Classic outboard racing in Sweden
I thought you guys would be interested in this link to the Classic Boat Racing Club in Sweden
http://www.hydroracing.org/index.html
Jag hoppas att er kan läsa svenska! :) - but seriously, even if you cannot understand Swedish, it's a very easy site to navigate your way around
Lots of photos of Crescents....
Enjoy!
Corin
Modified OSY in Sweden (and the rest of Europe)
To be honest with you Sam, the modified OSY class in Europe as a whole is very very small. I don't know the exact number of boats in Sweden, but I suspect no more than a handful - more than the rest of Europe put together!
I know that many years ago, Mike Ward (the UK Yamato agent) with the help of some details from Bob Goller, modified a Yamato 102. This was run a couple of times at club events and is now probably just lying at the back of Mike's garage. This is the only modified OSY I am aware of in the UK
OSY in general is still a popular class in Europe, but 99.% of the time the races are run to UIM rules so no modifications are allowed. The majority of the engines are 302s with the odd 202 on occasions. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I saw a Yamato 102 or 80 - they're just not run in Europe
In terms of the rules that are used, I think because of the small number in Sweden, it's pretty much a self governing approach that is adopted, allowing people to run whatever OSY that has been tweaked' a little
What a great place to race
Was wondering if any of these guys still hang around racing. Leif Ahlborg (Palmator Racing), Roland Stoltz, or Leif Lindell.