Tom Percival was a commitee member of the RYA in the UK he new the rules inside out he had a reputation of objecting anything that would put him further up the leader board.In the UK he earned...
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Tom Percival was a commitee member of the RYA in the UK he new the rules inside out he had a reputation of objecting anything that would put him further up the leader board.In the UK he earned...
Tom Percival was on the RYA commitee in the UK he new the rules inside out he was well known for objecting against anything that would place him further up the leader board. I remember the Bristol...
I always thought the Paris 6hr race was a wonderfull race to be in i went in 9 altogether finished 5th place in 1972 but i can`t remember who was 2nd in 1972. Going back to Barry Woods i am suprised...
I enjoyed the 1972 Paris race the barges had stopped running by then i can`t remember who was 2nd but i can claim 5th place in a old 15ft Shakespeare boat the same boat finished in 5th place at the...
The man in the white shirt sat on the side of Molinaris boat looks like Ward Cox the OMC gearcase specialist.
Its many years since i spoke to Jimbo just tell him i wish him and his wife all the best and ask him if he remembers those blue ford estate cars they had at OMC Brugge and buy him a beer for me.
Hey Jackie whats the odds of this i have found pictures of the Earle of Normanton driving James Beards Cougar when he had his accident look at the 1st picture in the pits you can see a yellow inboard...
Hey Jackie i have managed to find some pictures of the Earle of Normaton driving James Beards Cougar in the 1970 Paris 6hr race look at the Cougar boat parked in the pits before the race it has a...
Hey Jackie is this a million to one chance i have some pictures of the Earle of Normanton having his accident in the 1970 Paris race driving James Beards stepped Cougar look at his boat in the pits...
Ros Nott I new her but not that well but a very nice lady she went on to marry the Earle of Normanton who was some relation to James Beard they both raced the first Couger picklefork it had V4 OMC...
When Joe Cocker was a kid he lived about 10mins from my house the first time i saw him sing was at the Penny Farthing nightclub he went by the name of Vance Arnold i always thought he would do good.
When Joe Cocker was a kid he lived 10 mins away from my house the first time i saw him sing was at the Penny Farthing nightclub he went by the name of Vance Arnold i always thought he would do good.
When i think back about boat racing with you Jackie and missed opportunities if you had the big Cosworth outfit finished in early 1977 you could have cruised around in the river Thames race and won...
Joe Cocker lived about 10 mins from me as a kid i first saw him sing at the Penny Farthing nightclub he would be about 25yrs old at the time went by the name of Vance Arnold i always thought he would...
. Joe Cocker lived about 10 mins from my house when he was a kid the first time I saw him sing was at the Penny Farthing nightclub he went by the name of Vance Arnold he would be about 25 yrs old at...
. Joe Cocker lived about 10 mins from my house when he was a kid the first time I saw him sing was at the Penny Farthing nightclub he went by the name of Vance Arnold he would be about 25 yrs old...
Joe Cocker lived about 10 mins from my house when he was a kid the first time I saw him sing was at a local night club called the Penny Farthing he went by the name of Vance Arnold he would be around...
Joe Cocker lived 10 mins away from me as a kid i first saw him perform at a local nightclub called The Penny Farthing he went by the name of Vance Arnold he would have been around 25yrs old at the...
Joe Cocker lived 10 mins away from me as a kid i first saw him perform at a local night club called the PENNY FARTHING he went by the name of VANCE ARNOLD we all thought he would do good.
Joe Cocker lived 10 mins away from me as a kid i saw him perform at a local nightclub called the Penny Farthing when he would have been about 25yrs old. He went by the name of VANCE ARNOLD we all new...
Hi Rodger hope you are keeping well I am sure the 2.5 OMC crossflow ccc gear ratios we ran in Europe were 15/17 but the failure rate was high we also ran 16/18 ratio they thought they may last longer...
Hi Ron I was told that Mac still raced his old V4 OMC Rig and that he blew it over in shallow water at Parker.
When I was over at the OMC factory in Brugge testing boats before going to race events my old teamate John Hill would go out and test his OMC 3 cyl outfit and in race trim he would be doing 96mph...
605956059660597 Bill Shakespeare owned a boat manufacturing company he had been racing boats for many years and had won many races all over Europe.When I first met with him in 1968 I was surprised to...
Hi Ron Happy New year to you and all on this site. I had forgotton that Bill Seebold was driving with Rasini in 1971 this must have been around the last we saw of the Rasini brothers racing at Paris...
Hi John the 1971 Paris 6hr race didn`t go too well for me as my team had entered 2 19ft cats to run the barge wash only to find the barge traffic was stopped until the last hour my outfit had engine...
Have you got any picis to post of this old boat and cowl you have.The first Schultz cats to land in the UK in 1968 were 17ft long one red and one green both 125 hp merc powered. In 1969 two 16ft...
. The first Paris 6hr race I drove in was in 1970 and was the last year they ran the barges through the race some barges towed others making it even more interesting at the pit buoy turns.You are...
604806048160482Check out the OMC engines at Paris I think Ron may know the drivers?
Hi Jim I have been told you new my old friend Rodger Jenkins many moons ago` have you changed your mind yet about writing a book about OMC and your time there with the race engines it would be a...
5878958790 Bill Badsey was a top driver and I am sure he did come from a hydro background as you said` that's how he knew Chris Appelby another hydro driver from that era.He was also a good team mate...
I first time I saw Bill Badsey race in the UK. was in the 1974 Windermere 3hr race he had Clive Hook as co - driver I think Clive lived in South Africa at sometime maybe that's how he had got to...
The yellow Shakespeare cat no21 was driven by a Belgium Factory driver Andre Derix he ran in the OI Class the picture of no 34 and 79 were both Bristol GRP Cats. I heard somewhere Bill Badseys name...
Hi Ron is Barry Woods still around?if anyone ever went out with the OMC guys Ziggy Mouse and Barry Woods for a drink at night they were in for a real experience boy was he wild he drove hire cars...
We started Bills practice early morning for this speed attempt did a few runs to bed his new powerhead in for a short while.This new boat had 2inch steps quite a way back it was new and had only had...
these pictures are from 1970 and 1971 Windemere speed attempts.the Couger manual powertrim is from Paris 1970.
. I can only add my experience to this going back to May 1970 the 1st Factory Johnson Stinger arrived in the UK it was for my good friend Bill Shakespeare and it came with power trim for the...
I am unsure what model a kc13r is if we are talking OMC V4 here 8 barrel carb set up I will agree no way with a club foot and not easy with a 1 to 1?.
. So sorry Jackie to hear the sad news about my old friend Peter Thorneywork I had some good times with Peter we first met in 1969 at the Rabadanse French international race he had Rodger...
. Hey Jackie I remember the Ross Saunders cat 1968 the Rossinari did it only do the one Paris 6 hr race I remember it got beat up pretty bad.I also remember Don advertising his Levi 16 v hull in...
. Andy Chessman drove a small Shakespeare Cat for marine sales Taunton Butch and Daves outfit with a 1000sbp Mercury at Windermere would have been 1972 while Marine Sales had took over...
[QUOTE=jackie wilson;140358]. Hey Jackie never new Franki Holmes but I remember watching that boat a yellow yarecraft with help in black letters underneath it was at lakeside lido north...
Well Jackie Oulton Broad always drew big crowds to watch Thursday night boat racing and still does today` if I hadn`t watched boatracing as a young boy I would never have driven racing boats .I can...
I think Tomcat was built by Peter Sabberton at his Horning boatyard and owned jointly by Tom Percival and himself the Evinrude engine was a customer Stinger engine purchased from University
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I can remember in the 1971 Paris race looking around that large Molinari in the pits before the race and we discussed with Don Pruett about how large it was and showed him round the two Shakespeare ...
Hya Jackie those were the days looks like you were enjoying yourself anyway`i always thought they were good little boats when i started racing nearly everybody had one.
Last year i went to Carr Mill...
Hi Jim do you or Fred remember a one off 2.0 litre crossflow engine we had one at OMC Brugge Belgium I was told it was a sleeved down 2.5 engine and it looked the same to look at as the 2.5...
Hi Jackie hope you are keeping well`now you have me thinking we are talking about a long time ago even i had forgot how big the scimitar boats were like you ran in Rotterdam i have found the old...
Hi Jackie I would like to add my comments about OMC running heavier boats ` Freds comments may be more true than you think in 1977 Molinari was now OMC s boatbuilder of choice he offered 2 boat sizes...
Hi jackie i agree with what you are saying` you will remember Leo Cees old mechanic and buddy he managed the OMC Performance department in Brugge Belgium around the time you are talking about` i...