Wow!

[drew79c]

Would you let a redneck with a 3 holer on a runabout come out n play?

[sonnyman]

anymore reports on water release , looking on this end like the pipe is stilh wide open an holding . fishing is heard to be HOT???? on the Klamath an Trinidy, Get ready to fire off the old boat see if it will fly rite this time

[robert calvosa]

Fisheries Dept predicting very high flows for the June Hoopa event. There will be lots of rollers and debris. Class III and IV sections are anticipated. Should be fun- if we can find a stretch of beach to start from.

https://sites.google.com/site/corra44/

[smallfish]

I think you are a little crazy but why don't you fill folks in on the rules and the size of boats and what motors are used and what modifications can be made.

[robert calvosa]

Thanks Sam. Yeah, Alan's Frankenstein 44 is an awesome example of American ingenuity

[sam]

Look here: http://www.hydroracer.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=78

[robert calvosa]

Well, i guess by now it's obvious that what I don't know about D stock could fill a book.
Larry Darneille has been tryin' to educate me a little. And yeah, he does design and build
very nice boats.https://sites.google.com/site/corra4...t-parts-market.
Those Tohatsu motors sure are pretty. Probably pricey too. It is challenging though, to see just how much performance you can get from a 'classic' 44. Most of the members of Cal-Ore build their own motors and are usually willing to share what they have learned. Even the XS motor would be a budget-buster for most of our teams. So, by necessity we've all become experts with the EZ.....out. Like I told my friend Jebb. 'Old Mercs are like women, they're not rare, it's just hard to find one with good compression.

[mercguy]

So that will cause Tohatsu's to become the dominant motor in D and the 44 will be abandoned in stock and current owners will sell their 44XS motors cheap?

You could be right

nope, not with the current restrictions. Different topic anyways, back to the "die hard" Cal-Ore River racers !!!!!! Hard to believe these HEAVY river racers are so dang fast......just as fast as the APBA Dmods, which are a LOT LIGHTER!!!!! One thing for sure...............Larry Darneille builds one TOUGH boat!!!! Guess I can make Boatnik this year!

[sam]

So that will cause Tohatsu's to become the dominant motor in D and the 44 will be abandoned in stock and current owners will sell their 44XS motors cheap?

You could be right

[mercguy]

does any one else remember this subject?

can you read?? he said opening up the D stock classes to the 3cyl motor (Tohatsu), of which was done.......

see ya Sunday morning Larry D..................guess I should get that FEH back on the water.....

[sam]

does any one else remember this subject?

[robert calvosa]

44's 4-ever

This is an April Fool's joke, right?

As far as I know, 44's in 750 (D Mod) are popular anywhere there is mod racing ... with no end in sight

Can you point out what you are talking about?

Well the thread was pretty old and I guess there was some talk...
Pretty sure it was all about opening-up SO to 3cyl motors.

[Bowers76-S]

Blast!

and I thought goin down in a raft or kayak was fun..I am ready to give it a shot!

[sam]

the possibility of circle racers abandoning the 4-banger has me thinkin'...'score'!!

This is an April Fool's joke, right?

As far as I know, 44's in 750 (D Mod) are popular anywhere there is mod racing ... with no end in sight

Can you point out what you are talking about?

[robert calvosa]

I was just re-reading an interesting thread from a few years ago regarding proposed changes to D stock rules. I was only vaguely aware of this at the time and am wondering how it's playing out. Cal-Ore River Racers has had a longstanding love/hate relationship with the old "44" and currently it's about the only thing that's not debated at our meetings. Although it's true that 50 hp fishin' motors are still plentiful- the possibility of circle racers abandoning the 4-banger has me thinkin'...'score'!! The motor I'm building right now actually did come from a junkyard (20 bucks) It's an 1866 casting with a lot of potential : to go or to blow...W F O