Hi everyone,
I'm the founder of the 152 VO (vintage outboard racing) club and the webmaster of
http://www.152vo.org, thanks for your interest! I started this new racing class 2 years ago. We're building stock outboard and racing outboard hulls (kneeler types) from old original plans of the 1930s through 50s. The first 2 years were just a "proof of concept", now we're going public with this idea for a new racing class (website, Youtube channel, magazines). In December we have the title stories about our racing class in both german RC boating magazines. At the moment we're working on a rulebook. Up to now we've only built utilities and single steps, but this winter we'll also start with the first three pointers.
If you'd like to see many more pics and complete technical data of our outboard raceboat models please visit
this page (with lightbox slideshows of the models). Sorry it's only in German at the moment (an english translation is already in progress), but you'll understand the technical data and for the rest maybe Google translator will help.
If you'd like to share (original) plans with us, please let me know. We have about 60 different plans, most of them Hal Kelly designs and cottage racers, which were published in old magazines of the 1950s (Science and mechanics, Popular Mechanics, Boat Builder's Handbook, etc). We're still looking for plans of competitive racers (utilities, single steps and threepointers), e.g. Sid Craft, Jacoby, Speedliner, Neal, etc.
Best regards from Germany,
Jo
