Wayne,

I think I got the A motor from Marcell in the fall of 1970, it was the one that he had run at the nats in 1970. I picked up a 12' 6" Bellcraft that had blown off of the Hauenstein's trailer on the way back from the nats at the same time. Got the boat rebuilt in time for the first race of the 1971 season. Dad was still running his Anzani and doing pretty well with it. After I ran a couple of test laps he wanted to know what I thought needed changing as he thought it looked pretty slow. I told him to not touch it, that I liked the way it was. I was late on the first start and dad beat me to the first turn, I really enjoyed waving to him as I passed him on the outside. I lapped him before the end of the heat. That boat/motor combination fit me like a glove, I think I lost 1 heat with it until I had to quit racing due being layed off during the aerospace layoffs, even when I stepped up and ran it in B. I always wondered how I would have done with it if I had been able to continue racing.

Jerry