Mike, I am back into racing big time, I moved to new york and I do not have the distractions of the boat and cottege so I have been racing. NAMBA dominates NJ and NY. The 40 I am finished I bought at one of the OWMBC club meetings. You guys must have donated it for some event and who ever won it sold it to me. It sat all this time unfinished but I got to it this past spring. Still had your specs. I also am still running the 20 that was your boat and the 67 you built for me when I was living in germany. These boats are in excellent shape as they have been decommissioned for for 15 years. The 20 and 67 were hard shaft boats and I converted them to flex drives. It made a big difference with the 67 as I was able to lighten up the front end and it runs strong, new powerhouse would help that but the 67 was worked on and has good compression. The guys here in NJ made lots of comments about the handeling of the boat, thought it ran very well and was fast. Still has an OPS 67 but it has been respectable even against the gas and 80 and 90 I face in the open class. Less nitro guys out here so we end up combining classes. I plan to sell the OPS 45 even though its practically new.
If you have any suggestions about what to dd in terms of upgrade please advsie. This hull is painted so I probably do not want to start major hull work but I am curious. Perhaps you are suggesting a new boat? Are you still building them?
And John, the props I referred to were off a twin Eagle I bough from the Pas boys. I was obviously just kidding but I really did send you the props.
