Parker 9 Hour Enduro

[RogerH]

Bob Hering and Renato Molinari at the 1977 Parker Enduro - 1st year with an OMC for both. Won event in '77...Boat has '77 Parker & Havasu, '78 Parker Inspection Stickers

[RICK HOFFMAN]

found these at my parents house this past weekend

[Dabull1919]

Whatever happened to Jimbo`s red Molinary with the CCC?

DB

[RICK HOFFMAN]

found theses too

[Ron Hill]

I should know the year, but have forgotten, but Bob drove all nine hours of the Parker 9 Hour Enduro and won! I'm thinking it was 1965.

[Doubleeagle]

I should know the year, but have forgotten, but Bob drove all nine hours of the Parker 9 Hour Enduro and won! I'm thinking it was 1965.

Thats kind of a weird picture
Look in front of the #'s The nose and chine line don't match (Looks like a sponson hanging down)
The hull at the transom the chine looks like it wider than the bottom
You can see the turn buckle must have had a curved transom or at least a notch at the rear corners
Got to love the leather straps on the helmet

[T2x]

I should know the year, but have forgotten, but Bob drove all nine hours of the Parker 9 Hour Enduro and won! I'm thinking it was 1965.

Bob also drove all 9 hours at the Orange Bowl Regatta and won there as well.... He earned the nickname "Iron Man" for that one. He had a little help, for what it's worth. Bob had developed a shock mounted seat for the boat that he claimed made the ride much less arduous. Bob had access to his vast aircraft galley manufacturing facility and created some interesting things over the years including his "non bucketing" helmets. I was on the North American Championship Commission one year with Bob, Charlie Strang, Joe Gimbrone, and others from Canada and Mexico. We spent 3 or 4 days in Mexico City together and enjoyed a lot of meals with Bob and Ellie.... Later we worked together on Gary Garbrecht's original (early version of the Lavin Foundation) safety committee. He was a very interesting and compelling guy who (like a lot of us) accepted one point of view....his own, but he really knew his stuff, as proven by his race record.

[Hallett 19]

Thats kind of a weird picture
Look in front of the #'s The nose and chine line don't match (Looks like a sponson hanging down)
The hull at the transom the chine looks like it wider than the bottom
You can see the turn buckle must have had a curved transom or at least a notch at the rear corners
Got to love the leather straps on the helmet

Here's some Nordskog V-Drives


Attachment 52364Attachment 52365Attachment 52366Attachment 52367

[Ron Hill]

Brian Daley and Rick Hoffman dove a Seebold tunnel hull with a Ted Zahorski Yamaha V-6 to second overall at the 9 Hour, many years ago. They ran out of ga or would have won easy, they ran a "CLUB FOOT" with a nose cone, didn't even have a Speedmaster.

This year at the Blue Water Resort and Casino 336 sponsored by Teague Marine, we may see another Yamaha at the "FRONT" of the pack. Sea Witch Marine of Vista, California is entering a 250 HP FOUR STROKE YAMAHA ona Sleek Craft. 336 miles ain't like the "OLD DAYS" when we raced 9 hours...but it is great to see new motors in the race.