1975 Shakey's Special

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Shakey's Special

1975

 

U-95

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Steve Dumanis

 

2007

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Steve Dumanis

 

Plywood and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Feigao 10xl

 

Castle 125

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Graupner 45

 

White, yellow & black

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

vinyl

 

 

The model:    Steve is now on what we think is his third model of this boat in two years.  The latest one is a step forward and is looking better on the water all the time.  Steve has gained a lot of experience in two years of racing with CT and sure builds a nice looking model.

The real boat:  This boat originally ran as the turbine powered U-95 owned by Jim Clapp.  After showing the potential of turbine power, it was sold to Pete LaRock and converted to piston power.  It raced as the Shakeys Special as well as Sunny Jim, but is most remembered with her sponson tips pointing upward, sporting sharks teeth on them, as it sank beneath the waters of Lake Washington at Sandpoint in 1974.