OLD RACE BOATS - Where are they now?
10-31-2005, 08:05 AM
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Re: OLD RACE BOATS - Where are they now?
Originally Posted by Dregsz
I remember a Tolman Group boat from the 1981 Barcardi Race.
It was a great looking boat but I didn't think it was a Bertram orange or red and blue on white.
I have VHS video clips of that race as I had a press pass was on the 50' Cary press boat for that race, (covering it for my highscool video class =P )
The editor did a crappy job so it is barely worth seeing, one second clips of each boat, trolling from Turnberry to the start at Gov Cut. and start and finish footage.
The Toleman boat always stood out in my mind though.
Evan
It was a great looking boat but I didn't think it was a Bertram orange or red and blue on white.
I have VHS video clips of that race as I had a press pass was on the 50' Cary press boat for that race, (covering it for my highscool video class =P )
The editor did a crappy job so it is barely worth seeing, one second clips of each boat, trolling from Turnberry to the start at Gov Cut. and start and finish footage.
The Toleman boat always stood out in my mind though.
Evan
That boat was built in aluminium by I think a company called Saltshaker, it was designed by Don Shead who designed many race boats in Europe. It was the boats only race as Tolman Group, the race bent it a bit, we then spent many hours bending it back into shape and it was then sold to Europe and raced as Goldrush with Jaguar engines, I think it was cut up for scrap a few years ago
10-31-2005, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by CougarM
That boat was built in aluminium by I think a company called Saltshaker, it was designed by Don Shead who designed many race boats in Europe. It was the boats only race as Tolman Group, the race bent it a bit, we then spent many hours bending it back into shape and it was then sold to Europe and raced as Goldrush with Jaguar engines, I think it was cut up for scrap a few years ago
I always thought that was an aluminum boat and was surprised when they said here it was a Bertram
10-31-2005, 12:34 PM
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Re: OLD RACE BOATS - Where are they now?
Originally Posted by Dregsz
I always thought that was an aluminum boat and was surprised when they said here it was a Bertram
Ted had a Bertram as well but I do not think it was used at that race, it may have been in Australia or England at the time, or in the workshop, I do remember it having a full refit in 1981.
In 1981 Tolman Group Racing had the aluminium monohull, a aluminium new Cougar cat, the Bertram and a wooden Cougar cat plus two smaller class 3 boats that his sons raced here in the UK
10-31-2005, 05:31 PM
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Endangered Species 40 Cougar and at SOTW this year - anyone know present power or race History.
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11-09-2005, 08:54 PM
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Re: OLD RACE BOATS - Where are they now?
Originally Posted by VintageOffshoreClassic
(I sold Aronow's original "Maltese Magnum" to a person in Federal Way, Washington who is restoring it as the original race-boat. He should have it done in the spring of 06)
The project is still coming along very nice, some delays, but the boat should be completed within the next two years. I'm building this back 100 % original.
Hugh Hulman
The project is still coming along very nice, some delays, but the boat should be completed within the next two years. I'm building this back 100 % original.
Hugh Hulman
it's good work - the live man tells no tales
11-10-2005, 12:25 PM
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Re: OLD RACE BOATS - Where are they now?
Originally Posted by woogie
Endangered Species 40 Cougar and at SOTW this year - anyone know present power or race History.
11-11-2005, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Edward R. Cozzi
Beware of the old race boat that was had rain water lying in it for years.
Be prepared for disappointment if the boat has been stored outside for any length of time. Remember many boats built prior to 1992 were made of General Purpose resin, which is great for hot tubs, but bad for old boats.
Be prepared for disappointment if the boat has been stored outside for any length of time. Remember many boats built prior to 1992 were made of General Purpose resin, which is great for hot tubs, but bad for old boats.
Thank you so much for this prudent advice.
I had the 24' Banana ex racer Breakaway, given a structural survey last week, and all structures below the floor came back as "wet but not rotten"
It had sat open nose down for the last 3 years.
I have since decided to pass on the project
11-11-2005, 01:51 PM
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Re: OLD RACE BOATS - Where are they now?
How far do you want to go back??? 
11-11-2005, 01:53 PM
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Pennzoil 
11-11-2005, 01:56 PM
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