13' Critchfield and "Adams Marine" 75 Stinger

**lilwhirlwind** · 10-18-2014

Originally Posted by champ20B

That Johnson outboard looks mighty interesting. What top speed do you get with this boat Whirlwind?

75 or so. saw 76 on the Gps the other day at the lake but when I was looking at the gps while running it stayed 75. So maybe bumps 76 every once in a while.

Building another one that should make a lot more power. Double barrel engine.

A guy that lives near me has one with a mod 50 on it that runs in the mid 80s. That's what im shooting for

**thornl01** · 10-23-2014

Hate to correct you guys, But the White boat could be a Critchfield .

The earlier models that Danny built were open deck like this, I know because I bought one from him (Danny Critchfield) in Jacksonville, in 1979.(Brand new out of the mold)

The cabbed over boats did not appear untill a few years later.

Awfull lot of them were raced down here (NOA) for years.

**wtsjr66** · 10-23-2014

I have one also, came from a friend of Dannys in Jax. This boat must be 30+ years old.

**LittleCharger** · 10-23-2014

Originally Posted by thornl01

Hate to correct you guys, But the White boat could be a Critchfield .

The earlier models that Danny built were open deck like this, I know because I bought one from him (Danny Critchfield) in Jacksonville, in 1979.(Brand new out of the mold)

The cabbed over boats did not appear untill a few years later.

Awfull lot of them were raced down here (NOA) for years.

Interesting...any idea of the differences between them and the Delta then?

**hydroyt** · 10-23-2014

here is a old thread from here that has some shots of a open deck critchfeild, was there a older design open deck before this one? http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forum...13-critchfield

**Hevi Kevi** · 10-23-2014

Originally Posted by thornl01

Hate to correct you guys, But the White boat could be a Critchfield .

The earlier models that Danny built were open deck like this, I know because I bought one from him (Danny Critchfield) in Jacksonville, in 1979.(Brand new out of the mold)

The cabbed over boats did not appear untill a few years later.

Awfull lot of them were raced down here (NOA) for years.

I've seen pictures of the open deck ones before but never seen one in person. I thought it was a little different looking though. I had a Delta here with the exact deck as that one. If you look at the last picture of his boat you can see the rounded bottom corner at the right side of it before it goes up to the deck. The Critchfields have another strake there that points downward.

**thornl01** · 10-23-2014

When we raced the open deck boat, the boats had a LOT of aero lift in the nose & most guys would "sharpen the nose" a little to remove some the lift. Saw a lot of these blow over before the "nose Job"

If you look, the cab-over boats have the sharper nose.

Rusty Campbell was pretty much Danny's "house driver" for years, and he had a white open boat w/ the sharpened nose. Also that "POP PIGGOT" horsepower helps a lot.

Rusty was hard to beat in this class.