[lars strom]

More unique and interesting stuff from Paris 6 hours 1976..
Mercury's top driver Bob Hering left Merc for OMC just before the race.
Bob Hering teamed up with Tom Posey and drove the #88 ON Class Johnson RS V6 2 liter/ Molinari in the famous race.
Well..a hole in the boat ended the race early.

@WaterZebra

[lars strom]

Team Johnson..........Team Evinrude........yeah I get it. Show me something that had "OMC" on it?

As I wrote..OMC was never promoted in boat racing..but I got plenty of support/money from the Swedish Evinrude distributor Huzells and you can clearly see Huzells next to my race #1.

[lars strom]

.No Fred Miles built a tunnel boat with slots he copied Scotty but found it had no advantage the slots were there to reduce lift.

Thanks Steverino..is it correct that David Burgess worked/built Miles Master before he stared his own boat building business..??

[STEVERINO]

Thanks Steverino..is it correct that David Burgess worked/built Miles Master before he stared his own boat building business..??

I first met Dave Burgess in 1969 at Bill Shakepeares boatyard i went to order a new racing boat Bill was away so Dave Burgess took me round Bills workshop he was working on the last wooden cat Bill built.In 1970 Fred Mlles had a motorcycle business and a marine business and asked Dave Burgess if he would work for him building raceboats so in 1970 Dave went to work for Fred Miles around 1974/1975 Dave bought the boatbuilding business off Fred and became burgess boats.

[lars strom]

I first met Dave Burgess in 1969 at Bill Shakepeares boatyard i went to order a new racing boat Bill was away so Dave Burgess took me round Bills workshop he was working on the last wooden cat Bill built.In 1970 Fred Mlles had a motorcycle business and a marine business and asked Dave Burgess if he would work for him building raceboats so in 1970 Dave went to work for Fred Miles around 1974/1975 Dave bought the boatbuilding business off Fred and became burgess boats.

Thanks Steverino great info.

[lars strom]

More OMC F1-V8 engine/power head parts are coming soon..!!

[powerabout]

More OMC F1-V8 engine/power head parts are coming soon..!!

A but different yet the overall height of the OMC short F1 engine is about the same as the Merc F1

[lars strom]

Very nice..wish it was mine.