I raced in the boat with the bravo's it was a handful. My opinion was they mounted the drives way to high. On boxes they were around an inch above the bottom. This caused the boat the want to chine walk and run nose high. They ended up adding ballast to the nose which helped some. I liked the way it ran with the Arneson's much better. it just needed propped better which was a lot of cash back then.

great pics

I stick to the lower class neighborhoods. I know there is no "g" in Collinwood

Yeah, but there are alot there that think they are "G's".... :)

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Mad Mother, Cheap Thrills, L.A. Express is almost complete and 1400 LBS Lighter

Great job she looks reborn!.......where did you shed the weight?............I know you lowered the cockpit sole, what other improvements did you make?

Lose an engine?

Cig 3 was the arneson drive setup you mentioned spinning in or out. Thanks for the info. I'm rerigging my boat with Arneson s. Similar bottom. Cary 29'9"

Spinning Out

Thanks probably 3 blades? I was told to spin in. I'm running 4 blades though with big diameter.

Cary you gotta post some pictures Bro!

I will email you some Skippy

Went to single engine, lost transmissions with Bravo instead of TRS, took out all three tanks up front and installed light weight fuel tank behind cockpit, Built a 25 pound full length honeycomb engine hatch which goes from transom to the back of the two light weight racing seats with two inch aluminom monocot tubed cockpit, Full length 3/16 aluminum dash panel with six inch aluminum deck panel between seating and engine hatch, only a 4x6 ft honeycomb cockpit floor, deleted everything else that makes a stock cockpit, no back seat or heavy bolsters, light weight single engine layup, purchasing mostly aluminum engine components and exhaust. Lowered cockpit floor, light core built in fairing, very light but from the cockpit to the engine mounts, everything ties together. And still going.

that's our boat!! Nice pic!!

Awesome old pictures. Thanks :-)

Original WMMS Radio Thnuder Buzzard P100
 

I was the original owner of the WMMS Thunder Buzzard P100 and miss GLOPBRA like crazy. It was the 1st Innovation 24 that was built with Kevlar and unfortunately, being the 1st is not always the best since we were plagued by broken stringers and delamination. It time to reconnect with Bobby Nielson from Eastlake, Ohio who was my navigator and never he let me down..

Fantastic Thread, This never gets old!

Piranha
 

I know this is an old post but my Dad, Ben Gommel owned and raced Piranha in the late 70s and early 80s. We owned Cuyahoga Boat & Engine in Cleveland and hosted several Glopra races. The boat had 4 Mercury outboard motors. This was the original Boar Hog. My Dad and I were just discussing how the boat would run with 3 of the new Mercury 600s.

Hey Benny! My name is Brian Matthei, My dad Red and your dad were crazies together back at Cuyahoga boat. I remember racing Pirannah with it's black maxes from the boat yard almost to shooters with Bill Steiskal in the Little Scorpion. The twin Volvos get pirannah out of the hole, but once the big Black Max power got that thing moving he got around us. I thought neither would let off and race to the lake, what a ride!

I remember your dad well and those were some crazy times. The Little Scorpion is in Vermilion now running a single big block. I saw it on July 4th.