The really "Old School" boating thread

[Jet Mad]

Thanks Hotboat, a couple of the members here looks familiar, happy to be here.

[Sharp shooter]

Not the easies thing to see even with pictures, but what at first appears to be a V with strakes is really 3 layers from the inside strakes, to the outer chine, all on different angles. Looking at the second picture you can make out the concave between the inner and outer strakes towards the front, but this disappears as it goes back. I think due to the rules regarding concavity a given distance from the transom, or once the chine runs parallel with the water line.
The angles of the bow area get flatter as you go out from the keel. It makes the nose very difficult to stuff. Deeper it gets in the water, the flatter the surface gets.

Its all optical. What looks like simple strakes are actually layers creating strakes and concaves. But you have to view it at the right angle to see it.

Looking at it from this angle, it all looks perfectly normal. Look at it from dead on from the front, and its completely different.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. So the earlier hulls didn't have the varying v angles...?

[Sharp shooter]

'68

[gn7]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. So the earlier hulls didn't have the varying v angles...?

That's the part that has me a little confused. I have never seen a 20ft that early. I know he made some changes at the same time he tooled the 21, but not all that certain what all the changes were. The whole ad makes me go MMMMmmm.
He did come up with some interesting ads.

[Sharp shooter]

That's the part that has me a little confused. I have never seen a 20ft that early. I know he made some changes at the same time he tooled the 21, but not all that certain what all the changes were. The whole ad makes me go MMMMmmm.
He did come up with some interesting ads.

He sure did. lol And he advertised everywhere!

[Sharp shooter]

Kind of ridiculous, but paper dolls were kind of a fad back then. 1966

[Wheeler]

How is Mr. McGowan doing these days, it's been about two years since I saw him last and he was on crutches at that time if my memory is right...

He appears to be well, full of energy and no crutches.
Sammons is trying to get Barry to spend more time in Parker.

[westair]

What was this SK class? looks like it was pretty big back in the 70's ...... a lot of different types of boats running in it.

pic from AZOutlaw

[Sharp shooter]

What was this SK class? looks like it was pretty big back in the 70's ...... a lot of different types of boats running in it.

pic from AZOutlaw

There were a lot of different types of hulls in all the sprint classes back in the early 70's. SK was short for ski (boat) and they were originally limited to 400 inches. They did allow for a little bit bigger engines just before the class disappeared around 1980.

From a Marine Stadium race program 1972


Marine Stadium Program 1975

[GotHalos]

Kind of ridiculous, but paper dolls were kind of a fad back then. 1966

Lol, that's pretty cool.