Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

The first Stockholm F1-V8 race Saturday night 1983 was the best race ever.

[lars strom]

Roslagsloppet Offshore Race 1970.
The UIM Offshore E class.
E-135 Christer Berglund Speedcraft/Evinrude 60
E-460 Bo Nilsson Hero/Johnson 60

[lars strom]

Nice Evinrude jacket.

Thanks Brad

[lars strom]

A few more pictures of E-460 Bo Nilsson Hero/Johnson 60HP
1970

[Amberjack1234]

Time for a beer..Well it’s a lot easier to spell Stella than Yuengling but no Stella in Jasper, TN


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Made a living selling Saint Pauli girl beer back in the dayWhich is really export Becks We also sold we also sold Tuborg Carlsburg Genessee Rolling Rock Iron city Schaefer beer and assorted other whiskeys Canadian club Drambuie Tia Maria Courvousier and other brands I’m forgetting Cherry Heering now called Peter F. Of course being Irish I’ll like to drink Guinness dark Yuengling black and tan Dragon Stout Red stripe and any other beer that’s on sale. Cheers Lars

[2us70]

I wonder if anyone has the dyno numbers for the 70s 3cyl 49in motors. I raced Mercury 44s and 49s against the OMC motors and I have my suspicions but I would like to see the real thing.

[lars strom]

A quick Google translation (Swedish to English) from my FaceBook post today..


My best friend, navigator and everyone's Hasse Holmén has left us..

This morning November 13 at 08.21 Swedish time, Hasse past away after a period of illness.

I talked to Hasse on Wednesday as we often did and we joked about old memories.

They go back to 1967-68 when we first met..Hasse..he wasa sitting in the back of a Cormorant racing boat with an Evinrude X-115 in Skurusundet.
Still seeing the picture in front of me.

We got to know each other quickly and Hasse became my hero as no one knew more about Evinrude than Hasse.
He helped me get started with my racing and fixed things that only Hasse could.

Hasse was with me on many of my boat racing adventures around the world..even at the most important race of them all..
The big championship race in Lappeenranta, Finland in 1973. It was Hasse and the Norwegian Ingebrittsen who made it possible for me to win over the world elite.

Paris, Milan, London, Amsterdam, Nora and the OMC factory in Bruges, Belguim..the tears flow when you write and think of our Holmen.

This picture is unique..Per Benson fixed it for me.

All the memories of Hasse as a navigator in the Piraya 17 boat from victories to Hasse flying out of the boat in Roslagsloppet Offshore race 1973, so we only got second in the race.


Am sure Hasse is still thinking of us all where he is now.

R.I.P.

[Rotary John]

I wonder if anyone has the dyno numbers for the 70s 3cyl 49in motors. I raced Mercury 44s and 49s against the OMC motors and I have my suspicions but I would like to see the real thing.

Jim Nerstrom could tell you exactly, but I recall 110 HP

[powerabout]

Jim Nerstrom could tell you exactly, but I recall 110 HP

I think he means the stock classes not the F3 race motors?

[2us70]

Yes please. Many years ago there was a company that made a portable water brake dyno for outboards. It went on the prop shaft. I saw one at a Chrysler dealer around here. Wanted one a lot but too pricy for me back then. I just had to keep testing on the boat.

[WaterZebra]

A few more pictures of E-460 Bo Nilsson Hero/Johnson 60HP
1970

Geez! I'm looking at the cross section o this hull's contour and the deadrise is not far off from that of a canoe! Makes the term "chine walking" take on a whole new meaning. Looks like a barrel roll waiting to happen? I've never seen trailer rollers that big before either? Was this a production hull or a one-off prototype?

[lars strom]

@WaterZebra

its a JOFA Stingray made by the same Company making hockey helmets etc.
They sold the Stingray/Hero in Sweden a few years.
The one with the Merc picture won the E class 1970

[lars strom]

@Watermark

Mark Rotharmel's beautifully restored Molinari with Evinrude V6 'CCC' power !

[lars strom]

Canadian Mark Rotharmel in his #15 Burgess/Evinrude V8 1986.

[RogerH]

Morning Lars, Mark sent me the complete article that has this picture included. Let me know if you would like it sent to you. Regards, Roger

Canadian Mark Rotharmel in his #15 Burgess/Evinrude V8 1986