1984 Executone Telephones U-8

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Executone Telephones

1984

 

U-8

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Bryan Deatherage

 

2010

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Mark Beatty/Bryan Deatherage

 

Plywood and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion 3026-1900

 

Castle

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura

 

white and blue

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

vinyl

 

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The model:  This boat started life several years ago as Mark Beatty's first Lite All-Star.  Bryan got it and brought it back as the Executone. It hit the water as the Executone at the Governors Cup in 2010 as Bryan's first Division 2 boat.  Hopefully we'll see more of it in 2011.  It's a really nice looking boat.

The real boat:  The boat was designed by Jim Lucero and is almost identical to the Atlas Van Lines boat Lucero built, then modified in 1983 with a safer cockpit area.  The boat was fast and held it's own in the early turbine era with Scott Pierce as the driver.  The boat later became the first Mr Pringles and was eventually converted to turbine power.