Spook

Guys I now have a full coat of grey undercoat on my hydro and it looks fantastic now that it is actaually painted a solid colour.

Spook

awsome! cant wait to see it in the blood! speaking of blood wahat colour is it going to be??

Need some pic's Bob,
Why we wait for some photo's here is the former Spook giving Midnight miss a run for her money @ Bundy

White hull and red signwriting with red cowlings

Spook

and not a bloody paint roller to be seen..anywhere

I remember that race weekend and that race. I tried hard but i was giving away too much HP and hull size and twenty years of hull design and technology. Made him work for it though.

Spook

Just some trivia

Henry Lauterbach was the last hydroplane builder to still be designing and building rear seat front engine hydroplanes. Despite that his hulls were still competitive against the front seat brigade of the day.

His hulls were and still are considered to be the pinnacle of rear seat hydro design. Midnight Miss was built in 1972 and won a US hydroplane championship in 1973 in the 7 liter class.

Spook

The Spook!

lookn good how long before it gets wet ? top end sprint??

Simon I just keep working away at and I've given up predicting its christening.

Spook

Little Lucifer wrote:lookn good how long before it gets wet ? top end sprint??

i dont think there running the top end sprint this year..something to do with the ski racers not being very cooperative..cheers gary..

Folks

The paint job is officially finished. Just need to tidy some stuff under the hull and its back on the trailer.

Spook

Its finally back on the trailer.

I have sent admin a couple of photo's which should be on soon.

Spook

hello spook im bringing thrifty too to toukley on the 4th dec for its first run ,i was going down to windsor but dave pagano says the river is too mess and i cant get there mid week a the car needs new tyres .hope to see every one there and get in some solo runs to sort out the beast

Will be only too pleased to see the boat.

hello spook will ya hydro be ready for the bridge run from sackvile to windsor at the end of may

Reddwarf

The engine is in and I have to plumb it and do the electrics. Even if it were to be ready the APBA would be highly unlikely to let me run it.

Spook

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looking good with all this rain you might need it soon i was going to taree at easter but the cost was way more than i had and the apba wants a provisional licence for new hydro drivers.so the next outing might be the sackville run in may for the bridge race .

So the APBA wont let you run on a day licence??? How many of our race days have you done???

Spook

ive done two topend sprints two bridge to bridge races ive raced at raymond terrace once and done two fred willians reunions that taree power boat club under apba rules and day licence. but to do the easter weekend the were no day licences .im trying to get thrifty link hardware onboard until then its not possible to fork out what they want for full or half year when there is only one wage . so toukley and forster will see the hydro and possibly this years bridge run from sackville .depending on what the apba will allow me to run.there has been no firm decision whether the classic vintage parade will be charged entry and licence fees

hello again bob just put a bigger tank in thrifty 45lt moved the seat forward all looks good for the end of may i took the crakerbox out for a run at lemontree passage and apart from a minor leak in the raw water pump shes ready to run as well .susan has joined the army reserve so she busy all may .im trying to get volunteers/helpers .if you cannot run the spook and want to go in the run with the other classics id let you drive the red dwarf.if we can get both down there. im still waiting on replies to emails about the entry /briefing etc and get people to drive trailers back to windsor

reddwarf

That is a very generous offer. I will have to think about that.

Thanks
Bob