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Roosky01 said:
Love your post, Tank! This guy is the shit to me as well. A true badass that loved to boat to! I'm sure somebody on here has a story to share about Red?

I wonder where all of his boats are now? :cool:

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A long time friend drove boats for red adair back in the day. They met at the old Bayshore boar club. The boat was called "Rojo Grande." Red had a place on clear lake and was the main force behind getting the unlimited boats to run there back in the day. Dad got to be on one of his boats and red had a dispenser that dispensed whiskey, gin, Vodka, and Scotch.
 
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farmo83 said:
A long time friend drove boats for red adair back in the day. They met at the old Bayshore boar club. The boat was called "Rojo Grande." Red had a place on clear lake and was the main force behind getting the unlimited boats to run there back in the day. Dad got to be on one of his boats and red had a dispenser that dispensed whiskey, gin, Vodka, and Scotch.
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My cousins knew him pretty well he would race salton sea enduro would give diamond earrings to racer’s wives quite a guy
 
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farmo83 said:
A long time friend drove boats for red adair back in the day. They met at the old Bayshore boar club. The boat was called "Rojo Grande." Red had a place on clear lake and was the main force behind getting the unlimited boats to run there back in the day. Dad got to be on one of his boats and red had a dispenser that dispensed whiskey, gin, Vodka, and Scotch.
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DUN said:
Just noticed this reply. Hmmm. Makes me wonder if this 71' Hallett is the same 104, "Vitamin K"...

I'm sure it's not. Mine has ski race lineage exclusively as far as I know.






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The boat pictured very well could be I think.
Righthand steering, early pinch style seats and the motor placement looks right for a circle boat of that period. If you know where it is, let’s find it and set it up for the Enduro!
 
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@Clank123 I had sent you that photo last year when the previous owner sent it to me finally, asking if it jogged a memory. You said I should ask @twocents if he is familiar. I may as well use this opportunity to ask him if he recalls seeing it run.


Also, I'd love to tow it down one of these days so you can take a look but you might laugh me out the cul-de-sac 🤣
 
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DUN said:
@Clank123 I had sent you that photo last year when the previous owner sent it to me finally, asking if it jogged a memory. You said I should ask @twocents if he is familiar. I may as well use this opportunity to ask him if he recalls seeing it run.


Also, I'd love to tow it down one of these days so you can take a look but you might laugh me out the cul-de-sac 🤣
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Come by anytime!
Love to see it!
 
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Back in the late 1960s while racing our jet boat (ski racing, circle racing and drags) I was a total believer in "Super Glide" -- it let me run a little harder in the corners and was a mile or two faster on the top end. Super easy to apply -- just spray it on, let it dry for about an hour and then rub it down (burnish it) with a clean towel. Basically it was liquid graphite in a spray can. I even painted the inside of the jet pump and nozzle with it too.
 
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Sharp Shooter said:
1966. Imagine pulling off this type of event today (impossible).

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Another prime example of a wasted opportunity by the City of Long Beach. "Sea Festival" had all the ingredients necessary for a month long spectacular summer boating event for Long Beach but they fumbled it away. The only thing that survived is the Catalina Water Ski Race (now in its 75th year) -- Smartly the host (Long Beach Boat & Ski Club) resisted the temptation of turning control of the ski race over to Long Beach City which would have certainly been the kiss of death just like the demise of boat drags, circle/sprint boat racing and offshore.
 
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twocents said:
Back in the late 1960s while racing our jet boat (ski racing, circle racing and drags) I was a total believer in "Super Glide" -- it let me run a little harder in the corners and was a mile or two faster on the top end. Super easy to apply -- just spray it on, let it dry for about an hour and then rub it down (burnish it) with a clean towel. Basically it was liquid graphite in a spray can. I even painted the inside of the jet pump and nozzle with it too.
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That's significant!!! When I was camera guy for the Superstock series, teams were guys using a high dollar chemical called kiss coat, and there was the old graphite crowd and some guys just sanded their rocker with 400 grit. I remember Mr. Lance Faulkner on his back with a sanding block many times between heats.

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Another prime example of a wasted opportunity by the City of Long Beach. "Sea Festival" had all the ingredients necessary for a month long spectacular summer boating event for Long Beach but they fumbled it away. The only thing that survived is the Catalina Water Ski Race (now in its 75th year) -- Smartly the host (Long Beach Boat & Ski Club) resisted the temptation of turning control of the ski race over to Long Beach City which would have certainly been the kiss of death just like the demise of boat drags, circle/sprint boat racing and offshore.
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Long live the Catalina Ski race!

I've seen the same thing with car events where a club grows an event to success and the city takes over it goes to shit. Hell, Billy turned the Rt. 66 Needles show over to the city and we all know where that got us. :(
 
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twocents said:
Back in the late 1960s while racing our jet boat (ski racing, circle racing and drags) I was a total believer in "Super Glide" -- it let me run a little harder in the corners and was a mile or two faster on the top end. Super easy to apply -- just spray it on, let it dry for about an hour and then rub it down (burnish it) with a clean towel. Basically it was liquid graphite in a spray can. I even painted the inside of the jet pump and nozzle with it too.
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We did ski racing in the mid to late 90s with a jet and there was a product Martie Wells turned us on to called Hyspeedkote. Basically a hydrophilic compound you sprayed on the bottom of boats, skis etc. despite the fact that we though it was sort of bunk, if Martie’s was promoting it we did it anyway.

Today I’d say the hassle wasn’t worth whatever the promise was.
 
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DarkHorseRacing said:
We did ski racing in the mid to late 90s with a jet and there was a product Martie Wells turned us on to called Hyspeedkote. Basically a hydrophilic compound you sprayed on the bottom of boats, skis etc. despite the fact that we though it was sort of bunk, if Martie’s was promoting it we did it anyway.

Today I’d say the hassle wasn’t worth whatever the promise was.
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Yeah Graphite Speed Coat was definitely a thing back then!
Here’s my Dad showing off some when he went for a swim in the “Cherry Mist” at The Race of Champions in Long Beach in 1975😂👍
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Sharp Shooter said:
Long live the Catalina Ski race!

I've seen the same thing with car events where a club grows an event to success and the city takes over it goes to shit. Hell, Billy turned the Rt. 66 Needles show over to the city and we all know where that got us. :(
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Now we have Lake Ming to worry about!
Not only have homes been building up around there for years, but in the last 2 NJBA races, there have been 2 drivers killed.
I was told there will be discussion at the next council meeting in Bakersfield about the future of racing events out there.
Be so sad to lose this venue.
Organized Drag boat racing was started down river at Hart Park.
So many memories out there!
I guess it’s inevitable…sad.
If anyone has any updates, let us know.
 
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Now we have Lake Ming to worry about!
Not only have homes been building up around there for years, but in the last 2 NJBA races, there have been 2 drivers killed.
I was told there will be discussion at the next council meeting in Bakersfield about the future of racing events out there.
Be so sad to lose this venue.
Organized Drag boat racing was started down river at Hart Park.
So many memories out there!
I guess it’s inevitable…sad.
If anyone has any updates, let us know.
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I’m sorry to say this will probably happen. Had some great memories racing the K boats with the NDBA starting in the early eighties. Huge crowds and all night party on the hill! But as the years went by more housing was being built closer and closer to the track and like Long Beach Marine Stadium the noise complaints get noticed at council meetings and city hall. When fatalities happen the city reacts because of liability at a city property. It’s been a couple years since I was at Ming and the housing built so close to the track I knew this would eventually happen. Like all the dragstrips and other racing venues in California Lake Ming will become a happy memory for many of us.
 
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My grandfather owned this boat for decades, spent much of my childhood on it. Pic is if my grandmother, uncle Danny, Uncle Rick and my mom in the late 70’s at Kewalo basin, Honolulu Harbor.

Boat was a Chris craft that burned in my teen years unfortunately due to an electrical fire.

All of the wood you see is not teak..it’s Koa, and was done by my uncles Koa furniture company in mapunapuna back in those days.

Thought this would be a cool pic for this thread…
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Next pic was early 90’s which is me and my sister.
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