Hotboats on the Parker Strip 2013 - pics here

[HB Vic]

Some pics from the weekend. Will post more tomorrow when we get home. Internet here is horrible. Great weekend and wait till you see the hardware :D

[ChumpChange]

Any "in water" shots? :hmmm:

[HB Vic]

Any "in water" shots? :hmmm:

A few. Kinda windy so not many ran. But I will have more tomorrow

[HB Vic]

Few more...

[GotHalos]

Great pictures :thumbup:

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=20879&stc=1&d=1381030999

Nice Sanger!

[hbchgirl]

Beautiful boats!!! 👍

[westair]

Very cool! ....... and yes that Sanger's pretty nice! ..... thanks for the pics Hotboat:thumb:

[HB Vic]

Few more pics. More coming soon.

[GotHalos]

Nice :thumbup:

[Wheeler]

Nice Job Vic! I feel like I was there. :thumb:

[Stainless]

Great photos HB!
Thanks to all of the Hotboat staff covering so many boating events. It means a lot to the custom guys to see their hard work and investment in pictures on here! ;)


Carbon aka Stainless

[NRI]

Great photos HotBoat. I see the Skater is up and running. New Power Plants?

[HB Vic]

Nice Job Vic! I feel like I was there. :thumb:

Lol you have a identical twin??

[ChumpChange]

Few more pics. More coming soon.

That Bandit II is insane. Pic above the Skater. Got engine?

[Wheeler]

Did you get any pix of the inside of this one?

I wonder who the first will be to identify this hull.

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[LB247XS]

Did you get any pix of the inside of this one?

I wonder who the first will be to identify this hull.

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RAYSON CRAFT?

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[HB Vic]

Did you get any pix of the inside of this one?

I wonder who the first will be to identify this hull.

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I think so. More pics coming soon

[270]

Great pics. :thumbup:

[hbchgirl]

Did you get any pix of the inside of this one?

I wonder who the first will be to identify this hull.

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Wow, beautiful boat!!!

[2FORCEFULL]

RAYSON CRAFT?

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i was thinkin miller

[Wheeler]

RAYSON CRAFT?




i was thinkin miller

Here's a hint. :goodluck:21055

[boatnam1]

I bet the guys name is richard in the pic.

[Wheeler]

I bet the guys name is richard in the pic.

Looking at the arms I know it isn't Vi.

[boatnam1]

LOL!!! I know my best buddy told me he went to the river with a guy that had a wood decker with a blown hemi...thinking that is the one.

[Adrift]

21059It's all wood, the inside looks very cool, might have been the first one made, then used as a plug for a mold.
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SFV2RVR's Schiada is absolutely a work of art :thumbup:


Had a great time, we camped at the Den, a lot of "Bench Racing" all weekend, more boats were running Sunday morning as the wind subsided somewhat.

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[Wheeler]

LOL!!! I know my best buddy told me he went to the river with a guy that had a wood decker with a blown hemi...thinking that is the one.

I bet that Harlan will know the boat. :thumb:

[Digger]

Aqua Craft ?

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[gn7]

Here's a hint. :goodluck:


http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21055&d=1381152652
Pretty sure this is a D&H, and the one in the Parker show post is not.
I would say the wood decker at Parker is possibly a Wickens. The deck is very "Rayson like" but the bottom is not.
Best guess, its a Miller that has a very non typical Miller deck.

DEFINITLY NOT A RAYSON CRAFT!!!! There has only been one all wood Rayson EVER made, and that's definitely not it!

I doubt its a plug. WAAAAY too much work just for a plug. Plugs tend to be very crudely made and not at all structural.
Unbelievable beautiful boat though. Just one more reason to say MILLER
http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21059&d=1381160179

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[gn7]

I'm guessing this is Phil Lukins Ford powered flattie.

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21118&d=1381179404

[hbchgirl]

Great pics WMC!

[Wheeler]

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21055&d=1381152652
Pretty sure this is a D&H, and the one in the Parker show post is not.
I would say the wood decker at Parker is possibly a Wickens. The deck is very "Rayson like" but the bottom is not.
Best guess, its a Miller that has a very non typical Miller deck.




The flatty was Ted Phillips D&H ski boat, Satuday was the first time that I've seen one. I talked to the owner and this is what he told me.

The D&H Sled was Ted and Vi's race boat, my dad ran it for a season when Ted decided to go with a hydro. The last time I visited with Ted he did not know where the sled was at.


I'm guessing this is Phil Lukins Ford powered flattie.

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21118&d=1381179404
Yep that's Phil's boat, lost a lifter yesterday and got towed in by the 197 Schiada.

[gn7]

Compare the sides of the Parker boat to the D&H drag flat. The D&H is slab sided, and the Parker boat is anything but slab sided. The bottom of the D&H is very very very unqiue as well. One of the earliest "runner" type bottoms plus a step midship. I have seen a couple D&H in my life, and the boat at Parker IS NOT a D&H.

This is a pic of the sister ship to the Mixed Emotions boat, and by far the most famous of the D&H boats.

http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/albums/foley/foley_woodpecker.jpg

[Wheeler]

Compare the sides of the Parker boat to the D&H drag flat. The D&H is slab sided, and the Parker boat is anything but slab sided. The bottom of the D&H is very very very unqiue as well. One of the earliest "runner" type bottoms plus a step midship. I have seen a couple D&H in my life, and the boat at Parker IS NOT a D&H.

This is a pic of the sister ship to the Mixed Emotions boat, and by far the most famous of the D&H boats.

http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/albums/foley/foley_woodpecker.jpg

I have to agree with you about the "Woodpecker" being more famous, then again I'm biased.

Here are a couple of pix of the Woodpecker. These pix were taken on Birch st. in Hawthorne, next to the Dunaway and Douglas mortuary.

I am not sure if the boat was still red in these pix or if this was right after the new color, green.



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[HB Vic]

Few more shots of Mixed Emotions. 21162 21163 21164

[Wheeler]

Few more shots of Mixed Emotions.


Thanks Vic! maybe the owner will show up here.

I was about to name my boat "Mixed Emotions" now I've seen this boat I'll need a new name. I had named my boat the "Mortician" then had to change it after I found out that Buzz Coats old boat was still in existence and is owned by Spike Morelli.

[HB Vic]

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[gn7]

Few more shots of Mixed Emotions. 21164

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21159&d=1381185841
http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21164&d=1381187272

Come on guys. Look at the back of these two boats and tell me they are the same.
Dead flat cav plate on the parker boat, tunnel/runner with 2 level cav plate assembly on the D&H.
Lines on the D&H that are so hard you could cut yourself on them, compared to the roundness of the parker boat.
Virtually no rear deck on the D&H, and the Parker boat has close 18 inches of rear deck
The D&H has an outboard rudder because it damn near has to, the Parker boat has the rudder under it.



The only thing this boat has with the D&H is the name.

[HB Vic]

I never said they were the same :D

[Wheeler]

Now you compare the lines of this boat (different deck) with the ones from the show, and the ones above of the Woodpecker, and I think you will see the boat at the show is not a D&H. The owner wouldn't be the first person that thinks his boat is something other that what it is.

There isn't a curve anywhere on D&H. It is by far the angular boat ever made. Everything on the boat at the show is a curve.
The boat at parker is BADDAZZ, and I never said that about a D&H. EVER!




Bob, I am not trying to argue with you, all I know is what the owner told me.

The flat at the Pirates this weekend is a flat bottom boat, the Woodpecker and Mixed Emotions were both D&H Sleds or what was referred to as a step style hydro.

The owner claims it to be a '68 D&H flat. I have no reason to not believe him as he was a neighbor of Ted and Vi Phillips and bought this boat from Ted.

[Wheeler]

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21159&d=1381185841
http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21164&d=1381187272

Come on guys. Look at the back of these two boats and tell me they are the same.
Dead flat cav plate on the parker boat, tunnel/runner with 2 level cav plate assembly on the D&H.
Lines on the D&H that are so hard you could cut yourself on them, compared to the roundness of the parker boat.
Virtually no rear deck on the D&H, and the Parker boat has close 18 inches of rear deck
The D&H has an outboard rudder because it damn near has to, the Parker boat has the rudder under it.



The only thing this boat has with the D&H is the name.

Bob, how much do you know about the D&H Sled? I only know of three that were made.


I am not comparing the sled to a flat. The photo of Ted Phillips boat was only used as a hint to the identity of the boat in question.

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[gn7]

Bob, how much do you know about the D&H Sled? I only know of three that were made.


I am not comparing the sled to a flat. The photo of Ted Phillips boat was only used as a hint to the identity of the boat in question.

I only know of the two posted.
I have never seen a D&H that looked anything like the boat at Parker. If it is a D&H, there has to be as few of them than there was the sleds.

Fact that the Parker boat has "In memory of Ted Phillips" on the dash, plus you posting a pic of the drag boat would tend to lead one to think it was the Mixed Emotions D&H drag boat.

[HB Vic]

Found another memory card and more pics, lol. Here ya go.

[HB Vic]

Few more...

[GotHalos]

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21329&stc=1&d=1381288254

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21336&stc=1&d=1381288391

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21349&stc=1&d=1381289230

More great pictures :thumbup:

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[inkedalot]

21404 His wife wanted out first and last ride lol she said, " the boats name should be pure terror" she will watch from the beach from now on she got out and told his mom, "your son is CRAZY" Matt's having so much fun and its brought the family out and together and thats what its all about. Glad your having fun Uncle Matt proud of you.

[Wendi]

21404 His wife wanted out first and last ride lol she said, " the boats name should be pure terror" she will watch from the beach from now on she got out and told his mom, "your son is CRAZY" Matt's having so much fun and its brought the family out and together and thats what its all about. Glad your having fun Uncle Matt proud of you.

Can be scary but Matt is having the time of his life! Glad it has brought the family together!

[DaveE]

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21159&d=1381185841
http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21164&d=1381187272

Come on guys. Look at the back of these two boats and tell me they are the same.
Dead flat cav plate on the parker boat, tunnel/runner with 2 level cav plate assembly on the D&H.
Lines on the D&H that are so hard you could cut yourself on them, compared to the roundness of the parker boat.
Virtually no rear deck on the D&H, and the Parker boat has close 18 inches of rear deck
The D&H has an outboard rudder because it damn near has to, the Parker boat has the rudder under it.



The only thing this boat has with the D&H is the name.

Hi, I know I'm resurrecting a dead thread, but I was thinking about my grandfather the other day and decided to look up the old boat. It's awesome to see how lovingly Richard restored Mixed Emotions (III) and it brings back some really good memories. The ski boat was built by D&H in the late 60's, I'd always thought 69, but I wasn't born yet so the 68 could be accurate. What I do know as fact is that no, of course this isn't the Blown Gas Step that my grandpa (Ted) raced, but I am pretty sure it IS the motor, de-tuned a bit. Mixed Emotions, the original, was the one that looked like Woodpecker up there, there was a 2nd race boat that was a hydro hull also built by D&H, also Mixed Emotions I believe, that ran in the 160's but wasn't competitive by the late 60's when Pop had the boat built. To the very best of my knowledge the ski boat was a one off by D&H. You will have to remember that the angular drag boat from D&H was at least 8 years older of a design than the ski boat as Pop's first NDBA world record was in '61. It's cool to know that people still remember my grand parents and the boats that my Uncle Henry (the H of D&H) built, raced and enjoyed.

[richardkane@att.net]

I know it has been a long time but to clarify things I am the owner of the flat bottom Mixed Emotion I bought it from Ted and personly new him very well this boat was his ski boat named Mixed Emotions not his race boat. Both boats were D and H

[HB Vic]

I know it has been a long time but to clarify things I am the owner of the flat bottom Mixed Emotion I bought it from Ted and personly new him very well this boat was his ski boat named Mixed Emotions not his race boat. Both boats were D and H

Welcome to www.hotboat.com for some reason I didn't realize its been 4-5 years since I started covering this show. I think I missed a year recently, but pretty much been there since day one.

Beautiful boat you have there, and once again welcome!!