Growler breaking 25hp speed record

[voodoo]

Gday trendsetters this is a couple of pics of the growler breaking a 21 year old australian speed record for the 25hp open hull class.The new record is 92.36kph set on the hunter river at ramond terrace 10/04/08.On the day the boat maxed out at 96.6 kph or 59.9 mph on the gps.i could not hold that speed because the wind at the southern end was blowing across the river at 25 /30 knots and it was getting under the boat so i had to back of a bit doh !

[plasterer timgarfield]

notice that record was held by mark mctye, he was basically having time out of the sport at that time prior to building his hodges f1, it was a wing boat with 25hp omc and a fancy prop

[plasterer timgarfield]

notice w.cross mercury 207k still standing from mid 80s they were the days where are you 850 this is the stuff, i believe colin courtney still owns this boat tim

[850cc racer]

well done growler, i have seen you race, i think mildura year before last i saw you stand her right up in sync with another boat landing it and continuing on.

hey tim, sorry i havent replied to you PM.. really sorry to hear that though.

yes that boat is still around.. however could have moved.
im not in there "as yet" haha one day


850

[850cc racer]

and the blue magic record, that boat still races.. really good club boat!

[voodoo]

hey 850cc racer is there gunna be a kilo event this season if so i might have another crack.The pic of voodoo was at the 2008 kilos,the record stands at 109.17 we pulled 112.6 on the day but could not hold on to it in the wind doh

[850cc racer]

thats fair goin for a 800cc. i should build a 55 and have a crack

dont know of any kilos coming up..

[voodoo]

i heard on the grapevine that the 850 crew from QLD may race at the toukley gig in feb ,i might have to blow the dust off the deck of voodoo and take u blokes on it would be lots of fun

[850cc racer]

oh serious! Far out i think there may be a couple of guys coming to tas in march to run against us.. Do the Qld 850 guys still run visually stock? The single throat 75 still pushses the boat to 75mph.
What would u run on voodoo?

[voodoo]

believe it or not its just a stock APBA sealed 1995 3cyl 698cc short shaft 50 yamaha that i got of craig oliver all ive done is snip rev limiter nose cone and larger fuel lines .it pulls 6600 revs with a 11x24 oh cleaver top speed so far 70.6 mph that was in the 2008 B2B .
PS i dont no jack about 850cc racing