Tsunami Sutphen
 

met some guys selling this bad Sutphen at loto.
they did a great job restoring her.
dont know much of its history but the seller said it won some races in its day.
thought Too Old would enjoy seeing some pics of it.

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Did you run into Mitch Stellin gang?

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oh yaaaaa.
Mitch helped save my boat from sinking saturday. :(
thanks again Mitch!

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huh?

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strange deal. ran 10 miles up the lake , idled for 10 minutes talking to Mitch , ran another mile up to shooters 21 for lunch. boat ran fine , not sluggish.
ate lunch for 35 minutes , came back to the dock and water is almost over my swim platform :eek:
jumped in , turned on the bilge pumps , opened hatch , water up to the bottom of the alternators.
opened cabin , 6 inches of water in there :eek:
bilge pumps caught up with the water pretty fast actually.
then Mitch helped me track down the leek.
thru hull fitting for the toilet had broke completely off.
looked like a big drinking fountain shooting a foot up in the air.
Mitch stuffed a rag down in the hole. ran 10 miles back to my trailer with my girlfriend down below holding her hand over the hole in extremely rough water.
$1.50 threaded cap at the hardware store and back on the water in a couple of hours.
not sure why the bilge pumps didnt come on automatically but its getting fixed this week.

i was just a little feaked out when all this happened.
Mitch was a huge help!!!!

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wow. glad you got it handled. Water must have been rough out there.

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That boat was campaingned in APBA and GLSC by a Canadian father and son team in B class for years. Always liked that boat.

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IIRC the restoration of that boat was covered in Hot Boat several years ago. I'll have to dig around and see if I can find the article.

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YESSS , she was a real trooper!!!

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nice ride!

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Is that a 34'? Or is it a 30', like my Ocean Pacer? Just curious...

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Looks good, I like the way they carry the chines up the hull side at the bow.

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See, Fred, this is what a Sutphen looks like *in* the water! :D :D :D

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its a 34.
he had a complete scrapbook on the restoration and photos of when it was raced.

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it's listed in the OSO classifieds...with some info

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Thats not the same boat Chip owned is it? Because Chip owned a 34 that he had big powers and #3's on,, then he put some 500's and Bravos on it and it was sold.

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chip & I bought both sutphens on same day he repowered his & he rebuilt mine from ground up, friend of mine bought his last year with 500s & brovs still fast! learnin-t-fly is for sale see oso clas, new boat comin

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Both are cool, but the Tsunami is awesome. I've had the pleasure of riding in it many times, and never found a better ride in a 34-comfortable and responsive.

Hate to see you get rid of it, but can't wait to see the new one!

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No problem LOTO. I wish I had known that was just your Girlfriend, I thought it was your wife so I backed off. :) Just kidding, I was very impressed by her adventuresome and positive attitude. She seems like a great down to earth woman. You have yourself a real winner, I hope to find the same again some day. Glad to hear the fix was cheap, most bilge pumps have an auto setting, mine does and I found it has to be on or it will never start. Seems a major design flaw, what good is a device for safety that needs to be manually turned on? Not much good is it.

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:confused: Wrong boat. The race boat is *still* being campaigned by the Bradley's of Hamilton, Ontario. BTW, they raced in Algonac, MI this past weekend, taking second.

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The boat at the ozarks use to be the Bradley's, I remember talking to them about it. He said "one of my old race boat's wen't to Missouri and was completely redone" It was around the same time the Hot Boat article came out.

The Bradley's were great people!! and Dennis (the father) always had a cold Coors Light for us guy's from Kansas!!

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v 37 ol yes

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I too have ridden and driven this boat.it is the best ride of a boat that size you will find.It's got a sh--load of power and a blast to drive.this thing will run 100+mph on a gps.it would make someone a great boat.he has several pictures and the history of the boat.That makes it even cooler.just my 2 cents worth.