remember alcone
 

alcone racing, the greatest ever!

I have some great pics of that boat from a race years ago up here in Toronto.

thanks for the compliments
we had a lot of fun back in those days
steve schmidt
crew chief #11 Alcone Motorsports

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Few more.

The pics with the Alcone on the sides is the first boat. A 40 Skater that was sold and became "Sudden Impact", dont remember where it went from there. the one with the yellow trim was the first 46 Skater that was sold to Al Copeland and turned into a turbine and then caught fire and burned to the waterline. shame because it was a great boat. I dont have any pics of the last one on this computer but I am sure someone out there does.

Found more!

Alcone Turbine Craft
 

From the archives

Alcone turbine craft
 

Copelands turbine boat I understood was ex Drambuie On Ice from 1998/2000,whereas the yellow/white Alcone cat of 1997/99 became Hydrogenmedia Fountain in 2000/01.Both boats could have become the GT one.I wonder which is correct.

My pal, Jerry Gilbreath, throttled for Alcone. I always said that whatever he lacked in finesse, he made up for in enthusiasm!

My father always said "not to force anything, but to use a bigger hammer" Jerry Gilbreath

Two Copeland Turbines?
 

2 Copeland boats at Key West 2002.ex-Alcone & ex-Drambuie maybe?

You said a mouthful AB. Finesse/ Charm... was not on his order of priorities... Now his father and sister.. a different story.

The Gil Bracket. Invented and developed by Jake Gilbreath. Something that would change the outboard boating industry for ever.

Here..back to the thread at hand...

Al had several turbine boats. The Alcone 46 was one of his first and it burned on Lake Ponchetrain at which point he bought another and another etc.

Was always one of my favorite boats, anyone remember Key West 1999, holy **** what a race