Forget that, Pics of his hobby shop in his basement. I had them and puter crashed. some awesome stuff.Some great looking old boat people...
Anyone else got some stories to share? I can remember Grim posting a pic YEARS ago of one of his first hotshot tunnels!
My first boat was a little wood kit hot shot 21 designed by Jerry Dunlap. I had a couple of these and enjoyed running them every weekend somewhere around 1978. I owe a lot of thanks to Jerry for providing those kits way back then and starting a hobby that I have enjoyed for a long time now.Seems like the IW member who probably has the earliest OB experience is late to this party. My first OB was a Fugi 15 on a Dick Norsikian 25" cabin cruiser that was designed by Jimmy Gale. The year was probably around 1974/75 - before K&B came out with the K&B 3.5 OB.
My first K&B 3.5 was mounted to a Hughey brown foam 3.5 Hydro. I won the first NAMBA 3.5 Outboard National Championship with that combination at the 1977 Reno Nats. At that time, 3.5 Outboard was an open class. As the popularity of the OB grew, there would be classes for OB Mono, OB Hydro, and OB Tunnel at NAMBA Nats.
JD
Thank you for the kind words, Carl. It is very rewarding to know my designs had an impact on this great hobby.My first boat was a little wood kit hot shot 21 designed by Jerry Dunlap. I had a couple of these and enjoyed running them every weekend somewhere around 1978. I owe a lot of thanks to Jerry for providing those kits way back then and starting a hobby that I have enjoyed for a long time now.Seems like the IW member who probably has the earliest OB experience is late to this party. My first OB was a Fugi 15 on a Dick Norsikian 25" cabin cruiser that was designed by Jimmy Gale. The year was probably around 1974/75 - before K&B came out with the K&B 3.5 OB.
My first K&B 3.5 was mounted to a Hughey brown foam 3.5 Hydro. I won the first NAMBA 3.5 Outboard National Championship with that combination at the 1977 Reno Nats. At that time, 3.5 Outboard was an open class. As the popularity of the OB grew, there would be classes for OB Mono, OB Hydro, and OB Tunnel at NAMBA Nats.
JD
Thanks Jerry! I am still having fun!
-Carl Van Houten
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