Reggie Smithers wrote:

Skipper wrote:
Anyone remember the late great Konig racing outboard engines? I had one
on a C-Stock hydro I campaigned in the 50s. Great powerplant!

http://www.pfs-ware.com/RacingHistory/page3.htm

Love to hear about your campaign. Were you sponsored or was it amateur
racing? Any pictures of your boat?

The boat was a Swift, same as Dieter Konig ran. C-Stock Hydros are
10-footers. They *very* small boats taking skill and brass balls to run
at speed, particularly in a race. You are as close as it gets to the
water in speedboat racing. Those Konigs are museum pieces today, and
what a sound they made! We used castor bean oil in ours...gave off a
very distinctive smell. I've posted racing stories to the NG in the
past. Google C-Stock Hydro.

As to pictures, picture Krause in a Konig driven C-Stock hydro with his
infamous hand-eye and limited experience. Now that's an hilarious
picture. Takes a real waterdog to run those challenging craft in
competition. He'd mess his pants before the start line.

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Skipper