A BRIEF HISTORY OF OFFSHORE POWERBOAT DESIGN

[@lspoweredcouch1549]

This is easily the best comprehensive historical summary of offshore performance i have seen on youtube. I've spent my whole life on the water and worked as a marine mechanic for a period. I would love to see a series discussing the history of specific engine and drive systems as well as the companies that developed them. The Mercruiser TRS and Alpha/Bravo drives for example, or perhaps a video on companies like Ilmor, Imco, OMC, etc.

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thanks! read more about it in vehicule-magazine.com

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[@daniellebcooper7160]

In 1979, i was fortunate to witness the big class 1 boats when they came to Melbourne Australia for the world titles. I was also fortunate to actually meet Betty Cook, who my mother had befriended. Betty was well in her 50's back then, and i was amazed that a 'Grandmother' was racing big loud offshore boats: she was a down to earth and friendly lady. Hello from Australia.

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[@SAVikingSA]

I saw these beasts in the 80's off the coast of Seaside Heights, NJ. You had to be there, it was an entire vibe.

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we are there.

[@RenneeShreiner]

getting better and better these véhicule films.

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yes sir

[@everydayengineering817]

I have a serious complaint about your channel - I need MORE! :)

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More to come! in the mean time read vehicule-magazine.com

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more films in members area.

[@nathantoney.1501]

I’d enjoy seeing a renaissance of this sport. I grew up in Seattle watching the sea fair hydroplane races.

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sea fair, so cool should we do a film on hydroplanes?

[@miketee2444]

We've definitely got it easy today. Back then, finding a valve train that could survive 6 grand for hours or a drive and prop that could go from air to water WO snapping wasn't just a card number away. The old boat packed full of two stroke Mercs inboard was sweet. Not really practical but pretty sure I'd have been that guy if I was in the game then.

[@quickcp1]

VERY VERY good video of explaining the offshore powerboat racing history from Deep V's to Cat's.

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[@johnbishop-qs8je]

I worked for GK in Detroit michigan , shop owner is Bob kaiser , his boat in the 80s was a world champion " System 7 .

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🏁🏁 we did a film on him check it out.

[@chrishackett554]

My high performance boating experience started during the Golden Age which was a glorious time for the sport. The modern racers may be faster with higher tech but watching the glamour boys vs Gentry and Reggie vs the likes of Los Muchachos and Ben Kramer was some sort of spectacle. Great video!

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thanks!

[@troyjohnson462]

Narrated by a live human! Awesome and a rarity today!!👍

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you know it!

[@waterworldofficial]

yayayyaya i've been waiting for this!!!

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[@ryeguy4449]

Another masterpiece! Do one on Fort Apache!

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[@nospoon4799]

Drag racing was born from moonshiners outrunning the police. Offshore power boat racing is born from smuggling. Obviously huge amounts of money are involved in those operations. Which allowed the design and building of high performance vehicles. Mickey Munday talks at length about the development of the cigarette boats in cocaine cowboys. They had that long nose to allow a ton of "ballast" in the front of the boat.

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right on

[@miked90123]

Growing up on the Mississippi River and close to LOTO, I've been in 9.9hp to 1k hp boats. I worked for a marina and got to work on a scarab with a Tyler Crockett race engine. Never got to open it up, but at 50% throttle, we hit 100mph/99.58mph and we were out of river lol. I'd love to be able to go out in a 40' with 1k N/A hp engine.

[@Tubesmaney]

What a great video - explains so much. Thank you.

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You're very welcome!

[@OneEye.]

Suggestion for the producer of the video. How about some of the history of the 70s with Bob Magoon. He was a top offshore racer in the mid 70s.

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[@ranidekel]

Excellent content, enjoyed it. Precise mix of entertainment and engineering.

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[@o.6558]

Amazing video, vehicule will bring the next generation of enthusiasts to the forefront

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[@thedoctor2102]

Were these old racers the ones fitted with OP aircraft piston engines like a Merlin?

[@joshmaitie5954]

I love this channel.. and how it embraces the 19's and boats from all time❤❤❤❤

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[@WinstonPinetorum]

‘Watch us in the turn; we ain’t got any turbo lag’ That was an ace line.

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loved that one too

[@danielwitham1791]

Thousands kgs of durries is a lot of cigs 😅

[@ArtiRua]

Such good videos. Im a noob to the subject so these are very nice to get a quick run down on who is who. Got interested in this world thanks to Don Aronows brands.

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[@bighulkingwar_machine1123]

that was so badass!!

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[@doverivermedia3937]

No mention of major entanglement with 80s drug running ? Kramer et al ? ...

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[@joeross2914]

Cool..😎👍👍👊👊

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[@remkojerphanion4686]

Interesting!

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Very!

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[@jss5225]

Great video on the Great video on the VH and how it changed racing. I was very lucky Ritchie Sutphen out of New Jersey designed the PT boats used in World War II. They were extremely effective his son Ritchie Sutton Junior designed my Sutfin boat. It was a 33 footer with twin 750 hp motors , it could just about 90 miles an hour. I raced it for about 15 years and kept it for 25 years. Unfortunately a bunch of drug runners got into offshore racing. They would go out at night with their offshore boats and pick up loads of cocaine off the Florida coast, they had tons of money people like Ben Kramer in the light so much money they kept getting bigger and more expensive boats to the point where my sponsors want nothing to do with this illegal system sponsors dropped out, and that was basically the end of normal offshore racing continue to exist with the design of catamarans, which is the dumbest design in the world It's a boat that can stuff very easily. Can't turn well and can't handle rough water but it can go about 15 to 20 miles an hour faster than a v hull so because they couldn't handle rough water, they brought the offshore racing insure I mean, sometimes they would literally be 100 feet off the shore where the water was flat. It was absurd. I stopped racing and a lot of other people you need to have millions of dollars to compete with these catamaranin insure racing none of the insurance companies or promotional companies want anything to do with this nonsense so the Sport kind of died

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[@grantsdad98]

Betty Cook KAAMA drive

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[@toddbrackett4277]

Someone forgot to fix the tracking on this old video.

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lool. no.

[@joshmaitie5954]

17:57 where can I find the video for this

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17:57

[@tremttt]

where does the footage of the blue boats in Naples come from? is that a movie?

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Contraband (1980 film)

[@Zeeuwland2]

Not even once the Victory Team (from the UAE) was seen or mentioned. Too American focused doc

[@vehiculemagazine]

you should make your own film.

[@danielwitham1791]

​@@vehiculemagazinebest comeback. Cold, delivered simply and to the point. Where's your docos @Zeeuland2? We'll be waiting and they better have everything about modern power boats from every country in the world. Got that?

[@williambillings8329]

Where is My Way

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your way

[@alrplaylist1]

This is a good concept but AI scripts get a bit repetitive

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suggestions

[@alrplaylist1]

@ Edit your scripts in such way they are more cohesive, avoid repeating the same sentences/structure. Wording at times sounds a bit formal, not well suited for speech. Again, I like your videos, great topics and visuals

[@terryshort4957]

When the sport was OFFSHOR RACING, not some copy cat nascar garbage.

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