Hot Singles ! - Pictures

[jackie wilson]

Today they'll tell you that they are running over 100..and you will still walk past them at 62....

Just goes to prove, 'THE BIGGEST LIARS TODAY, AND YESTERDAY, AND TOMORROW, ALWAYS WERE ,AND ALWAYS WILL BE----- BOAT RACERS'!!!!!!
We leave fighter pilots and fishermen a long way back. Eat your hearts out all you "Wannabees".

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Well, I had lots of chances to lie but rarely did. I came home from a race in Florida one time with a 3rd place trophy. First thing my dad ask me was 'how many boats in the race?' Now I could have easily said 6, 8 or 10. But, I told it like it was.......3.

[Sidney073]

I came home one time with a 3rd place trophy in a race, Lawnmower - not boat (we never lie!), the trophy guy printed the label with the racers name on it. When I got home my wifes questions were: 1) How did you do? I showed her the trophy. 2) Ha Ha When did you order this? I told her they printed the label at the event. 3) How many were in the race? 11 or 12, I didn't count! Now --- Omission isn't actually lying --- there were ONLY 3 racers left running at the Checkered!

[shadowcat]

Jackie- I think that is a little HARSH!- ask a fisherman how big a fish he caught !!!!!!!!!!

[jackie wilson]

Jackie- I think that is a little HARSH!- ask a fisherman how big a fish he caught !!!!!!!!!!

OK. Point taken--------but percentage wise ----i still think the boating boys have it.

Never heard of a 62MPH fish yet----let's ask a fisher boy.

[jackie wilson]

Hey WILLA, your 'Hot Singles ' really turned to s-it didn't it.???

[willabee]

Hey WILLA, your 'Hot Singles ' really turned to s-it didn't it.???

...... who is this that appears to be fishin' for a big problem?

[intimidatorboats]

whitton

[STEVERINO]

Hey WILLA, your 'Hot Singles ' really turned to s-it didn't it.???

Hi Jackie let me take your memory back a few years 38YRS this next weekend to the Amsterdam 3hr race 1974 Mercury sent most of their top US drivers and some european drivers too the US drivers all had new T3 engines and new Molinari boats the first with Dyhedral tunnels` seams like yesterday i had a new son 3 days old` he was 38 yesterday i think this may have been the first year they moved the race from the river Amstel to the Docks i remember it well boy was it ever rough water.I remember OMC sending Paul Kalb from the US to take over from Jim Wagner as head of OMC factory racing in Brugge it was his first time at a european race most of the new Mercury Powered boats were wrecked but i do think a Mercury engine won` and before the end of the race GG had Molinari on a plane heading home to Italy he had 6 weeks to build some more boats for the Paris 6hr race.SP

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Hmmm, I seem to remember this race, maybe it was 1975 when Alf Bullen won with a Burgess/Johnson. Same race that James Beard ran the "reverse tunnel" or Mod-VP or whatever that thing was. Kinda looked like a Quartermaster.

[Old fiberglass]

I have a question and this might be slightly off topic.....but I figured Willabee and others here might know the answer. Question is about the engine cover in the pictures was it something Mercury supported racers used or was it sold by dealers. The front emblem says Twister in blue lettering. I have never seen one before. Any ideas or thoughts ??

[jackie wilson]

Hmmm, I seem to remember this race, maybe it was 1975 when Alf Bullen won with a Burgess/Johnson. Same race that James Beard ran the "reverse tunnel" or Mod-VP or whatever that thing was. Kinda looked like a Quartermaster.

Can't for the life of me remember if Alfie EVER won a circuit race anywhere--------He was 'Huger' then, than Bentz is now !!!!!!! somewhere between 2 and 3 hundred pounds.
He was more into offshore than closed circuit.
Hell of a character, and was a much loved gentle villain.
Wonder if the MOD VP referred to is the old submarine 'HUMMING BIRD' ???

[peterse90]

Wonder if the MOD VP referred to is the old submarine 'HUMMING BIRD' ???

Is this the 'HUMMING BIRD' you are referring to ?

[STEVERINO]

Can't for the life of me remember if Alfie EVER won a circuit race anywhere--------He was 'Huger' then, than Bentz is now !!!!!!! somewhere between 2 and 3 hundred pounds.
He was more into offshore than closed circuit.
Hell of a character, and was a much loved gentle villain.
Wonder if the MOD VP referred to is the old submarine 'HUMMING BIRD' ???

Please let me refresh your memory here Jackie`take a seat for a few moments rest your feet` like you said Alf Bullen was a character his nickname Wicked Alf he even named a raceboat after himself he resided in Dulwhich eats London had friends from the London underworld.He could be most charming and loved racing boats like you said Offshore raceboats at first he started racing Mercury powered circuit boats in 1968 a good friend of mine and teamate at OMC we raced a Molinari together in Paris 1977 he did win the Amsterdam 3hr race in 1976 with the same Burgess boat that you and Alfi entered in the Paris 6hr race in 1978. I know the Engine Blew and you never had the chance to drive that boat .I did drive that boat and got a good result in holland with it and finished 2nd to Molinari in a new 16ft sprint boat so it was a capable outfit maybe it could have won with you and Alfi driving in Paris?Now there`s a good discusion in there somewhere.Just 1 question in 1969 Mercury had at least 14 of their latest race engines in the UK how come in 1970 they had only 2

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Yep the Humming Bird...that is the boat. Anyone know how far back and how deep that center pod section was that the driver is sitting in? They were trying to get a handle on blow overs but in rough water it did just the opposite.

I would think it would not corner well if it was like a Mod-VP. Thinking that it ran on two points down the straight like a tunnel.