New/old 16' Marlin in Spokane?

Hey Circlejerk,
I hear there is a Marlin 16' circle boat moving to Spokane.
Do you know who bought it?
Do they have plans of racing it?
Good to see that the boat finally has a new home.

I think I know where it went, to a former circle racer named Dave. you should know more than I.......

Is that one of Don Whatmore's Marlin's?

The new Spokane owner is the former owner/racer of the Marlin. Dave Weber brought back the complete boat from Port Angles last weekend. Dave and his brother and father raced the boat in the ERR class in the late 60's and early 70's . The former name was the E-Motion and was very competitive in region 10 with the 331c.i. chev . Dave and his son Levi are restoring the boat and may even attend some of the Nosty Races this summer. The boat was sold in 1978 and the new owners are happy to have it home again. Anymore information can be obtained from a former Competitor in Seattle named Al Lapointe who had a lot of races against this boat. Boat ran kilos at Devils Lake in Oregon at 106 108 range. Jimmy D.

Thanks for the info Jimmy D.
Always like a story someone finding their old boat.
CJ, I dont get up to Port Angeles much.

Is that one of Don Whatmore's Marlin's?
How right you are Mr Stick, Don owned the famous 'K-Motion' and this was his little 'E-Motion' that I hear he never ran but spent a lot of time polishing the floor to a Turtle Wax shine. At the Spokane Auto Boat and Speed Show, this boat was turned on its side and always right inside the front doorw, someone up here might remember it if they didnt catch a boat race. I had the best talk with the new-old owner tonight to get the whole scoop.
As some of you may have knowledge of Marlin Boats, this is not any way associated with them. These boats were all 16 footers made by Don Watmore and a mere 2 dozen were built with only a half dozen with any race history. Fred Mielke had one running Super Stock # SS32 as well as his brother Tom who ran E class. As far as I know this is the only one to surface and be reunited to its original owners family. Cool!
With a 9% gear in its 12 degree box mounted at 7 degrees, Dave and Dan drove this little 329 cube chevy 8500 rrs at 112 mph! Motor genius was the incredible Mr. Fred Rogers who teamed with Earl Wham and the 'Miss Marion Bluegrass' 7 Liter record setter.
Rayson Kid, we all blew it by not rescuing this boat sooner.......Welcome home #E39 'E-Motion' after setting in a storage lot for the past 9 years. You are home! For good!
So tell us more Mr. Stick.......what bottom design is under it?

Does anyone know if Biesemeyer ever built a 16/16.5 foot boat? Maybe around the early 70's. I've looked at most of the old pictures and adds and have never seen one.

True flats with moderate rocker and no strakes

Fred Mielke had one running Super Stock # SS32 as well as his brother Tom who ran E class. As far as I know this is the only one to surface and be reunited to its original owners family. Cool!
Harrison Hot Springs, BC...'70's
The water was very rough at the Western Divisionals. The race committee asked if there were any volunteers to go out to see if the course was raceable. All of the drivers came by the tower waving thumbs down except for Tom Mielke. Tom flew by the tower in his ERR, up on his left side, with the bottom completely visible. You could not see Tom at all, except for his arm visible above the side, waving a thumbs up. What courage, what fortitude; we all thought he was nuts, but those Marlin drivers were like that.

Who all was in on this Port Angeles road trip? Dad couldn't remember names. He did remember a farmer. Jimmy D maybe? OK thats it the Sanger Hydros gone, the Marlins gone, you guys can just leave the rest of my inheritence alone.lol

The E class use to be the most exciting and close racing to watch.
Superlite... Sounds like dads having a Huge Garage Sale....

Does anyone know if Biesemeyer ever built a 16/16.5 foot boat? Maybe around the early 70's. I've looked at most of the old pictures and adds and have never seen one.
Trimmin,
Rusty Biesemeyer sure did build some 16 footers. There are pictures of one in the photo section on v-driveboats.com under Babybeze and there was one for sale in the Phoenix area a couple weeks ago. The mystery is did Jullian ever buid one?? A few of us remember a small Biesemeyer running as an E boat. Marc (Boatguy222) sent me a picture of what we believe is the boat. It was E-4 Racers Prayer. Don't know what ever happened to the boat or any other history other than I believe it is the boat that holds some of the E records. I'll try and attach the photo Marc sent me Tim

Superlite , the road trip included Dave Weber, his son Levi, and yours truly Jimmy D. Dave had no idea that the 16 Marlin was his old boat . We were looking at the boat for 20 minutes and I replied " Do you recognize anything " and he said "Yes this is my old boat" Before we went over I called your Dad to make sure it was still available and the next morning at 4 a.m. we were headed over the pass. Superlite, you can always pry that cash out of your dads hand, it will spend better than that fibre-glass thing that Dave bought. Thanks for keeping the East side supplied in boats and parts!! Jimmy D.

conrad murphy owned this boat, john mcardle drove and set a kilo record but his license was not up to date.this boat ran from 112 to 126 mph,jim newton drove it and conrad drove it.conrad drove it a firebird in the 80s in the drags and crashed it.i think the boat is still around in az.