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Offline Ripsnort

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« on: July 31, 2007, 09:01:03 PM »
No, not a U-boat. :)

Boeing has leased the U-16 back up hull and repainted her in three shades of blue to match the new 787 Dreamliner, recently rolled out at Boeing's Everett Plant.

The U-787 will make it's first appearance in the Seafair Torchlight Parade on July 28th in Seattle, then it will be on display August 2nd at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent, for their annual Gala Banquet & Auction.

 Look for the U-787 to be on display at the Stan Sayres pits, and perhaps make a parade lap or two prior to Sunday's Seafair race.



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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2007, 09:14:01 PM »
If it submerges, will it surface, intact?
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2007, 09:36:57 PM »
cool:) maybe some big companies will get back into hydro racing!! the sport is just about dead in the water..lol..i live close to the columbia..were i grew up watching the old piston hydro's... but ever sence joe camel left for legal reasons and miller gave it up....budwiser didnt have no compition anymore and no money or big sponcers.. they were flipping the bill and they dropped it too....i hope it picks back up..cool sport ..i really enjoy the old piston hydros..true thunder on the water:)
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2007, 10:17:41 PM »
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If it submerges, will it surface, intact?


At the speeds they travel, I highly doubt it..
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2007, 10:20:04 PM »
btw that first picture is actually how they transport those boats. It's not just set up like that for a display, they actually cruse down the highway just like that.
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2007, 11:00:30 PM »
its just Boeing spending "Alot" of money for advertising .

I wish they would of split the unlimited hydro's into 2 classes , Piston and turbine .  but alias ... theres only so much sponsorship and intrest in them .

the Miss bud and the whole hydro sport  has been hurting since Bernie Little passed away , alot of the other big names in the sport went back to outboards and limited classes .
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2007, 11:14:41 PM »
oh ya..that hurt the sport

hey roo..do you remmeber this?  when dean died? http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=6823685

man that was big news when that happend here...what a dare devil racer..took miss bud over 225..lol..and died down here on the columbia...i remmeber it like yesterday.
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2007, 11:23:22 PM »
ooooffffff..... thats a sexy boat.

There should be video I believe of either Miss Budweiser or Miss Circus Circus that did submerge and come back up running. Possible may have also been Ol'Boy Oberto. Regardless I do remember a video showing that.

I'll see what I can dig up.

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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2007, 11:23:42 PM »
I was there :(

thats also the same boat my griffon rods came out of . (yes, thats the history behind them)

I still see a bunch of the guys that went back to limiteds along with doing resto work on a few of the unlimited boats .
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2007, 11:30:47 PM »
oohh you got them from the scrap? what else do you have hiding out over there roo? hehe

ya..i remmeber them saying he looked like he was hit in the head with a sledge hammer when they pulled him out..that was a sad day for the columbia cup..they really took those old boats to the edge.
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« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2007, 11:38:00 PM »
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oohh you got them from the scrap? what else do you have hiding out over there roo? hehe


 (long story)  I know were the rest of that engine is too .  

turn on msn and i'll tell ya or lets jump in AH if ya got time.
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« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2007, 11:47:13 PM »
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http://www.lesliefield.com/personalities/dean_chenoweth_tributes.htm  some better pics of that crash. think he was the last man to die so far in hydro racing.
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« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2007, 02:50:09 AM »
hyena, was at the Tri-Cities race in 2000. The old piston boats doing exibitions runs were more fun to watch than the turbos.

For watching limited boats, go to Valleyfield PQ.
promo vid, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7cZHoHOjE0&mode=related&search=
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« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2007, 07:06:52 AM »
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hyena, was at the Tri-Cities race in 2000. The old piston boats doing exibitions runs were more fun to watch than the turbos.
oohh ya..atleast i think they are too..lol you know what i dont like they did to columbia park? they took down the old miss tri cities hydro that was dispayed in the park sence i was a kid..and put up that newer piece of poo..instead of just restoring and repainting the old one..i guess some one has the old miss tri cities..would be cool to put it back in the water! hehe was from the 1960's i think


i miss watchin the old pay n pak  , squire shop and atlas boats going at it full bore with a giant roster tail shooting out the back..real thunder on the water..lol..i hope the sport doesnt die out due to lack of sponcers.

you tube does have some cool old school hydro wrecks...go watch the old one with bill muncy in the late 1950's..lol flys out of controll and wrecks into and sinks a coast guard boat..lol

here is a nice clip of the griffin powerd miss bud roo:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAaMvLXYdn0
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