2022 Stock Outboard Racing’s Future
https://youtu.be/baOKzPnypqM
So the video above is a straight up apples to apples comparison to the current AX with a racing foot. The boat in the video is a Fralick hydro that was built and raced by Bob and Jonathan Abbott back in 2005. The boat in the video which is box stock including the regular foot has run 52 mph and weighs around 310+ with the driver so maybe 15-20 under current class weight. In talking with someone who has ran the same design with the racing foot on the AX they ran 53 mph. Now top boat are running what 54-56? How much money is being poured into these engines for the same performance? I can buy a Merc AX15 for what, 1000 or less off of Craigslist or Kijiji and achieve the same performance. It’s really time to wake up when it comes to stock and I’m guilty of it myself!
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7 Year Old You Tube: Stock Outboard
When I saw this post, I thought maybe the world ha comes to its senses, then I saw this You Tube was 7 years old.
My brother, was often chastised by the APBA administration for being ten years a head of what was happening.
On Monday December 5, 2022 I agreed to buy a brand new 15 HP Tohatsu, short shaft, 4 stroke.
I was going o have Ernie Dawe build me a boat for this motor.
I digress, with the Sidewinder's one employee who also built the OMC gearcases, I have spent about thee months trying to figure out how to build OMC gearcases.
It come to this build 25 at $2000 each or build 100 at $700 each. ($50,00 for 25 or $70,000 for 100)....If APBA paid for them their return on their investment would be zero over the next 8 years. If I made them my return would be the same.
Bottom line making racing gearcases is a LOSER!
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Only OMC 15 Gearcase with Two Shearpins
So, what I suggest is simple:
Have a 15 HP Class with production Gearcases with no rules til the class grows.
I make parts and props for 15 HP and 18 HP that race all over the world, only in America do people think they need a racing gearcases.
Bottom water pick up nose cones.....will out run a OMC 15 gearcase.
That thru hub prop that went 52. I repitched those to 14's added cup in an 5 mile heat in Japan, they were lap a head on the stock props in 5 laps.
My cleaver and Semi cleaver have won the Australian Pursuit for several years...
This is a great idea, on You Tube, just three years ahead of time....
ADD; I had no clue that a stock gearcase with a piece of **** Stainless prop would go 52 MPH, I thought the gearcase would "blow Out"...
Let the class run any 15 HP, including four strokes.
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15 HP Class: New Concept that is 7 years old 12/2022
Interesting to me, is the throttle set up.
When I first raced for Evinrude, we ran the throttle just like the 15 HP Mercury had, there was a steering cable piece of wire hooked from the throttle to the foot throttle and a bungee to return the throttle.
It worked great and the kill switch was easy to hook to your wrist or life jacket.
By the way, I want to change how these boats are run and raced.
Number One: They will be "Sit Down" Boats.
Number Two: They will ALL race 660 Feet Drags. Drags will have a stand alone winner. But Drag points will accumulate for circles. So circle racing plus drag racing will be the 15 HP winner.
Number Three: No weights, no motor rules but 15 2 or 4 stroke.
And to get around the trim "Drag Race" we will call them a "LOCAL CLASS" with 660 heats.
Look how low Dick O'Dea used to run his KG-4...