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Originally Posted by gofastsandman
Made a couple of plumb bobs at the shop yesterday and with the tongue jack all the way up , she taped out at
25`6" The onion indeed. Carla said the best racers wanted the shortest hulls for less weight and more top end.
Was this boat Carl`s 1st he built for himself and later sold to Mr. K at lake X?
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Sandy, that would be so absolutely awesome! and I would be sooo envious if that was "My Racing Machine" !!! However, after racing, it was sold to a gentleman who bought it for his multiple trips to the Bahamas. Then ... who knows. Just keep peeling your onion and see what color of hull you find buried under existing paint, fg, etc. Red? Yellow?
After a raceboat was "retired" many of them did become test boats for Mr. K. The driver's drove them 24/7 to test the durability of Merc engines.
The Knee at the transom? It may have been put on the smaller (25'-26') raceboats as they spent a lot of time jumping those 10-12' seas. Hull out of water with props biting = extra torque or stress on the transom. The knee provided extra support. The 28' and 29' didn't jump so much.
In a 1968 Nassau race, I did find another 25' SeaCraft, #505, named Joan E., drivers Powers and Thayer.
The onion keeps getting more interesting.