october red river rumble

[3boatpaul]

just got a phone call from george at hydro dynamics he said the the that red river egg beater bash is still on , but will be held in the ox bowl at SOUTH POINT MARINA instead of the rive because of the high water in the river . a bunch of the out of towner's have rented cabin's  and supposledy are having a cook out fri. late after noon -evening -- sat. ?? they will be testing and tuning fri.  sat. some time after noon will be
( side by side ) TESTING  :smile13: thinkin about pulling the hydro down there fri. and stopping at the truck stop at the turn off road and having breakfast before hitting the ramp and checking out the water ,
for sure will be there sat. to see all the fun . the only problem that i see is , NO sand bar's just weedy area to left of the channel in the ox bowl .

 

[Shrek]

Where is this Marina?

I'd like to go watch if I'm onshore..........

Directions and Dates Please

Thanks

 

[J C Gordon]

Yeah what he said need dates probly working but curious anyways... I used to stay at that marina alot when working its a nice place and the cabins are priced right and very nice..

 

[3boatpaul]

Where is this Marina?

I'd like to go watch if I'm onshore..........

Directions and Dates Please

Thanks

Yeah what he said need dates probly working but curious anyways... I used to stay at that marina alot when working its a nice place and the cabins are priced right and very nice..

ooooop's sorry about that . i was told that it is THIS WEEK END  FRI AND SAT.

not sure about sun. short notice for sure , but the water up this way has been hell , everything is flooded .  the location hwy. 71 south out of bossier city , appr. 6 or 7 mile's  on the right side . big sign next to the truck stop/gas station . as i posted earlier .
im going down there tommorow morning to see how the ramp's are and how high the water is .
as far as watching from the bank , i just don't know , kind of undeveloped land south of the marina .
it all depend's how there going to run i'm just guessing the start line will be just pass the no wake zone
going out of the marina , just don't know

 

[3boatpaul]

take some pics :smile15:

                                    :smile13:  this ought to be interesting , besides i will be able to get some more seat time and still have some body there to pull me back in if some thing crap's out

 

[3boatpaul]

man if i knew how to drive a hydro, and had more horsepower i would be all over that :smile15:

  :smile15: give it some time randall you will get there . learn how that bad boy handle's
then put a blown alky. motor in it .  :smile19:  :smile19:

 

[STRETCH]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=32.448651,-93.867531&daddr=E+Bert+Kouns+Industrial+Loop+to:Ba++rksdale+Blvd%2FUS-71+S&geocode=%3BFaPL7gEdkPlp-g%3BFRxZ7gEdQp1r-g&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=12&via=1&sspn=0.150978,0.308647&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11

Link to the Marina from I-20 Eastbound.
I'll be out there Saturday looking around...not sure if I'll drag my boat out or not but will make a guest appearance and hopefully get a ride or 2 in some egg-beaters!

Paul...your hydro got two seats?!?  Actually all I need is an Oh-Shit handle...I'm good...

 

[3boatpaul]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=32.448651,-93.867531&daddr=E+Bert+Kouns+Industrial+Loop+to:Ba++rksdale+Blvd%2FUS-71+S&geocode=%3BFaPL7gEdkPlp-g%3BFRxZ7gEdQp1r-g&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=12&via=1&sspn=0.150978,0.308647&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11

Link to the Marina from I-20 Eastbound.
I'll be out there Saturday looking around...not sure if I'll drag my boat out or not but will make a guest appearance and hopefully get a ride or 2 in some egg-beaters!

Paul...your hydro got two seats?!?  Actually all I need is an Oh-Shit handle...I'm good...

  :smile23:  :smile23:  STRETCH glad to see you made it down to the river , i enjoyed meeting you'r father in law and and b.s. ing about flat bottom's . now that you got to see WET DREAMS you sure you want to go for a ride ??????? . they let me make a few passes in front of the marina before every one put in the water  , and guy's i really appricate that  THANKS . now for you number cruncher's here you go.
  17 pitch prop 1.37 over drive gear's 7500 rpm off the motor .  :smile13:  :smile13: but i'm going to have
pull the low end rpm's up a little quicker  have some pic's posted on photo bucket will post soon .

 

[STRETCH]

We tried to get out there a bit earlier, but were glad to at least show up for the end and get the family a ride around the water one last time this season. Wish I coulda seen your hydro scoot across the water. I'm 0 for 2 in that category.

You know I'll take a ride in that bad boy when ever you get another seat!

Cheers!

 

[3boatpaul]

  trying to keep the weight down in the old hot rod , so this dude is going to take over for me . a BIG weight saving's .  :smile23:  :smile23:  :smile23: 

 

[3boatpaul]

some pic's of the egg beater bash . ck out the 40 year old tunnal boat with in-out drive .
http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/3boatpaul/redriver%20rumble-october/

 

[3boatpaul]

that tunnel is badass! what is it homemade?

  :smile13: suppose to a record holder in the go rounder races way back when. at least that what i was told . the motor in it sound's killer .

 

[STRETCH]

that tunnel is badass! what is it homemade?

  :smile13: suppose to a record holder in the go rounder races way back when. at least that what i was told . the motor in it sound's killer .

That's a Ron Jones hull built in the late 60's. Built for and raced by  Jim Nordskog who was a winning circle boat driver back in the day.
here's how it started out this summer

The owner has a couple of other Ron Jones hulls, the other is almost a twin to that but powered by a T-58 jet engine from a bell helicopter hooked to an Arneson surface drive...here is the boat with the previous BBC in it and under construction

 

[STRETCH]

  trying to keep the weight down in the old hot rod , so this dude is going to take over for me . a BIG weight saving's .  :smile23:  :smile23:  :smile23: 

Talk about a serious weight reduction....that should plumb scare the boat outta the water!

 

[3boatpaul]

  :smile23: and i thought my shop needed cleaning up . dennis how the heck do you walk around there .
  by the way folk's this man has a bunch of cool boats .  :smile21:

 

[Patchman]

Some really nice boats over there! Thanks for the pictures! :smile15: