Is Ghost Rider coming to Cowes this year?

[Top Banana]

I have heard a rumor that Ghost Rider may be coming over for the 40th anniversary of it's win at Cowes.

We were hoping to have it here for the NYC poker run next weekend, but if it goes over, we can certainly understand and wish all parties invloved the best of luck.

Barry Cohen has preserved a great bit of history and deserves a ot of credit for paying the storage bill on this boat for many many years.

By the way what is the date for Cowes this year? Perhaps I could find a good reason to come over too.

[Top Banana]

Here is a seldom seen photo of Jim Wynne, on right, the designer and driver and Hugh Doyle the owner of Ghost Rider with amodel of the boat.

[Top Banana]

Here is the boat last summer at the Newport RI wooden boat show....it was the first time the boat had seen daylight in many years.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Top Banana
By the way what is the date for Cowes this year? Perhaps I could find a good reason to come over too.

I think it's the 24th-27th August

[Top Banana]

Here is a shot of the cockpit.....no bolsters and the driver throttled too.....The little blue gauge was the speedometer.

The boat was capable of 86 plus MPH for short bursts with twin Daytona turbocharged engines. Jim Wynne would use the speed to get out in front and then back off and race most of the time in the high 60 MPH range.

[Top Banana]

Originally posted by Jon Fuller
I think it's the 24th-27th August

Thank you Jon....now let me get working on a good excuse to change my calendar around.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Top Banana
Here is a seldom seen photo of Jim Wynne,

It's a shame that he, and Walt Walters didn't get the credit for the design of the cary/cigarette that they should have!

Mind you, he got the credit for inventing the stern drive which he shouldn't have, so I suppose it all evens out in the end.