The really "Old School" boating thread

[Sharp shooter]

[Havasuing]

If you have interest in reading more about Rick Lee's "Hurry Round Hondo" jet boat, there's a first-person account of what it was like by Rick at http://classiccustomboats.com/v-drive-slayer/

[Sharp shooter]

If you have interest in reading more about Rick Lee's "Hurry Round Hondo" jet boat, there's a first-person account of what it was like by Rick at http://classiccustomboats.com/v-drive-slayer/

That was great Bob!!!

[CampbellCarl]

Boat looks oddly familiar.....

Boat was owned by Slowride (Mike) for a number of years. Not alot of flatty jets around. FE powered too! I recall that this restore went back to old HB days and Mike detailed the uncovering of that original gelcoat. Guessing 7-8 years ago. Ford Econoline winking in the lower left corner and I think I remember that Dodge truck as well.

[westair]

Interesting .... I don't know crap about jet boats but didn't think they worked in a flatbottom to well, obviously this one did!

[Sharp shooter]

Interesting .... I don't know crap about jet boats but didn't think they worked in a flatbottom to well, obviously this one did!

That's not a flat bottom. It's a semi V.

[westair]

That's not a flat bottom. It's a semi V.

Ok thanks, I guess I was confused, thought K racing was flat bottom hulls only.

Ok I just read the whole story ..... it didn't look like a flat but figured it must have been.

[gn7]

Ok thanks, I guess I was confused, thought K racing was flat bottom hulls only.

Ok I just read the whole story ..... it didn't look like a flat but figured it must have been.

That's a common misconception. A 20 ft Rayson GN would legal as a K with smaller strakes, and have been run before.

[Sharp shooter]

That's a common misconception. A 20 ft Rayson GN would legal as a K with smaller strakes, and have been run before.

I've never seen it. Doesn't the rule book actually say the boats need to be flat bottoms Bob?

[gn7]

I've never seen it. Doesn't the rule book actually say the boats need to be flat bottoms Bob?

The word "flatbottom" is there, but its ambiguous. There are rules covering bottoms designs, and there are all flat by any means. Sanger ran runner bottoms for years which just called a flat keel boat in the rule book. But it can't be more than a 5/8 runner. In fact there are drawings showing how to measure strakes and the drawings are of V and gullwings.
The strakes are limited to 5/8 and the 20ft Rayson has 3/4 or larger.

The only classes that I know of where the bottom is clearly spelled out as flat and dimensions covering the whole boat, are cracker and Jersey Skiff,

All the others are about chines, keels and strakes.