Pacific One Hull Design
POHD was another class that was similar to crackers but with sponsons
Crackerbox hull developed and raced with the POHD
POHD faded out and crackerbox class came about. Crackerboxs had the "P" designation from that beginning.
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Pacific One Hull Design
POHD was another class that was similar to crackers but with sponsons
Crackerbox hull developed and raced with the POHD
POHD faded out and crackerbox class came about. Crackerboxs had the "P" designation from that beginning.
How did the Enduro work out this past weekend? I know a few people were thinking it would be a failure, haven't seen or read any info about the success or non success.
This is a inresting thread,
I got my number from the boat my dad was crew cheif on, I was about 15 and went to almost all of the races, one of the best times in my life
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When the Faulkners bust out PS70 at Burley and stuff Ty in the seat, theres not much out that can run with it. And its by no means a full tilt Pfaff 500 incher. It has just enough to keep everybody else behind it. But you are very correct Jerry. If a top SS team built a full tilt 500 inch PS boat, no SS could run with it.
SS started out as a starter class for inboard flat bottom, with SK and later PC(pro comp) being the upper more expensive classes. SK fell away, PC changed to PS and SS started becoming extremely popular. A unbelievably GREAT racer named Lance Faulkner put a lot of effort into making the SS the premier flat bottom class, raising a lot of sponsorship money and attracting the best of the best to compete in the class. After we lost Lance the class slip a little. Dave Rankin has pickup the banton and kept the class alive. Its made a big come back in the past couple years with some top boats running very well, Buckles/Devine 36, Smith/fitzgerald24, Bloomfield55 Too Tall Charlie and some others. The field is STACKED today. :action-smiley-035:
I am impressed Andrew!!! :yourock:
According to an article written by Culp that I gave to Amy, a worker at Joe Mandella's worked out the design as a cheap easy to build hull design the average guy could build in his garage. Like you said, somebody said it looked like a crackerbox and the name stuck. Never seen a 1940s crackerbox to know what one looked like.
Thanks for the reminder about KM. For some reason I always forget about that designation.
Your entered right?? You best buddy is the race director:biggrin:
Need to make a correction on the rules I posted earlier. A couple years ago while I was asleep at the wheel, they raised the minimum weights of the flat classes.
SS and PS are now 1850 with driver. K is 2250 with dirver. the 21 ft hull in K is 2400 with driver. Sorry about that.:oops:
Very educating thread thusfar. Love hearing you racers talk about your classes and experiences! ;)