Hotboats on the Parker Strip 2013 - pics here

[gn7]

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

[Wheeler]

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.

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.

[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.

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.

[HB Vic]

Few more shots of Mixed Emotions.

[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]

Couple of other boats I though were very interesting...

[gn7]

Few more shots of Mixed Emotions.

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

[Wheeler]

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.