Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Dave

You are good!!!!


Apparently it was a dud. They are brilliantly quick as radio contoll models, but that doesnt translate to full size.

Spook

Ladies and Gents

What is the name of the hydro race team which built and raced the only unlimited "outrigger hydroplane" ever built, what year was it raced and what was its race number?

Spook

Folks

Who was the owner driver of the hydroplane "Dianne" which was raced in Australia during the fifties and sixties?

Spook

Dave

APBA Gold Cup and it wasnt run in 1960.

Spook

Yeeha, correct.

Spook

The next race day of the IPBC Inc will be held on the 6th of December.

Spook

Folks

The famous hydroplane designer Ted Jones had a job before he got into full time race boat design and construction.

Who did he work for?

Spook

As it appears that no one wants to answer the question.

The answer is that the speed was relayed over the radio, to Donald after his first run as: Plus 47, the team were using 250 MPH as the base speed for the runs and 297 was, in their jargon, plus 47.


Spook

The Speed of 297 mph is correct, but what was the terminology that his crew used to relay that information to him over the radio? The term "tramping" is also known as "sponson walking" when the hydro steps back and forth from one sponson to another as it runs across the top of th...

Doc I was there when Apache Cheif came apart. If I'm not mistaken in the same race a hydro had a peice of the timber from Apache penetrate the bottom of the hull, although I'm not sure of the identity of the hydro. Next trivia question. On the day that Donald Campbell died, what was the speed record...