2002 Vacationville.com

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Vacationville.com

2002

 

U-3

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Jon Zimmerman

 

2003-2008

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Jon Zimmerman

 

Carbon Fiber

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Aquacraft 36/56

 

Brushless

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura

 

Red, White & blue

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

vinyl

 

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The model:  Built over several year from the molds of Jon Zimmerman.  During the 2008 off-season, Jon and Mitch decided to solve both of their problems.  Jon had a boat that he didn't have time to finish and Mitch had no time to build a new boat for 2008.  The formed a partnership in which Jon painted the hull he had been building and Mitch would add the wings, do the detail work and put most of his own gear and setup in it for racing in 2008.  The result was a 2008 Division 2 season championship for Mitch.  Jon decided to put some gear in the boat again and brought the boat back for the 2009 Freedom Cup, which the boat had won the year before.  Unfortunately the boat had radio problems and was damaged.  Jon will get it fixed up again and we hope to see it on the water soon.

The real boat:  Ed Cooper Jr and Sr had this boat built to keep pace with the modern turbine field of boats that had been leaving them in their wake for several years.  They had for years been the only piston boat in the field, running their turbo Allison.  The boat showed promise in the latter part of 2002, running record speeds in San Diego at season's end.  It bested the whole turbine fleet in the season opener in 2003 and has remained competitive ever since.  Mitch Evans gave up the cockpit to Jimmy King in 2004 after a very successful first full season and performance has dropped off somewhat, but their piston power remains a crowd favorite.