Seacraft - Miami to Nassau Races

**lilabner** · 01-08-2005, 09:56 PM

The 21 Sea Craft was pretty fast back then, high 50's light, not much more..there were a lot of women racing, and they were all great looking girls..besides Treasure and Jeanne were Rosemary Young who ran Raveaus (and retired the Helen Martin Memorial Trophy in the Gold Coast, she won it three years in a row.) everybody's sweetheart, and competition, Ellen Click, Barbara Disher, since passed away, Carole Wyckoff was also a mechanic, Helen Campbell bought Rosemary's Raveau, and the ledgendary Jacobys..also Sharon Mims in an inboard hydro called Daisy Mae, and Mona Daily, Duffs mom..we had fun..
I have a lot of newspaper clippings, which don't scan too well, and some photos..we were too busy racing to take pictures..it just didn't seem important at the time..I'll try to scan some stuff and post it, but I don't want to bore anybody with really old OPC stuff..This is all between 59 and 64 in South Fla..that's 40 years folks, most of these guys that post aren't even that old yet..

Butch

**bigshrimpin** · 01-08-2005, 11:25 PM

"I don't want to bore anybody with really old OPC stuff"
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lilabner - I could read about these boats all day long . . . and never get bored.

**Mark75H** · 01-09-2005, 01:34 AM

I'm another one who'd like to see that early OPC stuff ...bring it on!

**SandSled** · 01-09-2005, 12:17 PM

Yep - I'd like to see them too

**Tripps** · 01-09-2005, 07:26 PM

Hey parker,let us know when the party is!!!!!

it would be a blast tripps

**PARKER RABE** · 01-10-2005, 12:40 PM

I Need To Plan One !

**pogden** · 01-10-2005, 01:49 PM

I just want to see the rest of the pic in those two avatars!

Hammer Down Racing
Parker Rabe

Yummie!!!

**fgbiv** · 01-10-2005, 03:43 PM

SeaCraft with Triples

**PARKER RABE** · 01-10-2005, 06:41 PM

pogden ,,,, u should come over one friday night !

**runwhatchabrung** · 01-12-2005, 02:05 PM

Get the book "Searace" by John Crouse. It is awesome and has lots of photos. Great read also.

**T2x** · 01-12-2005, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by lilabner

Iwe were too busy racing to take pictures..it just didn't seem important at the time..I'll try to scan some stuff and post it, but I don't want to bore anybody with really old OPC stuff..This is all between 59 and 64 in South Fla..that's 40 years folks, most of these guys that post aren't even that old yet..

Butch

Too busy to take pictures........ Ain't that the truth?.... All of the "glory days' reduced to fading memories.....and great stories.

In the early 60's we ran the Hudson River Marathons....... I can vividly remember the dock at the Castleton Boat Club (wet and dry pits)..... and the crawdads on the riverbank....... and the sound of the twin in-lines on the Powercats, Glastrons, Allisons and Eltro's.... I've been in everything from Molinari's, to Skaters, to Buzzi's, to Bell Jet Rangers since...... but there seemed to be a lot more magic back in the simple days.

Call me crazy, but I'd rather race in the Miami 9 hour, or the big point to point marathons, than in any event today.

T2x......... feeling very, very old.

**Jeff_G** · 01-12-2005, 04:00 PM

Rich, you ARE old!

**T2x** · 01-12-2005, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff_G

Rich, you ARE old!

Oh........

T2x

**2us70** · 01-17-2005, 03:10 PM

T2x , I was fortunate to have been able to have run in some of those classic races and I must agree with you. Racers today don't get anywhere the racing "seat time" we were so lucky to have gotten back then. Times have changed and todays racers face many more restrictions than we did. Here in South Florida Point to point races were run every year. I personally have raced almost every mile of the ICW from Key Largo to Ft. Pierce with the exception of the portion through downtown Miami. Today the safety nazis and Manatee lovers make boat racing of any kind almost impossable down here.

**T2x** · 01-17-2005, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by 2us70

T2x , I was fortunate to have been able to have run in some of those classic races and I must agree with you. Racers today don't get anywhere the racing "seat time" we were so lucky to have gotten back then. .

Fortunate is the word.........

Old EC prowling the pits......... Sirois, Odell, the Switzers, Kitson, Ron Hill,Culver... guys who could get it on! Every race someone had something new..... and most of it was an improvement!... I remember Dick Schneider at the Orange Bowl Regatta in '65....holding this new odd ball prop he had developed... he called it an "elephant ear"......and would we try it on our twin 17 Glastron?? We could barely plane with it....but it worked!

In those days we advanced the bar from the dark ages in '61....to almost today's technology by '73....12 years from start to finish.... and all on spit, polish ...and duct tape.

We had no safety systems.......unless you call a frayed Gentex jacket and an open faced Bell helmet a "safety system" ..........no fear(brains?)...... and all of us pursued something just out of reach......

We even ran alone out of sight of rescue boats.........

T2x........ proud victim of "boat racer's neck"

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