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A fun lunch with John Schubert and other well known boat racers…

… at Sailors Return in Stuart, Florida

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I raced ON with a Molinari/Saffa/Evinrude 2 liter looper at Idroscalo, Italy 1978. I was invited to drive the boat by Renato.
Finished second in the race, after Renato in a similar rig

This was a...

One of the best moments at the OFF meeting this year was to finally meet Jackie Wilson again.
We have had many disagreements over the years but it was so nice to give "Mr. Fonda 2 liter" a big hug....

That is two very good pictures Mike Ward. Thanks for posting.

Well Jackie..just to get you going for the OFF meeting 2013..

This is Jeff Briggs ON class 2 liter Evinrude V6 in Paris Six Hours 1974..this boat was doing way better than most of the 2 liter...

Hey..Jackie..Did you ever race in Hawaii??..here is some interesting inboard tunnel boats.

Thanks for info Jackie..and my plan is to see you at next OFF meeting..in Naples with Mr. Bill.
What is on the back of the Merc..?? red arrow..

Hey....If you where racing OZ with the...

Hi again Jackie...look at this picture..maybe Bristol??

How is Fiona Brothers doing today?? Did she ever win a ON race??

Busy Memorial Day weekend as a race fan..onboard our Boat

F1 from Monaco Sunday morning..
Indy 500..The greatest spectacle in racing turns 100 years..
Former winners are invited for pre-race...

Well..As an OMC dealer I can clearly see/ understand the OMC way of thinking

OMC never made a 2 liter production V-6..

The first 200 hp production V-6 1976 was 2.4 liter..cross flow design...

Maybe Rotary John can found a way to let us hear that sound again..

Pretty sure this is Paris 6 hours 1974.
Only race a know of that the race number must be white on black background..
That was...

I can never forget the sound of the Rotaries in Paris 1974...nobody can.. that was there..
Well except Jackie..:)

If I remember right...Cees VD Velden won..Or????
His last race.. that time.. for...

Yes Jackie..You are right..the start of Paris 1981..
Here is on more picture.
My Burgess/AKAI-Evinrude CC..F-3 boat has #38..

"Mr.Bloody Mary" always forced yot to have a special race number for...

The red arrow point to Cesare Scotti´s crash..1974.

First...I really enjoy outboard racing history..and was part of this but in the smaller SE/OE class.
I collect everything there is..

My dream was to make it in Boat racing and I think I did in a...

Entry list Bristol 1974

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Well..I am pretty good at this...Scotti won Bristol 1974...that race was in June of 1974.
Scotti crashed in Paris 6 hours in October 1974..I was just behind Scotti and did see when he
crashed in...

Jackie..when it comes to your memory about OMC winning..you are doing poorly..:):)

This is from the year before...Bristol 1974.. The overall winner was Cesare Scotti with a 2 liter OMC V-6 on the...

This is fun Jackie..

OK..This is from your favorite Formula ON class...

The World Champion ship race in Cardiff 1975..
See..the overall winner is drinking champange.. one of the first ever...

A test Jackie...

The start of Paris 6 Hours..but what year???

If you can read Swedish helps..!!

Hehe..Jackie...that got you going...
..but the OZ class in Bristol was good when Merc raced the 3.4liter T-4
and OMC only had the slower 3 liter loop V-6...like in 1979..

Just for people to...

Bruce Heindl gave me a few pictures of Jimbo..(Thank you)
I think this is from Minneapolis 1983.
I raced there also and remember Roger Jenkins enormous WOT flipp just in front of me..

Jackie..I think the Merc people has one way of telling this story and the OMC friends another..
It is always the Merc people bringing this up..

For the first time a give my side of the Bristol OZ...

Jackie..I finally found a picture of my "production line, everyday, take granny for a spin pleasure boat" Fletcher from 1986..
This was my own toy that summer..
Yes, it is the Evinrude V-8 with OMC...

Well..Jackie..there was plenty of Mercs in the OZ class..all the way up to T-4..
For example..Bristol 1979 and 1980.

Maybe this is the right Fomula...:)

Hehe Jackie..I have some memory of that..but here is more..

This was also the first time I did see Renato Molinari play real dirty, well not really Renato but his second boat driven by the hired...

I agree 100%..We sold lots of big OMC outboards in the eighties.
V-6 and V-8..
Yes..there was quality issues.:)

Edit..Some Swedish built boats for bigger outboards..Yes outboars sold by me..

Jackie..what is your memory from this race..??

The ON and OE World Championship race in Auronzo, Italy 1976

Hehe..I answer Lee here to..

The small picture show the engine design..

Well..the V-P König was extremly powerful and both Gert Lowisin and Dieter König was
behind me.
We spent many weeks...

The Naples party and Angelo Vassena.

Carina and Leo Molendijk outside Mr. Bill´s F1 Champboat Team.
The St. Louis Race, MO 2008

Absolutly Jackie...

You like this..

I raced ON...with an OMC 2 liter..1978.
Molinaris Saffa boat at Idroscalo ended up second after Renato but ahead of Cees and a few Mercs..

In Paris 6...

Mr. Bills toy on 4 wheels..we are heading to the Marco Island boat ramp..

Ready to go..My wife Carina and Mikes wife.

First a stop at Mr. Bills race shop outside Naples..
Mike just installed the new outboard for the Parker 25CC
The Seebold family is not using the outboard you think..

Well..check again..they are there now..
Here is two more..

The next day we went boating with the Seebolds..
More pictures coming

Jackie..last yar I went to a Boat racers party in Naples..invited by Mr. Bill.
Here is som picture..I think you like..

My wife Carina is to the right at the first one..The rest speaks for them...

I mean before safety cells..My Burgess boat (on the picture to the left) did not have any safety..only 2 layers of fiberglass in the boat cowling in front of the driver.
Model year 1984 and older..

Check this out...safety cockpits with crash boxes has come a long way...
Think about this crash the way we raced F1-V8 boats..behind two layers of fiberglass.
...

Here is a pretty good video from the Stockholm GP 1983
All this was on Swedish News television..

Sorry for speaking Swedish..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eTjmgb6zac

Jackie..Here is a starting list from F1-V8 1983..
I don't know of any with badly injuries.

EDIT..
..sorry I do..

Jimbo McConnell..I visit Jimbo a few years ago in Needles, CA.
We had a...

Hehe.. T2x..That is a very good question...

No..I was suppose to use an Evinrude for my new Molinari OE-F3 boat, but was so upset with OMC. Left them and signed a very good deal with Volvo Penta...

Hi again Ron..

Here is a list of deadly accidents with the OMC F1 -V8 boats..The way I remember it.

1981..Racing with the OMC V8 started in Brodenbach/Löf, Germany
No deadly accidents that...

Hi Ron..
I dont think there is a list..but I remember every one of them..

What race and year..I can make a list.

I do not know how fast they where going over here in Mod 50..
If I remember right Mod 50 had some limitations and gasoline only.

In Europe we raced OE-F3 and one of my better boats with the most...

Jackie..I think you like this picture..

Mr. Bill and me at a fishing tournament Lake Truman two years ago..free Bud Light..!!
I have a few more..

Hehe Jackie..be careful with that stuff...I can not drink it..make me stupid...Well..more stupid..:)

Again..Paris 6 hours was my favorite race...Raced there 11 times and is dreaming of standing...

First Jackie..I think you are doing very, very good with boat racing memories..
I hope I do as good in your age..

Jepp..I remember so well that said day late 1985 in Sevilla, Spain.. I was...

Well..Skater Cats used Evinrude XP V8 power also..
This is my Skater 32.

This is Bob Spaldings F1-V8 Hodges boat with safety cell . Year 1985..