Gale's Roostertail U-44 1968

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

 Gale's Roostertail

 1968

 

 U-44

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

 Pete Schille

 

 2002

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

 Pete Schille

 

 Plywood

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

 Astro 25 5-turn

 

 Astro Flight

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

 Octura 447

 

 blue and yellow

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

 Hand Painted

 

 

Pete built this boat in 2002.  He has been experimenting with changes to the bottom of the boat and trying to improve its performance.  It has good straightaway speed, but has a tendency to swap ends in the corners. It debuted at the 2004 Harmsworth as his second division 1 boat.

This step hull was built in 1967 to ease the pounding on driver Jerry Schoenith.  It was the last step hull to compete as an unlimited.