One of the racers from Aft R U was killed in the barell rolling incident in barnegat Bay NJ in the late70's early 80's.:(

Lady L is still for sale.
It local to me.
Would need a good amount of work to bring it back.

The bow of the Signature 38' look like that of an unidentified boat #13 that appear in the picture on a my old thread.
Only the running strake seem not the same.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=143452

Jim Talbott a LSCORA member was killed in that incident, he was the second member from our club to die, the first was Walt Burns racing with Steve Baum in there 28' CC XK .

Big John C, racing on the Detroit River, early 80's.

I am trying to find pics of my grandfather, wally harper...lil smidgen or my dad ron harper lil smidgen too. do you know if you have any?

Contact Rich Luhrs - or Darren US1 - they have the complete NNRT Library - there were many scenes of your grandfather's boat - and I think some interviews as well - in the 1980s -

Phil
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i am sitting with the old man and he cant remember the kind of boat the exspress cat was, due you remember mark..................

i also am going to put a call in to butch ryan and see if he has any old pics.........

help my dad is old and crazy like you.....lol.....

nocig I sure do Butch's had two cat's All were Active cat's the first was the original one ever built, that was was a Active, 33', called Express. The most famous, one was the 37' Active again, called Express. This cat really rocked, won many race's.

I have posted some pic's on the Magnum owner's site [Lake St Clair Magnum's ] , also have you tried seeing Kevin at Emerald City Harbor, that's were it all begain. I do remember the 24' twin eng Cobra. I will look for more pic's, and post.

Used to be a great picture:(

This Photo was taken by my Twin brother - Peter - he has it enlarged to 30 x 40 - Great shot - even then and more so now -

PHIL

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Some more air shot's

One more for the Sutphen guy's.

ygrowup......great shots!........a rare pointed windscreen 27 Sport.

Thanks,
Aaron

Bertram 28' a rare boat even then.

Thanks for the pictures. I was on the lake a lot starting in 76 when my dad bought a Wellcraft Nova. Here's one from 81 I think on the Detroit river.

Appears to be 1982....Ajac Hawk's snout is sticking out and had won the Key West worlds the fall before and would snag the US-1 national title that season before becoming all-black Super Brut in '83.

Dig the old Stroh's logo in the background. The locale is the Dodge pits just south of the Roostertail....still ground zero for the gold cup hydro races every summer in Detroit. Just knocked back some tall-neck Stroh's the other night at Sindbads with some river rat cronies....if that place & the pit tower could talk!!

Any pix of your family's old Nova?

Is that the old Blue Max in the background?

Dave it was 1982 I was puting the Magnum in and there was a loud noise on the north end of the pit's, the sling's on Ajac Hawk sliped and the rear of the boat hit the ground. Luckily there wasn't to much damage and they made the race.

Good eye, All the Active cat's were there Blue Max, Cougar, and Express.

The Blue Max-
I helped the mechanic do some work on that boat a couple of days before the race on Lake Ponchartrain in about 1985... He told me to swing by in the AM the next day. I showed up, the boat was already in the slip. The mechanic told me to go get a vest and helmet out of their truck. I returned, holding the gear out to him. He said "Put it on". I went for a couple of laps around the course. I have pictures of the boat, owner, Crystal (SP?) and the truck driver- I think his name was Jim. Real nice people, and a day I will never forget.

Yes, I have at least one of them laying around and a few others you guys might be interested in. They have to be scanned. Maybe I can do that tonight.

how about posting that really cute picture of you looking HOT standing in front of your Dad's friend's old Formula. I have it here on my desk so you can scan it later:D

h2O, was the owner's name on LaSalle? He was a real nice guy, German and lived on a canal off Metro Beach.

Werner Bock owened the LaSalle Mirage, a friend of mine Terry bought it from him. It's now has a new owner on Lake St Clair and was recently posted on the old school ride's thread.

The LaSalle then, and now.

Cary, and Cobra & Coyote became a popular design in many different lengths 26' to 38' . They won many race's, what ever size or class they were in.

wow...any sutphen the one BUSH pic is amazing! all the pics are amazing

Found a few more, Sutphen's racing on the Detroit River.

you have to be running low on pics.......................love it keep em coming....................I deem you king of OLD SCHOOL................

Here are a couple pics of pics in my shop.

another......

not quite as old......

Thanks for the comment - its a NNRT photo - brother Peter has the complete library - its for sale too -

Phil

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There it is ! Wild Turkey. :drink:

That was the boat that I would chase down with my Bullet 130 in the Barnegat Bay back in my younger years. They usually had a full boat so it would slow them down just enough for me to stay with them at around 65-70.
Frank Lach and I had a great time running the boats back then... :drink:

I couldn't find the pic of my dad's but about 5 years later I bought a used Nova and painted it to look like his. Here's my first boat and it's sitting behind my first house in St Clair Shores.
Oops I posted under Donna, Ian

We went on a trip to Traverse City with a group of ex racers from Lake St Clair last summer. Here are some pics. Red Crane in his Skater.