Old Japanise outbord

[Mark75H]

I want to know about these boats














They are on this page: http://www.kyo-tei.com/maniac/oldboat.htm

[Masaru Wada]

Kyoutei is the professional gambling boat races.
These are boats of Kyotei.
All these are Yamato products.

Type YL-110
#1 Black/Red/Yellow
1p hydoro boat,
This is a boat made for Yamato 203-SS outboard motor.
In 1988, this boat was used in some motorboat races ground.
It was not adopted in the next year.

FPA-304X
#6 White/green
3p hydoro boat,
A trial product.
It is a boat produced experimentally for 3p hydoro races in 1987.

#3 White/red
Tunnel Boat
A trial product.
This was produced experimentally in pursuit of faster speed and operation responsiveness.

[geodavid]

Thank you for posting these pictures. Can you tell us a bit about the racing background of your family? Nice picture of your Father. We hear about the pari mutuel racing, however, little about the history of true racing outboards in Japan. I drove one of the early Yamato's imported into the US, however, the motor was quite sophisticated by then. My father began racing here in the 1930's. Ergo, I was a second generation racer of Japanese heritage.
Alan Ishii

[John Schubert T*A*R*T]

Alan,

Is this a Yamato?

Karen,

The first is a Yamato, then a Martin 4 HP, then a Looper & Looper parts.

[Ron Hill]

The top picture, Karen, is a Yamato 80. Tom Ige brought these in from the Japanese Boat Racing Gambling Curcuit about 1976. Many of those motors still run in 20 SS Hydro.

The #3 Boat, is tunnel built by Bob Carlson. It was the first boat I ever saw with break-awy pickle forks. The Japanese required these tips to be made of rubber. The boat was much fast than the Gambling boats, but also turned much better.

The gambling boats slide and allow for passing, which makes for exciting racing.

If you have seen a Bob Carlson Bob Cat, you can see the same lines in this boat's deck!

Geo David:

Masura and his dad are coming to visit in November. Maybe we come get together...while they are here...

When are we going to get to gether? I am doing a ton of machine shop work with my props, maybe we should talk. 714-608-7147

[Allen J. Lang]

Hi Karen- the engine below the Martin 40 is a 5 hp Flambeau. This was a very unusual engine. Built in 2 halves.

[smittythewelder]

Any of you interested in the Japanese pari-mutuel racing equipment should not only click on the website provided by Sam, but click on each of the several parts immediately above where it says "Home" and "Maniacs, etc." One section is devoted to a fellow demonstrating driving positions, and the runabout drivers here will love his cornering technique.

It appears the rounded-bottom single-step hull design has changed little since 1970. Don't mess with a good thing, I guess.