Greg Shoemaker announced on his blog on Performance Boat that he has acquired the 18 Bonneville molds and will be able to build you a nice bubble deck for you soon.

Who's going? I'm Batchin it Fri-Sun and will be going one day.  Probably fri. Will try to report.

Went to the LA Roadster Show for Fathers Day and ran into Pete Giroux owner of Giroux Boats.  He has most of Cole's molds including Hondo's Pantera t-deck molds.  He told me that the original straight deck molds were distroyed long ago due to lack of sales but he wants to recreate them.  If anyone has a Pantera stright deck and would like to rent it out so he could make the deck you can contact him at girouxboats.com

I saw cameras on every jet in the pits so I know they are out there. Please post them here so we can all see.

Flicker has posted some shots of the blow-over @ Elsinore sat.
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The tread asking about types of racing got me thinking so I thought I would throw it out there. 
Car racing has gone a long way with series races and spec classes and the outboard guys seem to have joined in the game but there has been a real reluctance in the inboard ranks aside from APBA Hydro classes.

Here is my idea... Two classes.

PRJ (Personal Racing Jetboats).  16' mod V sealed injected small blocks basically stock running on pump gas. Run 10 miles with traditional APBA 5 minute countdown starts. Set it up like Legend cars, one hull type, one sealed motor, one pump spec. This would be an inexpensive Breeder class. I would hope to get a turn key boat to cost +- $25k.

PJ (Pro Jet).  Open hull designs, single motors up to 512CI, Aluminum blocks ok, alcohol ( promote "green" racing), canopies (promote "safe" racing), open pump designs. Run 100 miles with APBA 5 minute starts. Pit stop refueling. More like world of outlaw cars with pit stops. Run a circuit of say 10 races a year. This would be a true pro class capable of having TV coverage (hence the length) with sponsorship capabilities.

Any comments?

Last two days have been awful. Like camping out down wind of the campfire all weekend with no relief, can't breath and the alergies are freeking out.  Luckily we were between the Brea and Yorba Linda fires when they started. About four blocks south of Brea's origin and 5 miles from the Yorba Linda origin. By sunday morning they merged.  Have about five pounds of ash in the front yard alone.  My daughter and her husband have a friend that lost his apt. in Anaheim Hills.  This is a mess.  If they find out it's arson and find the guy I elect returning burning at the stake!!!

Little birds are starting to sing about new and old circle and drag boat teams thinking about putting circle boats together.  Seams drags are getting boring. Anyone else hear these vicious rumors?

Wanted to get ideas from the multitudes on safety equipment in boats. Good enough as is, should be more, butt naked classes...(maybe not)
I've been thinking of capsules and there are two types,  used in drags, which are steel driver cages with a fiberglass and plexiglass skin that depart from a disintegrating hull, and the kind found in APBA class circle boat hydros , f-1, and offshore that provide a containment area for drivers. these cockpits generally stay with the boat and provide top and bottom hatches.  Both provide five point harnesses and air bottles.

I'm also wondering what everyone thinks of Hans Type devices for the helmets?

Comments welcome

Thought I would post up this latest image of the new tunnel boat I'm trying to figure out how to finance. 
This picture should help.  Since the last image posting I've changed it to a CJ with twin dominators and Headers. Figured out a cool trailer and added something to tow it with. Added some sugar and resurrected my old business name "Aire Kraft Boat Works Co."

I started a thread on Hot Boat and it gave me a lot of info but when it went off line not only did we loose a really cool thread I lost a lot of good info.
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What I want is your input on a new boat design. I'm thinking of three different boats 1) jet drags, 2) Comp Jet Circle racer, 3) river boat for the family. The ultimate goal would be to be the Ferrari of jet boats, building family boats in order to finance the racing. You can look at the first iteration on . Even though this shows a blown motor, I think this is closer to the circle boat concept. Drag boat would be narrower, smaller air traps, smaller cockpit and maybe shorter, Family boat would be completely different with seating for four, open cockpit, extra interior amenities, etc.

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