#069 Catalina ski race tow boat, BBF twin turbos [Archive]

2manymustangs

11-09-2007, 05:30 AM

Two years ago I saw a GN style hull that towed in the Catalina Ski race, all white hull with a super chiller'd, TWIN TURBO BBF engine and numbers 69 OR 069 on the side. Anyone know the owner and is he on this board? I have not seen the boat at the circle sprints in Long Beach the last two years...:idea:

HighVoltage 329

11-09-2007, 06:49 AM

Was the boat a jet with double intercoolers?

Boat211

11-09-2007, 06:55 AM

Wonder if it was Billy Masons Cyclone. That boat has a Casale gear box so that the pump is overdriven. I guess it would be a Z drive. Pretty cool deal.

2manymustangs

11-09-2007, 01:58 PM

I will have to dig out the pics and post them... I thought it was a v-drive but it may be a jet... I think it did have double stacked chillers come to think of it, fore and aft facing seats...
It may just be a cyclone...

Riverkid

11-09-2007, 05:55 PM

http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42808&stc=1&d=1194659703
Here she is...
I think he ran 698 at Catalina...
Boat 69 was Bill Dunsmore in 2005...

2manymustangs

11-15-2007, 05:46 AM

Cool set up but this was definately either 69 or 069. I will dig up some pics, I have several. Wellllllll, maybe that's it... What kind of outdrive set up is that?

HighVoltage 329

11-15-2007, 06:34 AM

Cool set up but this was definately either 69 or 069. I will dig up some pics, I have several. Wellllllll, maybe that's it... What kind of outdrive set up is that?
Wonder if it was Billy Masons Cyclone. That boat has a Casale gear box so that the pump is overdriven. I guess it would be a Z drive. Pretty cool deal.
__________________It's one cool jet!

Blueoval

11-15-2007, 07:57 AM

Few more pics from Parker
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/asanaski/100_0381.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/asanaski/ford2.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/asanaski/ford.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/asanaski/100_0379.jpg
V-drive and the JET.
cheers

Boat211

11-15-2007, 08:54 AM

V-drive and the JET.
Wouldnt that be a Z drive?

396_WAYS_TO_SPIT

11-15-2007, 09:27 AM

Yup thats Billys boat. They test here locally in Mesa at Saguaro lake. His last boat was insanely fast and had zoomies on it. The pump is insane as well. He runs a fully adjustable rideplate.
Anyone have any pics of his pump setup???????

HighVoltage 329

11-15-2007, 10:04 AM

Looking at the pic of the V-drive-Z it appeers to have 3 gears.

2manymustangs

11-15-2007, 06:01 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=w-UN9lFdP-Y
Looks like he has made a few changes in the last year or so eh?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rjtviww5AXE
Hey, is crane rental service (on the side of the boat) the same guy that I met who graciously came down two years ago and pulled the allison powered nostalgia boat off the rocks? Cant remember his name, is that the owner OR a sponsor of this boat?
I bet it is stupid fast!

2manymustangs

11-16-2007, 05:42 AM

:eek:

obnoxious001

11-16-2007, 01:09 PM

Hey, is crane rental service (on the side of the boat) the same guy that I met who graciously came down two years ago and pulled the allison powered nostalgia boat off the rocks? Cant remember his name, is that the owner OR a sponsor of this boat?
Not the owner, I would guess that it was a one time sponsor for the race. Billy is an old friend. He and I raced both together and against each other.

SKIA36

11-28-2007, 06:08 PM

Greg Foster(son) is a long time ski-racer who also is a champion mod VP and Grand Prix tunnel boat driver. He drives the red "Old Quaker Paints" boat for Wendt Bros Racing. He is a super nice, super talented boat driver

V-DRIVE VIDEO

11-28-2007, 06:27 PM

2manymustangs

11-30-2007, 05:55 AM

SO how insanely stupidly fast is this thing? It must be done right to withstand the race to Catalina and back.
I can't imagine taking that thing out 60 miles in open ocean after making the trip to Catalina in a 52' Carver.