Dudley Henriques wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in
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Got into racing boats as well. Really liked that. I had a place on
the riverfront in Maryland where we raced outboards. I had a D
Utility made by Sid Craft in New Brunswick New Jersey powered by a
KG9 Mercury running a quicksilver lower unit with an Oakland Johnson
racing prop. You knelt down hunkered on the floorboards wearing
kneepads and held the throttle in your left hand attached to the
left side top chine with the steering wheel in your right. When you
opened the throttle, the bow came up out of the water like a shot
and went mid-air. When the boat came back down, it was on the last
several inches of the bottom near the transom and you were going
60kts. What a kick in the ass that was. Boy would I love to be a kid
again and go back to those good ole days for another round of
"living" on the river:-))


This one of those littel duck boat type things made out of one and a
half sheets of plywood?

It's true, you ARE a lunatic!

Bertie

Right! Nothing between you and the water but a sheet of marine ply :-)
Slight correction though........that should read 'WAS' a lunatic! Now
I'm just a stable old retired gentleman reminiscing of days long gone
by when I was indeed the biggest lunatic you could ever imagine.

I guess when I cross that final finish line, I'll have some crap eaten
smile on my puss for having at least tried it all :-))


He who dies with the most toys wins!

Bertie