What happened to all the TIN boats??
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02-10-2007, 12:30 PM
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02-10-2007, 04:03 PM
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Some years back, I picked up a 19' deep V that was made of heavy-gauge welded aluminum. Was rigged with twin Merc outboards. The entire deck and sides was engine-turned, then finished in a transparent finish. Boat was mid-60's vintage. The story went like this- the person who originally had it built owned Alliance Mfg. (Genie garage door openers) and had it built to run Miami-Nassau. i couldn't imagine doing that in such a small boat but they seller had tons of pictures that suggested the story was true.
The one thing I remember best- the boat had no strakes- just 24 degree aluminum plate bottom.
The one thing I remember best- the boat had no strakes- just 24 degree aluminum plate bottom.
02-10-2007, 04:47 PM
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Definitly a Maritime, when I was a test driver for Mercury in Sarasota Fla. 1967 we had one as an endurance boat, we ran it with a 225 Mercruiser small block chevy I think was 283 cu.in. with the old number two drive that used to swivel all the way around out of the water, One of the coolest boats of the time, similar boat was a formula Jr. same size almost looked the same, I have a lot of great memories driving them, wish I could find them again, could be great project boats. One of my first race boats was a 21` Seacraft with twin 110 hp outboards factory Mercury boat, My first race was 50 miles long in St Pete. My second race was 582 Miles Bahama 500 one stop for fuel, same boat 21` Seacraft from over 70 boats that started I finished eigth overall, first outboard the first day. Since so many boats got lost or broke down, they made it a two day race so that everyone could get a finish. So 19` to 20` boats were raced, and not like races of today. we ran the same course as everyone else, usually over 150 mile course. I was scared the first time I ran my Seacraft through the Kilo at lake X at 48 miles per hour, white Knuckled. That was the start of it all for me, rest is as they say history. 7XCHAMP
