AUSSIE SKIBOATS

Monday, 17 December 2012

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Whoa!, hows this for a bad ass midmount. Regulars may recall 'HAUL N ASS' from that sensational waterfall shot from one of our past random Lewis Tornado post's. The family who originally owned her have sent in this beautiful shot of her on Somerset Dam back in her earlier racing days. .. Used extensively for lane racing in SEQ and most state titles, she put the wind up many a rear mount in her day, even more so when sniffing nitrous! Very cool boat.. Cheers to Cory.
* "HAUL-N-ASS" at Moogerah Dam >>> http://aussieskiboats.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/mixed-lewis-tornado.html

old rags; SEACRAFT

RECAP

Thanks again to all contributors...... Welcome newbies! Please take a cruise through our older posts and checkout some of the magic aussie skiboats that we've featured ...and please consider showing us yours ;-)

random; FLIGHTCRAFT CONCORDE

Friday, 14 December 2012

"MOOMBA"

Mick stumbled upon this darling needing a small amount of love whilst up to his ears in the rebuilding of the beautiful "NIFTY II".
"MOOMBA" sports a very cool Y block V8 ford (as fitted to Cusso's etc. ;-) and is believed to have once been the official tow boat for the Sea World ski shows and also possibly involved with the Moomba Masters way back in the day. If this interesting history is correct, we are hoping that someone out there must surely have some memories of this lovely lady they could share, or possibly a confirmation on her origins... is she a Lewis ???
Mick is absolutely smitten with "NIFTY II" so sadly "MOOMBA" is on the block. Anyone interested can contact Frosty on our members tiles or I can point you in the right direction myself.
Be sure to click on the 'marvels' tag to see the many other stunning ski boats that have been a part of this impressive fleet .

random; MATRA MISSILE

Thursday, 13 December 2012

"PEGASUS"

How sweet is this! Her colour, signwork, and immaculate presentation would place this Skicraft Clinker Deluxe among'st the coolest glass clinkers ASB has ever seen, absolutely gorgeous!
As can be seen in the background of these pics and vid, Pat is a very keen historic vehicle and machinery enthusiast whom I stumbled across amongst the good people over on the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club of Aust. forum. Here's their great site >>> http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl

'WHIZ BANG IV"

Here's a nice little aussie piece I'm sure some will enjoy
>>> http://maritime.historysa.com.au/collections/blogs/whiz-bang-iv