Mission: You Wanna What? [LOL]

Pete do people bring mid sixties or up correct crafts to shows to be judged? how many have you done in the last 5 yrs or so .

8122pbrainard wrote: [QUOTE=peter1234] Peter, Yes, we are seeing more Correct Crafts as well as other more unusual boats at shows. I think it's partially due to people getting sick of looking at Chris's!!! Currently a 1943 to 1975 is classified as a classic and eligible for judging no matter what the hull is made of. Don't forget our very own bigwavedave was awarded the ACBS most original a couple years back.

Pete,

When did Chris start making plastic boats? The earliest I have heard of was the Land 'N' Sea. Wasn't the Silver Arrow a plastic boat? When did Chris come out with it?

JoeinNY wrote: This doesnt strike you as unneccessarily harsh Pete? The guys spent a lot of time and money obtaining a data point I wouldnt mind hearing more about.. but if I was him I sure wouldnt bother sharing with that kind of reception.

Thank you for taking up for me.

Gary S wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote:    Currently a 1943 to 1975 is classified as a classic and eligible for judging no matter what the hull is made of.     I wonder if you'd get more participation from glass boats if they had seperate classes?

Good question. What about it, Pete?

As a fellow ACBS member, is there anything that can be done to influence the club?

Tonali_III wrote: JoeinNY wrote: This doesnt strike you as unneccessarily harsh Pete? The guys spent a lot of time and money obtaining a data point I wouldnt mind hearing more about.. but if I was him I sure wouldnt bother sharing with that kind of reception. Thank you for taking up for me.

Tony,
I wish you had quoted the complete post so all could understand the context.

8122pbrainard wrote: PAPA wrote: Tony, I agree with you in that it shouldn't be a BFD about which way it spins. As the owner of a 1977 nautique with a stroker 392 Ford spinning lefty I am glad I didn't ask first or I may have been talked out of doing it. We switched engines back in 2009 and the smiles have been well worth it. I have driven the boat 60 mph and I can say that with the engine spinning in the 5000 RPM range it was quite uneventful. My son and I have never complained about any handling issues other than a sticky steering cable which we changed. My plan is the same as yours; replace the engine with the factory original which I have whenever we get tired of the smiling. Florida Inboards wrote: Understanding The concept of hook and rocker is not rocket science. No worse than rudder torque and how to manipulate it. Not always does hook need to be added to make ride changes a lot of times it is just a little sanding and polishing to increase rocker. It is not a black art like some would believe. Propellers and their dynamics are far more complicated yet is discussed nearly daily on this board. I trust Jody's and Tim's opinions by far more that yours. Sorry but both of them have spent more time in different boats that you have. Don't forget that Jody worked for CC and was a major contributor to hull designs. He is also a professional driver. Righty or lefty

Please understand that all the comments made to keep the engine a RH have been made for handling reasons and not originality.

It's great to hear that Woody doesn't feel a LH on that hull would be a problem.

Just got off the phone with Todd my best machinist at Terry's Machine Shop in Bridgeton,MO.

Todd basically told me what Tim and Jody said. A dyno is nice, but when you move from a controlled environment to the real world, all the numbers mean nothing.

Todd also said that the fancy multiple axis, CNC controlled boring machine is fine, but only as good as the operator. Todd is able to pay more attention to detail with his old fashion method. So even though the controls are tighter on the CNC unit and you can set it and walk away, if you push the wrong button, you end up with a very expensive boat anchor.

So it's back to using Todd at Terry's. Todd has never steered me wrong, has worked with me when I needed to, and remembers my name.

SNobsessed wrote: Tony - Ask him if he will take pictures of the process that you can share with us.

Good Idea!!! I will ask Todd when I get started. I am sure he will.

Went back to this thread looking for roller cam info.
Where does the project stand today???