jeffaustin
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Trying to see how far prop was behind transom,thanks
Actually no it can protrude slightly past. Remember those struts were angled towards the back on both front and rear. I will look for more pics but if I'm remembering correctly (a guy here in D12 had one years back) you should be good with end of strut even with transom.Safe to say drive dog goes under boat
Mark, the majority of the piston powered ones did but starting in mid 80's the props started getting pushed past the transom with the more powerful turbines.I know. That's why I said "If he trusts it". All the boats I've seen, from that era, had the prop under the boat so I tend to believe the picture is at least somewhat accurate. At the same time, pictures taken from an angle don't normally give accurate information
Check the rule book. I proposed one years ago and it got approved.I think im going to propose a new drive dog rule for IMPBA. I will let you know how it goes!
Sam you never addressed the whole drive dog debateCheck the rule book. I proposed one years ago and it got approved.
There is no debate. There is once again a problem with people not following the rules and/or the rules not getting enforced.What’s the debate? Is it based on pictures or measurements?
Are you talking about the numbers I posted, 8410 and 8408? If so, it identifies what hull the boat is/was when it first went on the water. To give you a few examples:
The reason this is important is:
- 7325 is the 1973 Pay'N Pak. 73 is the year it first was run and 25 is the U-number the boat carried
- 7701 is the first blue Atlas, driven by Bill Muncey. It first ran in 1977 and was the U-1 that year. The U-1 was significant because the Atlas team had won the season high points in 1976 with the Pay'N Pak hull so the new hull could run as the U-1.
- 8200 was the second Blue Atlas, driven by Chip Hanauer. It first raced in 1982 and carried the number U-00
- the Pak carried U-25, U-1, U-76 and U-6 through it's 16 year racing career
- the 1977 Atlas carried U-1 and U-00 through it's 5 year racing career
- The 1982 Atlas carried U-00, U-1, U-2 and U-14 through its 15 year racing career
- All boats are listed in the Master Hull Roster by their hull number, the year(s) it raced raced and then by the "G" or "U" number and name going back to 1927. Most of the boats also have the dimensions and major hull changes listed as well. The MHR can show multiple names a given boat raced under in a single season or a name used by multiple boats over several years. Oberto is one that can be really confusing as it was the sponsor of two boats at one race more than once
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