Ghost Rider !!!!
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09-06-2018, 07:45 PM
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How are you doing with the Fino sale?
Here are some shots of Ghost Rider
This was at the Newport Boat Show.
Barry Cohen in the white shirt is the owner of Ghost Rider and me were staffing the booth for the show to educate some people about Offshore Racing and YES, this boat is WOOD!!!
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09-06-2018, 11:50 PM
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[QUOTE=Top Banana;4647845 Bert
Here are some shots of Ghost Rider
This was at the Newport Boat Show.
Barry Cohen in the white shirt is the owner of Ghost Rider and me were staffing the booth for the show to educate some people about Offshore Racing and YES, this boat is WOOD!!![/QUOTE]
Wow look at the cracks in the transom and the bow looks like it was made of spread on concrete. Would it float?.
Here are some shots of Ghost Rider
This was at the Newport Boat Show.
Barry Cohen in the white shirt is the owner of Ghost Rider and me were staffing the booth for the show to educate some people about Offshore Racing and YES, this boat is WOOD!!![/QUOTE]
Wow look at the cracks in the transom and the bow looks like it was made of spread on concrete. Would it float?.
09-07-2018, 06:10 PM
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I haven't seen a Keller Speedometer in I don't know how long!!! Cool Boat!!!
04-22-2024, 11:00 AM
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Nige good to hear from you and hope all is well on the other side of the pond. Barry Cohen brought his boat out to show at the Newport Wooden Boat Show and I went over to help him handle the curious crowd that weekend.
The boat has been completely restored and was shown after the restoration at the New York Boat Show the following winter. Barry and Rocky Aoki and I worked the booth that weekend. For the members that do not know the history of this boat, it was built using a Jim Wynne and Walt Walters design out of wood, over in England in secret. Wilf Souter built it his yard in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, for the 1966 Offshore Racing Season. Jim Wynne was the driver and he raced at Cowes and in the United States and the Bahamas. Power was from two Daytona turbo engines, 427 cu inch producing a sturdy 525 HP.
The build was so secret that the boat was not seen until 3 days before the start of the April 1966 Miami to Nassau race. It won that race and it also won every single race it ran in in 1966 giving Jim Wynne the World Championship.
The last I heard the boat was brought to a annual boat auction at the Boat Racing Museum in upstate NY a few years ago and was put up for bid. It was not bid on as the starting bid was too high to get the crowd interested. So Barry put it back in his heated and cooled storage shop and perhaps someday he may bring it out again. This was one of the last boats from the old era where the driver drove, throttled and navigated with a little help from the riding mechanic who stood beside the driver. These boats had to have a small overnight cabin and a full sized lifeline on the deck for safety.
Barry Cohen made a mold off this boat and produced some pleasure boats and a race boat or two. They were called Barcone. As a matter of fact one of the race boats, was the first ride in a race for a guy that was interested in this sport as a way to promote his business. He raced with Barry doing the driving and throttling. He loved every minute of the race and he decided that this sport would be a very good way for him to promote his business and make it known all over the world.
His name was Rocky Aoki and his business was BENIHANA Japanese Steak Houses.
The boat has been completely restored and was shown after the restoration at the New York Boat Show the following winter. Barry and Rocky Aoki and I worked the booth that weekend. For the members that do not know the history of this boat, it was built using a Jim Wynne and Walt Walters design out of wood, over in England in secret. Wilf Souter built it his yard in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, for the 1966 Offshore Racing Season. Jim Wynne was the driver and he raced at Cowes and in the United States and the Bahamas. Power was from two Daytona turbo engines, 427 cu inch producing a sturdy 525 HP.
The build was so secret that the boat was not seen until 3 days before the start of the April 1966 Miami to Nassau race. It won that race and it also won every single race it ran in in 1966 giving Jim Wynne the World Championship.
The last I heard the boat was brought to a annual boat auction at the Boat Racing Museum in upstate NY a few years ago and was put up for bid. It was not bid on as the starting bid was too high to get the crowd interested. So Barry put it back in his heated and cooled storage shop and perhaps someday he may bring it out again. This was one of the last boats from the old era where the driver drove, throttled and navigated with a little help from the riding mechanic who stood beside the driver. These boats had to have a small overnight cabin and a full sized lifeline on the deck for safety.
Barry Cohen made a mold off this boat and produced some pleasure boats and a race boat or two. They were called Barcone. As a matter of fact one of the race boats, was the first ride in a race for a guy that was interested in this sport as a way to promote his business. He raced with Barry doing the driving and throttling. He loved every minute of the race and he decided that this sport would be a very good way for him to promote his business and make it known all over the world.
His name was Rocky Aoki and his business was BENIHANA Japanese Steak Houses.
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