Power Boats

[Irish in Oz]

I remember a couple of years back on the old forum there was talk of Bluebird being resurrected. I was there at recent trials about 2 weeks ago.
http://warbymotorsport.com/Spirit_of_Australia_II.php

[Snapey]

That's a bit different to your timber skiff Jeff with the Q Dodge.

[Irish in Oz]

Pete if I put the Dodge in the Skiff it would probably sink, it runs a 186.

[Irish in Oz]

https://www.facebook.com/100008330013861/videos/1909885229299126/

[T 24]

At first, sorry about bad quality of the picture. Its over 30 years old and taken with a pocket camera.
We used to keep speed competitions for fishing boats ( shaft driven double enders ).
This was our "racer" Keppana.
17 ft fishing boat with 180 hp Volvo B20 rallycross engine and home made surface propeller propulsion ( cleaver ).
Its maximum speed was over 50 knots and 7600 rpm.

[Blubber]

At first, sorry about bad quality of the picture. Its over 30 years old and taken with a pocket camera.
We used to keep speed competitions for fishing boats ( shaft driven douple enders ).
This was our "racer" Keppana.
17 ft fishing boat with 180 hp Volvo B20 rallycross engine and home made surface propeller propulsion ( cleaver ).
Its maximum speed was over 50 knots and 7600 rpm.

Cool,  had a b20 with high compression Mahle pistons and double barrelled webers in my volvo 123gt '67 - amazon.  Hauled ass even to today's standards.

[T 24]

@Blubber. That B20 is now in my sons Volvo 142 ´69, originally it was from my ´68 Amazon.
It has 11:1 compressions with ported B20E top, 44/37.5 valves, double Porche valve springs with aluminiun retainers, B30 pushrods, steel timing gears, Timos Motor (=Kormu) "828/107" camshaft, Timos rocker arm shaft, lightened, balanced, "083"distributor, double DHLA 45 Dellortos, etc... Runs great. Revs to 8000rpm. It was fast in eighties.

[gsxbarmy]

@Blubber. That B20 is now in my sons Volvo 142 ´69, originally it was from my ´68 Amazon.
It has 11:1 compressions with ported B20E top, 44/37.5 valves, double Porche valve springs with aluminiun retainers, B30 pushrods, steel timing gears, Timos Motor (=Kormu) "828/107" camshaft, Timos rocker arm shaft, lightened, balanced, "083"distributor, double DHLA 45 Dellortos, etc... Runs great. Revs to 8000rpm. It was fast in eighties.

Only mildly modified and tuned then.............

[Kiwifruit]

You guys must have some very fast fish up there .........
Most people here troll between 4-12 knots 

[Irish in Oz]

I suppose a similar motor to the B20 only with 2 extra cylinder, not much tuning done to this revs to about 6250 with a 20 percent ratio box so about 7500 out the back end.

[T 24]

Last weekend I visited in my old workplace. The red picture is taken from lighthouse trough the red sector.
"power boat" in this case means 1000 hp diesels per boat.

[lawrie]

My turn,
This is actually MY boat,  honest!!

[grog]

Never ever owned a boat, thats what mates are for, borrow theirs. If i ever decided to own one, yours is it Lawrie. Its beautiful, know nothing about them  but it sure looks good and expensive.

[IanH]

They say the two best days of boat ownership are the day you buy it and they day you sell it.
I can confirm this saying is true

[ARH]

Laurie.... I bet your boat would go faster if it was blue and white