Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Fast Boats on Sunday sold Cars on Monday ?

When Ads were classy.

The Article about the number of Races listed for the Season is interesting. There were a lot of dates that were applied for , some would be cancelled due to water availability later in the Season and some dates applied to Kilo Runs only. Clubs were able to run on the same dates , however they seldom...

Some interesting comments from the early 1970 period in this news letter “Proprider” is the registered name of the Victorian Speed Boat Club monthly magazine. EDITOR/SEC: Raymond W. Loon Commodore: Keith Jenkinson ************************ COVER PICTURE … By courtesy of Bob Wilmot VULTURE, owned and ...

Good listing of Boats in most classes. I had forgotten how reliable ( or not ) our 155 Class engines were on some days.

Wild Woody

There are three parts to a U-Tube posting on circuit racing at the lost Melbourne venue.

This link will take you to one of them:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEO6a0JVX8

Wild Woody

The attached link is of interest to those who remember the sport as it developed in Australia

http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.c ... boats.html

Wild Woody

Link to Paul Sawyers Plan.

http://vintagehydroplanes.com/plans/alt ... plans.html

Wild Woody

Plan drawing shown appear to be Paul Sawyers "ALTER EGO" from 1951/2. The plans were published in Speed and Spray in the USA after Sawyer took the boat to Italy to help advance their Hydro designs at that time. Check plans section on Vintage Hydroplane Site. Many details there.

Wild Woody

That is a remarkable engine, that sort of engineering genius was once applied to speed boat engines when the rules were more liberal and you only needed to fit into a particular capacity between 50 ci to unlimited . The home modified and designed stuff is certainly worth a look at and aircraft based...