McCrea hydros

[Puddleduck]

Hi, another new Brit on your excellent site, along with my fellow Classic Motor Boat Association member Healey 75!

I have restored a 1956 3 point kneeler hydro 'Thunderbolt III' which was raced in the UK and won the X-Class title in '57 with a souped up Evinrude Storm motor. I know she is a McCrea design from Canada, and built to plans here in the UK, but that's it. Do any of you guys have information on McCrea (not McCrae, I checked the spelling!) or know of anyone running a similar boat? We also have a smaller A Class hydro to identical design in our club.

I do not have the original race motor, but intend to use my 1960 Merc 300 as a user-friendly motor - any ideas how I ring the throttle cable to a fly-away hand grip? I guess I'll have to disconnect the distributor and connect directly to the carburetor.