1965 Blue Chip

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Blue Chip

1965

 

U-80

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Curt White

 

2016

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

West Coast Custom Boats

 

Carbon Fiber

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion SII 3026 1190

 

Seaking Pro 120A

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

CRC 47R

 

Metallic Blue and Ivory

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Thunderboat Graphics

 

Tactic TTX300

The model:  Curt saw this hull at Craig Bradshaw's boat shop. It was painted but not finished. He offered to sell it to him with no dummy engine, driver, hardware or graphics. Curt loved the paint work and decided to finish it as intended, as the Blue Chip.

The real boat:  A new Staudacher hull built for Dick and Paul Gordon, owners of Fairlane Tools, to start out the 1965 season. It was powered by and Allison engine modified to run with a Merlin after cooler. The Blue Chip only ran four races in 1965 with a best finish at the Spirit of Detroit race. In 1966 the boat was sold to Laird Pierce and Earl Noyes and became the U-8 Miss Dixie Cola.