Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

Just wondering if that Castrol Molinari of Bocca's is the one that came apart out from under him, which happened in 1984.

..but let me guess.. This is #15 Alan Nimmo in his Molinari/Castrol/Johnson V8 1983.
Alan purchased Renato's titanium boat from 1982 and raced it 1983.
There was some issues with the glue in this titanium boat and Alan had same water leak problems.
Alan retired after the 1983 F1-V8 season and I did never see this boat race again.
As I said before..plenty of misinformation out there and I am trying hard to get the OMC racing history correct.
Thanks for clicking in here.

[lars strom]

..but let me guess.. This is #15 Alan Nimmo in his Molinari/Castrol/Johnson V8 1983.
Alan purchased Renato's titanium boat from 1982 and raced it 1983.
There was some issues with the glue in this titanium boat and Alan had same water leak problems.
Alan retired after the 1983 F1-V8 season and I did never see this boat race again.
As I said before..plenty of misinformation out there and I am trying hard to get the OMC racing history correct.
Thanks for clicking in here.

This #165 Molinari is the same boat as Alan Nimmo's #15 Castrol boat above..Renato raced the new titanium Molinari/Martini/Evinrude V8 1982. It did have some glue issues for Renato also 1982
The cost to build was astronomical..and Renato went back to more traditional material boats for the 1983 season.
Alan Nimmo a wealthy Scottish dentist purchased Renato's titanium boat and raced it 1983.

[lars strom]

Alan Nimmo was extremely friendly and when I lost my rear boat cowling in the Stockholm GP 1983..my day was over..
First picture.
Well..not..because Alan offered me to use his rear boat cowling from his titanium Molinari..(I think his engine blow up)
I asked the Officer of the day to switch to #15 instead of #8..no time to change number.

The next picture is me with Alan's rear boat cowling..You can clearly see it was way shorter than my Burgess cowling.

[peterse90]

Lars, could you feel any handling difference at all between your original Burgess rear cowling and the shorter borrowed Molinari cowling.

[lars strom]

Lars, could you feel any handling difference at all between your original Burgess rear cowling and the shorter borrowed Molinari cowling.

Great question..first here is a picture of my friends and one OMC technician helping to install the Molinari boat cowling on my Burgess..lots of duct tape was needed..
I was surprised how well it fit..only a bit to short..
We got done just seconds before the next heat start.
If I remember correct the boat felt "a bit nervous" at top speed but not a big issue.
Great memories from my home GP.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Bob Herring also raced an aluminum V8 boat and I read it was very expensive to tool up and build. Sponsored by a potato chip company! O'Gradys I think.

[lars strom]

Bob Herring also raced an aluminum V8 boat and I read it was very expensive to tool up and build. Sponsored by a potato chip company! O'Gradys I think.

Here he is..in his aluminum F1-V8 boat in Minneapolis 1984.

[WaterZebra]

Bob Herring also raced an aluminum V8 boat and I read it was very expensive to tool up and build. Sponsored by a potato chip company! O'Gradys I think.

I wonder what happened to these aluminum wonder boats? One thing for sure, metal scrap prices being what they are, the hulls were not burned like wooden versions?
They were built during "pre capsule" era..........Molinari was lucky enough to recover some of his costs by selling his hull. I have no idea what happened to Hering's boat?

[lars strom]

I wonder what happened to these aluminum wonder boats? One thing for sure, metal scrap prices being what they are, the hulls were not burned like wooden versions?
They were built during "pre capsule" era..........Molinari was lucky enough to recover some of his costs by selling his hull. I have no idea what happened to Hering's boat?

I don't think Hering's metal boat was a winner 1984 like his wooden Molinari was 1983.
I have one more picture of the #45 metal boat from 1984..coming next.
PS..not sure but Hering's metal boat was probably not titanium as Renato's was.

[lars strom]

I guess Bob Hering's #45 O'Grady's Chips sponsored boat was only "part aluminium" when you read the Powerboat Magazine report.

[lars strom]

Very Cool..Paris 6 Hours 1974. The two OMC Rotaries.
Thanks Fast on Water. @Rotary John

https://svera.se/blogg/paris-6-hours...our-race-1974/

[WaterZebra]

Very Cool..Paris 6 Hours 1974. The two OMC Rotaries.
Thanks Fast on Water. @Rotary John

https://svera.se/blogg/paris-6-hours...our-race-1974/

Wow! I never knew the rotary found its way onto a picklefork? Thought their races were always on shovel noses!

[lars strom]

Wow! I never knew the rotary found its way onto a picklefork? Thought their races were always on shovel noses!

Here is a few pictures from Paris 6 hours 1974..one is from a Swedish news paper..Pretty clear to me the 02 and 03 ScottiCraft's are pickle forks..

[lars strom]

Color pictures of the 02 ScottiCraft after the crash with the concrete turning buoy.

[lars strom]

Not sure when and where but this #35 ScottiCraft/Evinrude Rotary Barry Woods is driving is clearly a pickle fork.