What ever happened to Furnal Flier's

[deeougee]

I remember Jon racing the merc challenge series back in the late 80's, I don't believe that is one of his boats. His 27N had orange on the sponsons and the black cockpit sides. When he won with this boat he had a new one the following year that was silver with red and black trim and boasting 1US. That was in 88' I think. He was fast, along with many others.

[dsprint2000]

Bobby's boat - that is the one I was thinking about. Sure do miss Heart Lake....

David

[DiGia54D]

I remember Jon racing the merc challenge series back in the late 80's, I don't believe that is one of his boats. His 27N had orange on the sponsons and the black cockpit sides. When he won with this boat he had a new one the following year that was silver with red and black trim and boasting 1US. That was in 88' I think. He was fast, along with many others.

Yes John had it at the last Oswego race with the 1 US on it.

[pirata]

Bobby's boat - that is the one I was thinking about. Sure do miss Heart Lake....

David

The year I bought his Original Outlaw he bought a brand new Outlaw II. He and Ronnie drove to NY from WA and back hauling a trailer to pick up I think 4 different boats from Leigh. For sure one was the Outlaw II another was Papi Bob's 45SS hull and I think one was for Verta's ASH but I am not sure of the fourth. I was over at their house within a week or so of them returning from that trip.

[CSR15]

I bought Bobby Sandvig's orange Furnal "Outlaw" in 1987 and ran it for two seasons. The first year it was orange the we put a new deck on it.

I remember one Saturday morning you were arriving late to the races, So your dad let me take the Outlaw out for a few laps. Thanks I hope he told you.

[pirata]

Really. This is not a problem but I am at a loss as to who you are. Was the boat still painted orange or was the the "gummy" boat from the semi cured epoxy finish we had put on it the night before the season started? I remember dozens upon dozens of faces from the WIR days but I have not been blessed with the memory of the names.

This does remind me of a story about re-decking the boat. It's kind of funny, we have 6 months to replace the deck of the boat. The old deck is off in a single night. With the help of a belt sander it's ready for the new deck by the end of the week. We put off putting the new deck on until a couple of nights before the season starts and expect somehow the epoxy to be dried in temps into the 40s in our garage for a Saturday season opener at Heart Lake.

[Bill Huson]

yep, been there . . .

Really. This is not a problem but I am at a loss as to who you are. Was the boat still painted orange or was the the "gummy" boat from the semi cured epoxy finish we had put on it the night before the season started? I remember dozens upon dozens of faces from the WIR days but I have not been blessed with the memory of the names.

This does remind me of a story about re-decking the boat. It's kind of funny, we have 6 months to replace the deck of the boat. The old deck is off in a single night. With the help of a belt sander it's ready for the new deck by the end of the week. We put off putting the new deck on until a couple of nights before the season starts and expect somehow the epoxy to be dried in temps into the 40s in our garage for a Saturday season opener at Heart Lake.

Did a repair on one of Captain America's boats. Done, epoxy on, Matt loads up and hauls off to the race - a nighttime drive. When he arrived and dawn came he realized several thousand bugs had been hit on the highway and their dead bug-bodies were a part of the now cured epoxy.

[pirata]

Bugs in the epoxy is pretty good, I am guessing it's a professional speed secret. In my case the epoxy never cured. Bad mix, wrong temp, who knows? But I sure enough raced her as is. I think it was Pat Gleason that first called her "Miss Gummy Boat"

[dsprint2000]

Don't we always leave the word for another day?.... Then thrash like heck to make the race....

David