1974 Lincoln Thrift U-55

 

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Lincoln Thrift

1974

 

U-55

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Chuck Murray

 

2007

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Jeff Campbell

 

Carbon Fiber

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion 3226 1600

 

?

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

ABC

 

Yellow, Blue and White

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Vinyl

 

?

The model: Chuck bought this boat and has been racing with it in CT for a couple of years now. This is another nice boat from Jeff Campbell's garage that Bob VandenAkker had built in 07 to race in ERCU.  Bob brought it out for the 2008 CT Gold Cup and placed third with it.  The boat is very fast and we hope to see Chuck get more wheel time with it in 2020. Once it starts finishing heats consistently, look out.

The real boat:  This boat came out of Ron Jones's shop along with a bunch of others in the early to mid 1970's.  It was fast, but had a tendency to get a little loose.  In '75 it was outfitted with a few different rear wing configurations in an attempt to tame it down.  The boat was inconsistent, but one of the fastest in the fleet.