Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[Rotary John]

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Was one of the many RUDE V9 concepts —- used as paperweights on many an old boat racers desk.

Jackie: Remove the angle bracket; it makes it look cheap and attach the skeg directly to the top of the ball. Do it, take some more picture and I might have a customer.

[jackiewilson]

Jackie: Remove the angle bracket; it makes it look cheap and attach the skeg directly to the top of the ball. Do it, take some more picture and I might have a customer.

Do have some props coming Johnno—- cant use the Skeg, so i could ue the propshaft using a half tidy prop fixing.

[jackiewilson]

Try not to do any lifting above paper bag . If i do that , i get Back ache for a week, so i was surprised at myself for wanting to do mods and improvements to the centre worktop. Put a shelf 9 inches under the top, to house the six power tools i have permanently wired in.
Problem was —i kept tripping over the wires — then the wires would tangle — i would get cross and start throwing the dollies , or in this case the power tools.
i spent the whole of Sunday morning fixing the problem- made the shelf out of 4mm aircraft alloy that i picked up at the scrapyard / size is about six foot by three foot / weighs in at around fifteen pounds .
couldn’t find any angle iron , but i did have some two inch box section In aluminium. Cut it across corners and i had me some angle . With all the boring and measurements—- bending and stretching , come lunchtime i was knackered .
went out to lunch with all my friends that weren’t invited to the birthday bash. Held it at 47 MUSSEL ROW in littlehampton. Excellent meal — me myself had pan seared scallops , followed by sea bass fillets . Excellent choice , went down well with a bottle of SANCERRE .
Never did go back into the shop. Today i have a sore throat and a hoarse voice — dosed up with aspirin and cough drops. Might just stay in bed a while . Could do a LASSE and post dozens of pictures about nothing in particular — should go with the stuff i scribe to.

[jackiewilson]

HEY GRINGO—DONT A MESS A WITH A DA BOAT!!!!!! Back in the day when winning meant everything. Took me a long while before i learned different , and there was a life outside boating.

[jackiewilson]

Me and my boy Mark—- he recently reminded i had clipped him round the ear . He started blabbering —told him if he stopped i would take him for a ride in the YELLOW PERIL. I had just seen his mum heading towards us..

[jackiewilson]

Testing the P1 with Craig. Failed to scare the crap out of me [least , thats was what i told him].

[jackiewilson]

Me and my boy today——- Told you i would do a Lasse —- you ain’t seen nothing yet !!!!!!

[jackiewilson]

me and lou and a boy named gary [ratbag].

[jackiewilson]

Best crewman i ever had —- at 16 years old, he was like a ferret balancing the boat -GRAHAM BURTON. His dad was a great boat racer too UNCLE DEN BURTON.
We did win a shed load of trophies in that boats MR KEIKHEAFER 1V. Was built by John MERRYFIELD [ [PROBABLY By RON WALBOLD] and owned by ARTHUR BROWN .
was in the days when crews got very little mention .

[STEVERINO]

Best crewman i ever had —- at 16 years old, he was like a ferret balancing the boat -GRAHAM BURTON. His dad was a great boat racer too UNCLE DEN BURTON.
We did win a shed load of trophies in that boats MR KEIKHEAFER 1V. Was built by John MERRYFIELD [ [PROBABLY By RON WALBOLD] and owned by ARTHUR BROWN .
was in the days when crews got very little mention .

The last time i saw Graham Burton was Fairford 1969 he was driving his dads boat a green 17ft Scultz cat with a 125 hp Mercury his friend Colli Coulson who you new well had been to the Rabadanse race to see Roy Ridgell he wanted to trick up Deny Burtons engine for Graham to race at Fairford. but Bob Spalding was also there with the little Schulze Bob Cat with a 1000sbp Mercury well that led to a ding dong battle between these two drivers and Bob Spalding eventually came out on top and won the race but he did have the smaller lighter boat but it was a good race to watch i never saw that boat again after that race or Graham Burton.

[FUJIMO]

...Could do a LASSE and post dozens of pictures about nothing in particular — should go with the stuff i scribe to.

...lol...be kind now...its just his nature. we do enjoy your "new" photos jack...keep em coming......

[lars strom]

... Could do a LASSE and post dozens of pictures about nothing in particular.

I love it..Thanks for promoting the most popular thread at S&F..

[FUJIMO]

...think we all went through a stage like this. first mustache i grew that my dad saw me with, he said..."you look like a cop"......

[jackiewilson]

The last time i saw Graham Burton was Fairford 1969 he was driving his dads boat a green 17ft Scultz cat with a 125 hp Mercury his friend Colli Coulson who you new well had been to the Rabadanse race to see Roy Ridgell he wanted to trick up Deny Burtons engine for Graham to race at Fairford. but Bob Spalding was also there with the little Schulze Bob Cat with a 1000sbp Mercury well that led to a ding dong battle between these two drivers and Bob Spalding eventually came out on top and won the race but he did have the smaller lighter boat but it was a good race to watch i never saw that boat again after that race or Graham Burton.

Denny Burton was a Lovely man — had a wife Joy and three boys , graham was oldest and did eventually race the 18‘ Scultze —— Bobs boat was the little BOBCAT i sold him including the 1000BP which was really quick . He had Flipped it at Carr Mill previously .
Collie Coulson was a hard man— a car dealer out of St Johns road Hove . Was tight as a ducks arse . Could drive the snot off the Levi 16 but again - was another who just could not get to grips with the tunnels.
Denny — his wife Joy and two of his sons all died long before their time .

[jackiewilson]

...think we all went through a stage like this. first mustache i grew that my dad saw me with, he said..."you look like a cop"......

Was damned good for filtering tea !!!!!!