Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

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...poor guy out on the course...still can't find his ball...

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One for the historians ———-Paris pits —- Ten minutes before the gun —-time was 9–50 am Sunday morning. OCTOBER ??—????[/QUOTE

Couple of nice Albatross Continentals.

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[jackiewilson]

Winning boat that year was the last 100 hp mercury. Boat was the NEW 16‘ LEVI designed —— SOUTER built, cold moulded ply of John MERRYFIELD and LEN MELLY.
These boats dominated the scene until the tunnel boats came along.
first real tunnels in England were —- first TORRIGIA—- second SCHULTZE——-third MOLINARI.
Although John MERRYFIELD did run a PROUT CATAMARAN with a pair of 35 up Mercs on the back in the early sixties at the BOATBUILDERS TRIALS in the early sixties [‚61 i think]. Unfortunately the UIM and RYA did not have a class to run them in—— nobody thought of using the hydro, O series until later.

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Winning boat that year was the last 100 hp mercury. Boat was the NEW 16‘ LEVI designed —— SOUTER built, cold moulded ply of John MERRYFIELD and LEN MELLY.
These boats dominated the scene until the tunnel boats came along.

Question Jackie - Was Adrian Baily racing then and did you known him well? Adrian moved to Canada at some point and I met him in Peterborough, 1971 or '72. He could certainly drive his Levi .. and being so narrow, that hull didn't look easy easy!

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Question Jackie - Was Adrian Baily racing then and did you known him well? Adrian moved to Canada at some point and I met him in Peterborough, 1971 or '72. He could certainly drive his Levi .. and being so narrow, that hull didn't look easy easy!

After Adrian Baily somehow Reg Hillman ended up with the Levi but I don't think Reg ever did anything with it. With my help Dave Lovell bought it from Reg and again Dave had plans but never ran it. My friend Ian Crisp bought it from Dave Lovell, put an in-line 150 on it and had fun with it on Lake Simcoe. Not sure if you remember but Ian Crisp took it to Penetang in 1979. Ian drove heat #1 and I drove heat #2. Not sure anyone watched the first few FJ boats because everyone was watching and being fully entertained by Ian and myself trying to control the Levi - a wild ride and way too much fun to be legal !!!

[jackiewilson]

Question Jackie - Was Adrian Baily racing then and did you known him well? Adrian moved to Canada at some point and I met him in Peterborough, 1971 or '72. He could certainly drive his Levi .. and being so narrow, that hull didn't look easy easy!

Knew Adrian quite well, though not as well as his brother JULIAN. They shared a Levi 16 PHAEDRA. PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY CHRIS KINGSBURY —- Think they both emigrated to Canada—- Bill and Margaret Benson followed them .
I bought PHAEDRA —— RAN IT IN THE LONDON RACE——— sold DON ROSS the MOLINARI. He won, I finished nowhere .

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Did this concept quite a few years back—packed it, plus a dozen others in a tin trunk and forgot about them. Brought them all to light in the recent move .
RIVA is just a thought on what sort of a boat they might have turned out , had they ever gone offshore. ?????
Michelob came to light —- another long forgotten concept—— along with TOM GENTRYS AMERICAN EAGLE TRANS-ATLANTIC .
DAMN, BUT I HAVE A SHED -LOAD OF STUFF TO MOVE IF IM EVER GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING ELSE !

[jackiewilson]

If i ever open up a kids playground or a fairground ride —- i have enough damn rollers to start my own track or merry-g0-round .
I COULD A BEEN A PROMOTOR !!!!!!!!!!!

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Sam made the mistake of thinking she could tidy me up a tad ——hauled me off to the GOODWOOD PRO SHOPS CLEARANCE SALE———-MISTAKE, —. As my sainted mother used to say——you can’t make a silk purse !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[jackiewilson]

summers here at last !!!!!

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...the usual suspects...