Dieter Schulze passed away
Dear friends of powerboating,
I have to share a sad news with you.
Our friend, many times World Champ, World Class boat builder and Winner of the Lake Havasu race Dieter Schulze passed away last week in his home town Attnang in Austria.
Dieter, You will remain in our memories...
Roman
Dieter Schulze, I Always Thought It Was Dieter Schultz
I first raced the Outboard World Championships at Lake Havasu, 1966. I ran a 16 foot Glastron with twin Johnsons. I didn't last too long.....busted stuff pretty fast. While sitting on th beach watching the race, after I had "BROKE", I was amazed at how Dieter's Schulze Boote handled the rough water. I just "FLOATED" over the water and was shaped like a "WEDGE"....
As we were leaving Havasu, I saw Dieter's boat on his trailer. I stopped my mom's 1966 Chevy, to look at the design. (That same weekend, I had broken the A RACING RUNABOUT kilo record of 71 MPH..with a 15 cubic inch Quincy on a boat I had designed and my dad and I had built....My twin Glastron ran 67 MPH). An FYI: The kilos were at Parker, but there was no road between Parker and Havasu in those days.
Anyway, I was sure Dieter had a wide assed flat bottom on this "WEDGED SHAPED" FLOATER.......To my surprise, there WAS NO BOTTOM....There was a tunnel with two little runners on each side of the tunnel.....I talked to myself all the way home....How did this boat work? There is was no bottom!!!