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    Hi John: Nice to hear from you. And yes,...

    Hi John:

    Nice to hear from you. And yes, Mercury was using hi-sil pistons long before I got there.

    You retired?

    Fred
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    Hi Lars; Looks like it. You mentioned how...

    Hi Lars;

    Looks like it. You mentioned how rough it was at Cardiff and I agree. However, that was one of Cees' strengths - he could really handle rough water better than most. Thanks for the...
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    Hi Lasse Yep. Cees's 2.0 power head stayed in...

    Hi Lasse

    Yep. Cees's 2.0 power head stayed in the Cardiff scrutineer's car's "boot" overnight while the boat went away for repair.

    At Parker 1980, the Mecury T-4 on Seebold's boat (the only...
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    Correction?

    Hey Ron,

    I'm pretty sure Ken Stevenson won Parker in 1980. I mostly remember it because Mr. Garbrecht made a tactical decision that cost us the race when we had a fairly good lead near the end. ...
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    The UIM John Ward Trophy is still on display at...

    The UIM John Ward Trophy is still on display at the UIM's offices in Monaco. I had to go there to see it because they have not let it travel for many decades.

    Fred
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    That's Me...

    ...in boat 32. And that is the same boat with which my brother Jim and I led Parker for 4 or 5 hours. We had a comfortable lead and were cruising when the bottom failed. We did, however, win a lot...
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    Lawyers!

    This all happened in 1984.

    OMC (and Merc) spent a lot of money with law firms over the V-8 circuit that year. OMC put the money into the V-8 circuit and didn't want Mercury and the T-4s messing...
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    Team Arcadian's "wizard"

    Hi Brandon.

    The boat was Jim Hauenstein's new (that weekend), purpose-built Burgess, racing as the Arcadian Team in the London F-1 GP. The cowl (Trimite) was borrowed, I don't remember why. ...
  9. Three at Valleyfield

    Valleyfield was one race where I ran my gizmo. I also used water injection for quite a few years, but it mainly helped really low RPM.

    The RV timing on the Konigs varied with displacement (volume...
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    I had one, too!

    I looked in my testing logs to see when, and I ran one for a while in 1976. Came from ZAK. There must have been a few around??? It wasn't the "silver bullet" and it was touchy, so when it broke I...
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    English Translation?

    Hi Thomas, Is there an English language translation of the Russian book available? It looks like there is a lot of good prop, boat, etc. theory but I can't read it....

    Thanks,
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    Long Beach 1957

    Here is a shot of Long Beach C Service Runabout, 1957, start. From the inside: Fred Hauenstein, Sr., Kingsburg, CA; Tom Newton, Montecito, CA; Henry Wagner, Fresno, CA; Manuel Carnakis,...
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