Pictures from the NAMBA SAW at Legg Lake

[RaceMechaniX]

Here are some pics of the drivers and their machines from the recent Legg Lake SAW event held November 5th-9th.

All the pics are here in my gallery as well: http://www.intlwaters.com/index.php?app=gallery&album=1728

Mr. OZSpec Aaron Alberico and his B-hydro undergoing some repair work.



Andreas Lehner, Boyd Marshall and Mark Grim. Andreas and Boyd both have 6 cell Cats and Mark with his Grim Reaper SAW rigger



Andreas Lehner and Boyd Marshall with their Q cats. Andy ending up with the record at the end of the event.



Boyd Marshall with his 4 cell and 6 cell cats



Brian Neal and Marko from Berlin talking amps behind Brian's 139mph T Cat.



Brian Neal and his T Cat. Brian has run 139.8mph with this cat previously.

 

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Cont'd

Brian demonstrating how you tow a heavy cat back to shore. This is his new HPR150.



Brian's fleet of HPR cats or actually just a small portion of his fleet that would fit in the back of a panel van.



Brian and his HPR150



Darin Jordan with his N2 cat



Darin's sponsor banners sure came in handy for a sun visor during the weekend.



Two masters of the hobby Henry Velasco and Don Maher.



Don Maher and his gear driven X hydro



Florian and Andreas' fleet of cats

 

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Florian Schonblock from Austria brought his S cat which ran 131mph



Howard Welch showing off his Blazer Backwash which ran almost to 100mph. Mark and Howard teamed up to set two new records in G-2 and GX-2.



Jack G of J&G Motors was out running his beautiful GX-1 carbon rigger.



Jay Turner from Texas with his AM Sport hydro, Jay set several records bumping the FE sport hydro records and Q and T.



Jim Johnson with his P OPC ML Boatworks SAW tunnel



Jim and his Phil Thomas P-Ltd sport hydro

 

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Kris Flynn ran his Whiplash in P sport hydro to a new record.



Manuel Wenny joined us from Austria and ran his superb 6 cell cat to a new record only to have it broken minutes later by Andreas Lehner. We know he will be back.



Andreas Lehner and Mark Grim



Mark Grim and his SAW rigger

 

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Mark Grim and his SAW rigger.



Marko, Flo, Andreas and Ralf



Some discussions over how to go faster.



View of the pits to the left



View of the pits to the right



Ralf Moser and his 100+MPH electric mono. This boat made one pass at 109.88mph. Not to shabby.



The motor controller required to power Ralf's 100mph is so big it needs its own picture

 

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Three generations of O'Donnell's: Brad, Steve and Jack with their A-hydro



Tony Heller and his P-ltd cat



Wilmer Oxidean with his M2 hydro (that's 1 cell).



Tyler with his T-Hydro before the record run



Tyler's dad Don Garrard patiently waiting to launch when the ripple has died off



Tyler with a bottle of Scotch provided by former record holder Joerg



The T-hydro after the run.

 

[Andy Brown]

Great pics! Thanks for posting Tyler!

 

[Terry Keeley]

Running close all week, getting the job done last possible second, reminds me of another run in LA a few years back.

Maybe this should be called "THE RUN" too!

 

[ALLAN YUEN]

Tyler look nice your rigger what size of prop did you run?

 

[James montgomery]

sweet looking boats....and crazy speeds......cool vid as well!

 

[aaron alberico]

Here's few more photos!

 

[Tom Foley]

Great photos and info on the racers !! Nice job guys !

 

[RaceMechaniX]

Tyler look nice your rigger what size of prop did you run?

Allan,

All I will say it was somewhere between 44 and 47mm, a 2 blade design recast in Stainless by Brent Daily of Prop Works West. We have been working on the shape, thickness and diameter for 1 year to get it right.

TG

 

[Darin Jordan]

Tyler GarrardNAMBA 639/IMPBA 20525

N2 Mono 76.3mph, P Mono 80.6mph, Q-Hydro 128.3mph, S-Hydro 126.6mph, Fast Pass of 139.4mph

Tyler... I think you've EARNED the right to update your signature, my friend!

OWN IT!!

 

[Darin Jordan]

Just for run... NOT a "fuelie"... but 70-ish isn't a bad start for a 25", 2-cell Radtek Mystic Cat with a single 28mm motor... First weekend on the water.

http://youtu.be/QIpqhagxjD8

http://youtu.be/YyAYCXzCfs0