Old School Boats

81nautique wrote: Chevy350 wrote: I really enjoyed reading that whole forum. A lot of infromation there. That man is like Zues of Restoration. LOL. well thanks glad that thread is still being enjoyed, it is due for an update in a few weeks but if you really want to see the Hurricane in person it will be in Green lake this year, running and giving boat rides. Zeus

Hopefully I shall see you there.

Chevy350 wrote: I really enjoyed reading that whole forum. A lot of infromation there. That man is like Zues of Restoration.

LOL. well thanks glad that thread is still being enjoyed, it is due for an update in a few weeks but if you really want to see the Hurricane in person it will be in Green lake this year, running and giving boat rides.

Zeus

75 Tique wrote: It belongs to the guy I bought my Tique from. It was in his garage at the time.

Larry,
Just in case you don't know but certainly for others as well, your friends boat is a Racing Runabout. I believe Chris built just over 200 of them available in a red & white or a blue & white. Chris also planked them in 3/8" instead of the typical 1/2" to make them lighter in weight. They got about 45 MPH out of the 158 HP Hercules/Chris engine.

Justin,
Your profile states you're in Illinois. The Blackhawk chapter has two shows per year. Look for the dates on the site. The Geneva lakes in the fall would be a good one to attend. I hope you can make it and if so, I'll look for you.

If the Cobra on page 1 belongs to one of the Winns, I was one of four people who restored it in the 80's.

74Wind wrote: Justin: I think I speak for all by nomimating you as the honorary commodore of the CCFAN Yacht Club at just 14 years old. You've obviously got the inboard fever already

Not gonna lie, I joined when I was 9 and had little knowledge. It wasn't this account it was some random name I came up with and I never posted because I was scared keith would ban me from the site for not being a certain age . I stopped going on for a few years, then I created this account and now at school all I do is talk to my motor-head buddies about boats, cars, trucks, dirt bikes, quads, anything with an engine I love. I know this getting of topic but Dirt bikes probably interest me the most. A lot of my family has hondas. But I started looking at Yamaha TTR-125's. They're beauty's. Back on topic, what appeals to me the most is just the sound of the small/big block engines. I want my dads boat to cheerish with my kids how amazing boats are!

lewy2001 wrote: Chevy350 wrote: Lewy,       That is a Hurricane right? That boat is one of my favorite restorations ever. Just the fact that he did that, makes me lose my mind. I wish one day I could do some magic to an old boat like he did. That is why Alan (81nautique) is called the "magic man" Hurricane MAGIC

I just spent my whole day reading that thread. IT WAS WORTH IT!It's still blowing my mind. Especially that HEMI in there. Around the site a long time ago People where talking about his '81 Ski Nautique. Never knew what made it a special boat, could anyone fill me in with what made that boat so special?

skutsch wrote: Wait! You used to be able to run power boats on Devil's Lake??? That must have been COOL! Any pictures???

I bet my mother still has some. I'll check with her. They banned power boats circ 1970. They even had a ferry!

Lewy,
     
That is a Hurricane right? That boat is one of my favorite restorations ever. Just the fact that he did that, makes me lose my mind. I wish one day I could do some magic to an old boat like he did.

peter1234 wrote: Pete thats why he invented the fiberglass cell towers disguised as trees ..

Now the problem is all the billboards!

Gary S wrote: I heard a saying once I think that goes like this- If God wanted us to have wood boats he would not have created fiberglass or something to that effect

Gary,
You've got it screwed up!

8122pbrainard wrote: You know if god had wanted us to have fiberglass boats, he would have created fiberglass trees!

SNobsessed wrote: Justin - I like the wood inboards too, still remember seeing them when we camped at Devil's Lake, WI back in the '60s. There are still a bunch of well kept woodies at Lake Geneva. They have a great boat show in Sept (Pete is one of the judges).

Wait! You used to be able to run power boats on Devil's Lake??? That must have been COOL! Any pictures???

Chevy350 wrote: I also really enjoy old outboard boats. Never really knew much about them but, they always interested me.

Justin,

You may already know this, don't know if you got that photo from its source page or floating around the internet, but if you didn't know it, that particular boat is a Glen-L Zip. You and you dad could whip one of those together from Glen-L plans as a practice boat before taking on the Tahoe. I recognized the Zip because they (including that one in particular, which was very well done) caught my eye before. I like their lines. I was wondering if it could be modified to accommodate an inboard.

8122pbrainard wrote: lewy2001 wrote: My Favourite

That is what I call "Boat Pron"

lewy2001 wrote: My Favourite