Wow, a Lark on a Minimax. I thought I was crazy!! After the Minimax, I built an 8′ tunnel hull of my own design, that was five feet WIDE and had more free board than the Minimax, with non-trip chines. It may have made a navel architect cringe but it solved all the lessons of the Minimax and was actually a much better, safer boat. I put a manual start, Super Quiet Johnson 40 on that, after a lot of experimentation with a 7.5 KE4 and an 18. I Only used the 40 a few times because it was both insane and not as fast as I would have expected, because of prop limitations. Still, I SMOKED a Mark 58 Merc on a hydro with my Johnson, because the race was from a standing start, where the big old, 55 gallon drum pistons of the Johnson excelled. If a boat could have four wheel drive, that rig had it! But I digress…..I thought I was crazy! Knowing what I know, why the guy with a Lark on a Minimax didn’t die, is a miracle!
Long live American manufacturing!
