Ride in my old boat with a GoPro for the Gearheads

And any other old hot rodders and boat lovers. It's a 1974 Rayson-Craft V-Drive Drag Boat that has been restored. Some of you wanted to see more after I posted a video of her maiden voyage.

nice ride

Thanks Scuba!!

Nice way to wake up in the morning,Flipper.

80 that moving on water

20 seems to be about as slow as it likes to keep running

so much for slow no wake zones , just hope you can be loaded and gone before the warden catches up with you

Thanks for the ride . Very cool !

Thanks.


It idles at 1000 rpm after it's warmed up, I don't make a bigger wake than a waverunner. No reason to fear the law, I didn't do anything wrong.

Could not use that boat in Minnesota ; cause there is no mosquito screen on the front.

That is one sweet ride, Flipper!

Thanks!

Impressive

Was waiting for a camera shot of the motor….by the whining sound…..it’s either a gear drive….or a Blowah on there…? A cup of Coffee and some throttle therapy…is a good way to staaht any day !

Nice !!!!

Here you go Nessie, V-Drive is right beside you and the prop release makes a lot of noise.

Nice ! Now that’s a handfull !…I like the name of the boat ….a little take off from a Queen song…lol

Very nice ride. Tim Allen would be proud.

What is it capable at full sustained WOT ? ( plus zero chop and maybe a good tailwind )

Thanks, I am not sure it has much more, flat bottoms get sketchy quick so I was ready to let off. I am not looking to add more speed, it's plenty fast for this old man.

Agreed. Flat bottoms are sketchy and highly unstable. Fast as heck but loose. Plus getting out of sorts at that speed (80+mph) has a high lethality probability on the water.

Cool ride flipper
My friend used to drag race flat bottoms , lots of fun ..
I run a cracker box style wood boat with a 302 Ford -
Mine is direct drive , point it and hit the start button ..
Drives off the nose of crankshaft... fun stuff ..

I was being careful and was wearing a certified inboard racing vest a full face helmet and a tether to the kill switch. The GoPro has GPS in it and I had no idea what my speed was until i watched the video and added the speedometer overlay. I could change the gears in the v-drive and get more speed but there is no reason for me to push my luck. It has plenty of punch and is a lot of fun. The conditions on our lake are not conducive to going that fast most of the time. But I wanted to test out the GoPro and got geared up just in case the planets lined up and gave me enough calm water to hold the pedal down a little longer.


I really like cracker boxes, post some pics for us of your boat.

that looks fun!

Friend of ours took this photo of us going by last Sunday when I took the wife for a cruise. My wife loves it with an occasional launch on a little stretch of calm water.

What’s the length ? Have you got 2 holly 600’s on top ?

18 foot boat and yes two 600 holley carbs on top.

Once a gear head…always a gear head. I had a set up like that on a 454 Chevy motor …in my 57 Chevy Station Wagon

Pull a tuber behind that!

Haha! Nice ride