The little E class boat was called a 'Flying Fox' and the picture of Graham Campbell's Molinari 3 pointer is comming into the ramp at Loch Vaal
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The little E class boat was called a 'Flying Fox' and the picture of Graham Campbell's Molinari 3 pointer is comming into the ramp at Loch Vaal
Incedently, this is a pic of my dad's Molinari after the second time it flipped is where Bill Badsey came in. A good section of the nose was broken off. Later Bill arived with a big power saw and...
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Again , thank you for the update and also helping me clear the cobwebs of time. I was drafted into the army in 1976 and at the time wished I could have done what Bill did but that is all dirty water...
Thanks for the correction on Bill Shakespear Steve. Bill Badsey was a good friend of my dad. He was a great racer, always very innovative and cutting edge. He was a super guy and always very quick in...
The yellow boat in your collection # 21 looks like a Shakespear. One also landed up in SA and strangely it was made of fibre glass. Bill Shakespear, the builder was killed in the UK attempting to set...
Kerry, the red tunnel boat (ON28) was driven by a chap called Tulio Del Rey (spelling) the boat was called an Abate and a similar boat ran in SA and an SE class boat also ran here built by Abate.
Kerry, the fist pic looks like Evander.... with the mine dump in the back ground. Pics 2,3 and 5 look like Ryanfield dam in Benoni
I knew Terry Adams and Ray Mansfield well. Ray had a panel beating /car repaair company called Mansfield Leppan
Hi Lars, this looks like it is possibly Eligwa or th Riviera club
Kerry, the driver of the Volvo powered boat (number 13) was Paul Windsley. He won the RDM 200 at the Riviera club in about 66 or 67. Sonny Morgan used to run a 720 petrol hydro called Hot Stuff. He...
Hi Kerry, wonderful to see all these super pics of your dad and days gone by. My step dad (Bill Richards) was a good friend of your dad and a another chap you may well remember, Bob White. My dad...
Aaaaah yes I had forgotten all about Autolec, Lars !!!! Thank you. There was however a link between Pier 39 and Autolec. Pier 39 was on the bend just after Loch Vaal club if you were traveling up...
The importer for OMC products at the time were known as Pier 39. I was at the race in question. I thought Jimbo M and Johnny Sanders were at the race but my memory fades. The ex Dick Summerveld Twin...