TOPIC: Switzer Wings - 2 Restored Side by Side

Switzer wings are the most amazing glass race boats ever built IMHO. They use two sponsons and an adjustable aerloron (sp?) to fly the boat. At the Antique Race Boat Regatta there were two Switzer wings side by side. I only know of 3. One has been powered, the other waiting for power. Both are fully rebuilt. Some amazing photos, but this boat could not begin to stretch out on the course that was set. This boat needs flat water for 1 to 2 miles. That said, the Molinari driven by Brian Pitt kept up nicely with the Switzer the entire course. You got the impression though that if the Switzer could have been let out for a distance it would have easily taken the Molinari. What a great weekend.

Quite the marvels of nautical engineering, with a touch of aviation influence to keep them from going airborne I'm guessing. I noticed the "speedster" gearcases, but what is the open hole above them?

Exhaust

Thats racing history there...WOW! I hope one day to add a racer to my collection. For personal reason been lookin' for a CT-15. A Wing would be awsome tho... www.powerboatlistings.com/view/5623

C.B. : Nice report. Look forward to more pics. Is the 3rd wing you know about my Orange friend from Knoxville.? JJ - 88 . Dont think it had been sold, but someone asked me a year ago .! Heard that the port side prop needs to counter rotate to keep a straight track above 80 mph , if anyone test drives one for sale.

Well, that makes four of them - gotta be a few more out there, too. Miss Diablo is the one that was at the RBR two years ago.

We had a great time at the show - got some good runs in all three days in the ol' C-stocker with the 1957 Mercury Mark 30H.
Here's some video:

and


Hopefully Brian will have the Miss Isle refined and ready for short course action in two years!

- Scott

Don't forget about this one owned and driven to victory by the world famous Kenny Kitson.A world record holder.
JAG

Some additional reading/viewing:

www.powercatboat.com/Switzer/wing.html
www.powercatboat.com/Switzer/Threlkeld/et.html
members.cox.net/jbowman3/switzerwing.html

I knew I saw this list somewhere, thanks Andy.

Larry here's your Double Eagle, #18

#) Boat Name / Race #
Owner / Driver
Location
Length
Color(s)

1) El Diablo III T119
Bob Valachovic/Kenny Kitson New York
18' Black

2) "Dust'n the Wind" Darren & Rich Luhrs New Jersey 20' Black
3) Boynton Beach Wing Boynton Beach Wing, previously owned by Ted Miller, now in a midwest collection
20' Cream yellow
4)
Fort Lauderdale area Wing........ Florida 20'

5) #T135 Tim's Marine
Jerry Jackson / Valley Supply
Minnesota 20' Black & gray primer
6) U-4, T-140
Rick Connolly Arizona 18' Red

7) T-140
John Sherlock's "Wing on a Stick"....
Now owned by Rick Connolly
Arizona
18' White / Red

8) #T20, T140,
T-199

Rick Connolly (located by Ron Hill in SoCal )
Bob Massey Bellflower Marine Arizona 20' Yellow
9)
In a collection in Dayton, Ohio Ohio


10)
In a collection in Dayton, Ohio Ohio


11)
In a collection in Dayton, Ohio Ohio


12)
Gene Lanham's in storage (reported sold to Keith Eickert 10 years ago) ............

18'

13) #326
Mertens family Wing....................
18'

14)
Wing at a motorcycle dealership in Canada The Doyat Wing now owned by "Shadowcat"
Canada 20' Black

15)
Barry Cohen's Wing .. now gone..

18'

16)
Wing in New Mexico rigged with 2 x 65's..... New Mexico 18'

17) 108 T
GEORGE GUSTAFSON owner who had it stolen from Austin,Tx .. search continues (bought from Pete DeLackner in Ft. Worth) unknown
20'

18) JJ 88
Steve Cox's Wing The boat came from Ohio.
Purchased from Jerry Book, before him the owner was Richard Clark.
Known as the Valley Supply "Double Eagle"
Tenn.
20' Red

http://www.powercatboat.com/Switzer/wing.html

Love those wings...

Rich said there was video of his wing running at Clayton.

Anyone know where that is?

clayton was a great chance to have the 2 boats together- next year I hope to have the boat rigged and hope to attend more events with Rich and possibly Kenny- wouldn't it be nice to see 3 or more in the water and running at one time !

you have the before picture posted- so here is the latest picture of the boat after restoration-next the motors!

I saw Dust'n the Wind just this past weekend at the Lake George Vintage Raceboat Regatta.

Not sure those pics took?

Here is my fav:

I had planned on going to Lake George with Rich ,but, since my motors aren't mounted yet I decided not to take the boat there( 8 hr drive for me I believe) -since it could not get in water- maybe next year!

Try this:

Glastron_GT160 wrote:

For users on Windows XP, there is a FREE powertoy available directly from Microsoft specifically used for resizing images.

All is takes is a simple right click on any image file or multiple files, and you can select to reduce the image to any resolution you desire. It either reduces the original, or makes a copy of it depending on what you wish. A painless way to resize images in seconds.

Screenshot of the Image Resizer powertoy 'advanced' menu options is shown below.

I used this image resizer multiple times every day with windows XP. Quick & easy.

You can get it here .... direct from Bill Gates himself:

ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe (521 KB)

There is some additional tutorials/info here:

Resize digital pictures quickly

Hope that helps.

p.s. I have not found an easy 'right-click to resize' option for multiple files within Vista or Win7 yet.

http://www.fiberglassics.com/glassic-forums/support/pic-sizing

eddie Doy-Yat and my son with "Thunderball" the day we brought it home over 2 years ago

cc1000 Thank you! Thank you!
Pete a.k.a. DelRay

cc1000
I got it also.
Thanx for sharing.
Neil