| Hydrobowl99 Pictures |
Thanks to Ernie Schmutz for taking these
pictures of the 1999 Hydrobowl HPB races
Hydrobowl99 Results
| Bill Murphy and Warren Beauchamp setting up the buoys early in the morning. Anybody want to develop a human powered prop drive for this barge? | |
| Here's Bill Murphy coming in to shore after running a race. His new compact drive uses a twisted chain directly driven from the crank arm, to power a 16x16 model airplane prop directly below the pedals. Very quiet and smooth. | |
| Here's Bill running the slalom course. | |
| Bill Murphy and Len Brunkalla getting their feet wet. | |
| Race organizer Bob Buerger doing paperwork. | |
| Here's Len Brunkalla's daughter, Jami, on my "Hammerhead" HPB (which is for sale). Len and Bill did some pre-race modifications to adjust the boat to her short stature. | |
Here's Jami rounding a buoy. |
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| Jami again... | |
| Here's Jami beating me in a race... Actually I'm just guiding her through the slalom course. | |
| Here's Jake Free's 4 man juggernaut | |
Juggernaut on wheels |
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| Here's Paul Neiderman celebrating after his fast 100 meter sprint | |
Paul is giving it all he's got for this run... |
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| Here's Paul again, cranking at high speed. | |
Here's Ron Drynan, on his modified 14 foot Hobie cat. |
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| Here's Ron again, looking quite comfortable as he cruises along. | |
Ron again, side view |
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| Warren Beauchamp (me), cranking away on my sideways catamaran. | |
| Which way is he going? The direction I'm looking I hope... The good news was, It didn't break at all this year. The bad news was, I didn't go any faster than last year... | |
| Here I am on the slalom course. | |
Here's Jake Free trying out Ron's boat |
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| Jake Free again | |