Boatmad.com


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 15-04-2008, 10:13 PM   #1
Registered User
 
Wayne Kerr's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
Raven Craft of SA ???

Anybody got any info on their "Air Entrapment" boats?
__________________

Wayne Kerr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 08:19 AM   #2
Registered User
 
roofer's Avatar
 
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
Boat make: PHANTOM 21 AND 20
Engines: 2.5 EFI X 2

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Posts: 2,475
If your on about the one on ebay it was raced by Pete Smith at Carr Mill, it ran 106 mph with a Springbok Mick modified motor.
__________________

__________________
PLEASE DON'T STEAL...THE GOVERNMENT DON'T LIKE THE COMPETITION
roofer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 09:23 AM   #3
Registered User
 
Wayne Kerr's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
Missed that, any pictures anywhere?
Wayne Kerr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 09:51 AM   #4
Registered User
 
Techteam's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Location: Windermere

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Windermere
Posts: 559
Back in the late 80's when MOD VP went over to air entrapment Dave Mushens imported a few that were raced by Martin Askew from NEPC. Pete's one I think is much later than that. They were bloody quick after the front of the pod was modified to lessen the drag when it was trimmed in for the turns it certainly would have shown the HST and the STV the way home but for a couple of mega accidents. Worst one was at the Newcastle Grand Prix when the quick release steering came off when Martin was leading. Pete's spat him out before the start of one of the last Windermere enduro's Pete being Pete he climbed back in and won! These are not sea boats they are built for inland water and will flip just like cat if not treated with respect. Check out my avatar for the 1.3 air entrapment I built with Ron Wolbold at Blufin 76mph with a 90. There is one of those still available for sale.
Techteam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 04:18 PM   #5
Registered User
 
roofer's Avatar
 
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
Boat make: PHANTOM 21 AND 20
Engines: 2.5 EFI X 2

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Posts: 2,475
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr View Post
Anybody got any info on their "Air Entrapment" boats?
This one
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	PA041504.jpg
Views:	308
Size:	41.9 KB
ID:	15747  
__________________
PLEASE DON'T STEAL...THE GOVERNMENT DON'T LIKE THE COMPETITION
roofer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 04:19 PM   #6
Registered User
 
roofer's Avatar
 
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
Boat make: PHANTOM 21 AND 20
Engines: 2.5 EFI X 2

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Posts: 2,475
And this
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	wildcatboat.jpg
Views:	354
Size:	25.3 KB
ID:	15748   Click image for larger version

Name:	PA041503.jpg
Views:	517
Size:	61.9 KB
ID:	15749  
__________________
PLEASE DON'T STEAL...THE GOVERNMENT DON'T LIKE THE COMPETITION
roofer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 04:25 PM   #7
Registered User
 
Wayne Kerr's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
Roger Roofer, thanks
Wayne Kerr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-04-2008, 09:53 PM   #8
Registered User
 
Location: Essex
Boat make: Phantom 21
Engines: Merc 2.5efi

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Essex
Posts: 337
I'll let you have a look once i've picked it up Trev
Dangerous is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 07:40 PM   #9
Registered User
 
Wayne Kerr's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dangerous View Post
I'll let you have a look once i've picked it up Trev
Have a good trip up there!
PS. Colours concur !!!!!
Wayne Kerr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 08:06 PM   #10
Registered User
 
bigboy's Avatar
 
Location: Belgium
Interests: Boating
Boat make: Hydrostream HST
Engines: Merc 2.5 200
Cruising area: The Schelde

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 468
Quote:
Originally Posted by Techteam View Post
Back in the late 80's when MOD VP went over to air entrapment Dave Mushens imported a few that were raced by Martin Askew from NEPC. Pete's one I think is much later than that. They were bloody quick after the front of the pod was modified to lessen the drag when it was trimmed in for the turns it certainly would have shown the HST and the STV the way home but for a couple of mega accidents. Worst one was at the Newcastle Grand Prix when the quick release steering came off when Martin was leading. Pete's spat him out before the start of one of the last Windermere enduro's Pete being Pete he climbed back in and won! These are not sea boats they are built for inland water and will flip just like cat if not treated with respect. Check out my avatar for the 1.3 air entrapment I built with Ron Wolbold at Blufin 76mph with a 90. There is one of those still available for sale.
So there were HST's in Gr-Br? I bought one a month ago. Maybe it's the same
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	voor2.jpg
Views:	357
Size:	71.9 KB
ID:	15754  
__________________
www.geocities.com/fletcher_arrowbeau
bigboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 08:22 PM   #11
Registered User
 
Techteam's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Location: Windermere

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Windermere
Posts: 559
No, I don't think that is one of the UK boats. There were three brought in. None of them had that screen and two had removable safety cells fitted. The HST was a nice hull it wasn't as good to race as the STV but it was quicker on the kilo. Round about 114mph with a 2.4 Bridgeport MOD VP.
Techteam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 08:51 PM   #12
Registered User
 
bigboy's Avatar
 
Location: Belgium
Interests: Boating
Boat make: Hydrostream HST
Engines: Merc 2.5 200
Cruising area: The Schelde

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 468
Can you tell me more about them? Do you know where they are now? I wonder why they were not as good as the STV?
__________________
www.geocities.com/fletcher_arrowbeau
bigboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 09:22 PM   #13
Registered User
 
Techteam's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Location: Windermere

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Windermere
Posts: 559
The original had a few accidents including a flip in liverpool docks it had a new deck put on I don't know where it is now, the second was shortened and splashed in an attempt to make it more competitive but it wasn't. The third is probably still around somewhere and it was a really nice boat in yellow blue and red. The STV was better because it had an inverted pod and was developed for Roark by Chris Bush in MOD VP while the HST never seemed to be as popular even in the states. Howard Pipkorn was a clever guy if you look at the bottom of an HST there is so much going on with lots of little trips and tricks. It's a shame S2000/F2 killed off MOD VP in the UK I think it was a far more attainable class than F2.
Techteam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 09:34 PM   #14
Registered User
 
bigboy's Avatar
 
Location: Belgium
Interests: Boating
Boat make: Hydrostream HST
Engines: Merc 2.5 200
Cruising area: The Schelde

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 468
It has indeed a nice a bottom design

Do you have pictures of them? Would like to see them. It's a shame they shortened one. They are nice boats...

Did they run them in the rough too?

I thought my hst was the only one in Europe. Now it seems it's not
__________________
www.geocities.com/fletcher_arrowbeau
bigboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 09:41 PM   #15
Registered User
 
Techteam's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Location: Windermere

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Windermere
Posts: 559
I'll have a look but it was a long time ago. While the STV was a better race boat the sound an HST makes at over 100mph is amazing.
Techteam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 09:45 PM   #16
Registered User
 
bigboy's Avatar
 
Location: Belgium
Interests: Boating
Boat make: Hydrostream HST
Engines: Merc 2.5 200
Cruising area: The Schelde

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 468
Thx

I hope you will find something

Dont know which engine I will put on it. Thinking about a merc 225 efi...
__________________
www.geocities.com/fletcher_arrowbeau
bigboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-04-2008, 09:59 PM   #17
Registered User
 
scottyboy's Avatar
 
Country: United kingdom
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Grease Monkey
Interests: Makin my boat faster!
Boat name: S.B Racing
Boat make: Ocke mannerfelt canopied B23 / Zapcat
Engines: Merc 200XS Gen 2 / Tohatsu 50
Cruising area: littlehampton/Southampton

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 2,656
Quote:
Originally Posted by Techteam View Post
The original had a few accidents including a flip in liverpool docks it had a new deck put on I don't know where it is now, the second was shortened and splashed in an attempt to make it more competitive but it wasn't. The third is probably still around somewhere and it was a really nice boat in yellow blue and red. The STV was better because it had an inverted pod and was developed for Roark by Chris Bush in MOD VP while the HST never seemed to be as popular even in the states. Howard Pipkorn was a clever guy if you look at the bottom of an HST there is so much going on with lots of little trips and tricks. It's a shame S2000/F2 killed off MOD VP in the UK I think it was a far more attainable class than F2.
Do you have any pics of the underside of one?
__________________
Class 3C Mono EPA National speed record holder 95.35 mph Avg!
scottyboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27-04-2008, 12:49 AM   #18
Registered User
 
bigboy's Avatar
 
Location: Belgium
Interests: Boating
Boat make: Hydrostream HST
Engines: Merc 2.5 200
Cruising area: The Schelde

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 468
I found out that mine was one of the three which were imported in the US.

I think they made the windshield later because hydrostream didnt made them like that...
__________________
www.geocities.com/fletcher_arrowbeau
bigboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2008, 09:50 PM   #19
Registered User
 
Wayne Kerr's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyboy View Post
Do you have any pics of the underside of one?
Yes I do, but quite how the ferk I post it here, I've forgotten.
Anybody know of their web address?
Wayne Kerr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2008, 10:07 PM   #20
Registered User
 
Wayne Kerr's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
Bingo!
Click image for larger version

Name:	Ravencraft 001.jpg
Views:	407
Size:	89.0 KB
ID:	15933
__________________

Wayne Kerr is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
×