1971 MARINER TOO - U-99

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Mariner Too

1971

 

U-99

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Pete Schille

 

2013

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Pete Schille

 

Carbon Fiber

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion 3026-1210

 

Castle

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura

 

Red, Blue & White

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Vinyl and painted

 

Spektrum

The model:  Pete converted his Miss US into this unique boat for 2013.  The hull was built by Jeff Campbell several years back.

The real boat:  This was one of the early attempts at turbine power.  The team installed the turbine engine into one of their old boats in 71 as a test bed and it worked very well in testing with Fred Alter driving.  They then decided to build a new, longer boat for competition using the same power systems and new boat was a dismal failure.  Who knows how successful the original test bed boat would have been had they not replaced it.