Mini Race boats

Build Your very own Raceboat

Mini GT is an United states Powerboat Association (APBA) Sportsman course raced in Minnesota and nearby states in occasions arranged because of the Twin City Powerboat Association (TCPBA).

Power: 25hp 2-cylinder Johnson/Evinrude
Boat: manufacturing Tunnel or V-bottom, 10' min.
or Dillon Mini Vee
Min. Age: 12 years old -

The ships are tunnel hulls and v-bottoms, at the very least ten legs very long, and running on stock 25hp OMC engines with aluminum propellers. It isn't difficult, and it is cheap. Rates hover around 40 miles per hour. The class is available to motorists (males, women, girls and boys) as early as 12 years old, and there is no maximum age. Mini GT is actually for everybody!

Because the 2008 racing period ended up being planning to get underway, it became evident we would have just three Mini GT motorists, and just two of these could be counted to make every competition. Your decision had been made by these motorists to update their ships to GT Pro. As a result, there were no Mini GT events in 2008 - or perhaps in 2009.

The Dillon Mini Vee is
the just non-production
vessel approved for Mini GT

But we couldn't give up on Mini GT.

Since 2007 just manufacturing shaped ships have-been permitted in Mini GT. but, in an attempt to recreate the class, the Twin City Powerboat Association board accepted the addition of 1 homebuilt design to Mini GT. That design could be the Dillon Mini Vee.

In 2010 Mini GT came back with three Dillon Mini Vees. One more Mini Vee had been built for the 2011 season, and two additional ones might be joining the course aswell.

2013: We added a 25hp option to our GT professional class (and paid down the GTP minimal age to 12), efficiently merging Mini GT with GT professional. BUT Mini GT will continue to be a stand-alone class as long as you will find sufficient racers to run the 2 courses independently. Start to see the GT Pro principles for more details.

Mini GT will still be a great entry into ship racing. It really is particularly fitted to the budget-minded, for people who like to keep it actually simple, or you need several young ones to the recreation.

See in addition: GT Professional and Sport C

The TCPBA is a wonderful lot of guys, women and youngsters. We now have hard-charging competitors regarding water at speeds from 40 miles per hour to 130 miles per hour, and geat comraderie and cooperation on shore. The target is to have safe, competitive races, and merely ordinary fun.

Need boatbuilding HELP!? : Frequently Asked Questions

1) Technical Standards:

Minimum Weight - 600 lbs.
Minimum Age - 12-years-old

2) System:

a) Any 2-cylinder, 25 horse power Johnson or Evinrude built from 1985 through 2005. Also, 20 horse power Johnson and Evinrude motors (built from 1985 through 1999) might upgraded for the course by replacement of consumption and carburetor with parts which are certified aided by the aforementioned 25hp motors. Blocks from any 31.8 cubic inch OMC/BRP powerhead constructed from 1976 to 2005 works extremely well, although 25hp intake and carburetor must be used.
b) Engines must stay stock (as manufactured) with the following exclusions: RPM limiters could be removed. Electrical beginner may be added. Solid or pinned engine supports tend to be allowed. Power trim, manual trim or spoilers, adjustable while underway, aren't permitted. Tiller arms are eliminated Cylinders is annoyed to .030 and fitted with OEM over-sized pistons Cosmetic look of the motor are altered, but maker indentification must certanly be retained
c) motors needs to be bolted securely into transom with at the least two bolts
d) An ignition interrupt switch attached to the motorist via tether is necessary.

3) Boat:

a) just manufacturing shaped tunnel or v-bottom boats (no hydros), and plywood-constructed house- or custom-built boats developed to the Dillon Mini Vee design (dillon-racing.com)
b) Boat must certanly be a minimum of 10.0 foot lengthy and 48 inches wide
c) motorists must remain in a sitting position all the time, in a chair firmly fastened to the hull, and employ a foot throttleand controls.
d) Junction of seat and chair back may not be significantly more than 36" rearward of midships.
age) Two cu. ft. foam flotation required (three cu. ft. recommended per GT Pro principles)

4) Propellers:

a) Through-hub, aluminum propellers only
b) Cupping, re-pitching and elimination of product is permitted.
c) No material may be included with a propeller, except for repair