Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Just spotted Goldust (Miss Boron / Crazy Baby) racing against some displacements in this video.
Would've been a wild ride with all that chop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv2Fajb-XlE&feature=plcp

Now how did you find that? Stephen Brown out front in Maureen. Deepwater was never a good Hydro course, too narrow. Notice that there's no bridge at the bottom end, the video was shot before the M5 (I think it's called) was extended over the river.
Bob

As the current owner of Crazy Baby....many thanks....not sure coming a long last in the race is a good omen though. Restoration to start next year.

Stuart

this and several other Deepwater and other clips are on the Team Cobba Carroll Family Racing Facebook page

Thanks,the Carroll site was a good read. Good to see Bob in there as well. I didn't realise 'til now that Bob's skiff Cobba was Ray Skinner's old boat. They were a father & son team, Percy and Ray in Recoil and Reaction. Unfortulately, neither of them are with us any longer.
Bob

Bob has gone as well about 17 months ago but I learned a lot from the Carroll brothers when I raced at Silverwater and Upper Hawkebury. Bob had more skiffs than anyone I knew in fact I originally bought Al Falfa from him in the early seventies

Yep, went to Bob's funeral. I remember Alfalfa quite well at Deepwater. Didn't know that Bob owned it at some time. He also bought Bewitched, but didn't keep it for long.

i bought ff sure and indirectly rhonda babe from bob carrol. I also bought the little ply grey holden skiff. The name of it escapes me im afraid.

We had a lot of fun running down deepwater with the hydro Ihad bewitched and ran freebooter,got around with know worries.
Darren

fatpigeon wrote:As the current owner of Crazy Baby....Stuart

Gday Stuart
Did you see this on the 'Ski boat' site?



Cheers
Jeff