No but once they get all wound up that boat would move! Let me know when you build that :)

H2O, awesome shots, Thanks! Only other shot I've EVER seen of the BZ II besides the ones I took. It was at the Strohs Grand National at Cedar point Ohio in the early 70's while my parents docked a cruiser there.
I remember that thing being way over the top. Think I was 15/16 at the time.
Believe it was aluminum? Very unique design and then 3 or 4 Chrysler Stackers?? I followed them around in my home made 8' hydroplane w/a baby Merc w/open pipes on it ;) Pretty sure I had wood at the time.

FF2, day after I hit the lottery. I keep lookin/thinkin a 30' something next. I figure if I stick with O/B's that puts me into the mid 60's maybe 70 w/new D.I. 300's or go I/O and let finances dictate what and how far. Had a favorite Checkmate dealer in the day that was famous for selling boats w/stock power until going out of warranty. Get the right drives etc out of the box but save on power until you can afford the upgrade.

Gary, have you ever ran a water tank in the nose on your Sonics?

No I....
 

haven't Shannon. Thought about it though. Have the perfect place too. The good folks at Sonic built both my boats w/anchor lockers but not accessible from the deck?? Keep trying to think what I can store up there that I won't have to crawl over my V berth w/wet/sandy shoes to get???
Be an easy experiment to try. Figure out volume of water that locker would hold, convert to lbs and throw in an equal amount of weight.
Hummmmhhhh.......

FastFun,
I agree with your statement. Dual OBs on V-hulls are fast but are hard to run level in the slop.

Here is a well balanced dual OB running good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQUeP...layer_embedded

At a 1975 race on lake St Clair BZ II was entered in he made a wong turn and we did not see him until two hours after the race, might have lost in Lake St Clair's Bermuda Triangle. :eek: That boat had it's own sound with it's O/B straight pipes, It sounded like a bee hive.:picard1:



QUOTE=Twin O/B Sonic;3603005]H2O, awesome shots, Thanks! Only other shot I've EVER seen of the BZ II besides the ones I took. It was at the Strohs Grand National at Cedar point Ohio in the early 70's while my parents docked a cruiser there.
I remember that thing being way over the top. Think I was 15/16 at the time.
Believe it was aluminum? Very unique design and then 3 or 4 Chrysler Stackers?? I followed them around in my home made 8' hydroplane w/a baby Merc w/open pipes on it ;) Pretty sure I had wood at the time.

FF2, day after I hit the lottery. I keep lookin/thinkin a 30' something next. I figure if I stick with O/B's that puts me into the mid 60's maybe 70 w/new D.I. 300's or go I/O and let finances dictate what and how far. Had a favorite Checkmate dealer in the day that was famous for selling boats w/stock power until going out of warranty. Get the right drives etc out of the box but save on power until you can afford the upgrade.[/QUOTE]

Neat boat, but I heard that it is not faster than a speeding bullet:party-smiley-004:

I dunno guys, it's a pretty neat looking boat... I like the lines... and those drives and props are pretty badass looking.

Anyone....
 

know anything about those Stern Power drives??

Shannon, killer video. Had forgotten about it.

Cool looking, not real strong, very outdated...in a nutshell, id rather have volvos if you wanted to stay "old."