80's hydro pics

Old hydro pic's from the 80's
Photos by André Holster Westerberg

You can find them all (and more) at THIS LINK in bigger size also.

André Holster Westerberg's own designs Scorpio .46

I think this is Mikael "Sunken" Sundgren's Daffy 21

I still have one of these Octura T-shirts

Think this is from an early world championships with eager racers trying to figure out the secret behind Kenneth Lundqvist's riggers

The hydro legend - Kenneth Lundquist

 Anders Ydergård's Daffy 45

 Anders Ydergård with assistance from Fred Brihagen

Bengt Loryd's Dart 45

Bengt Loryd

Laydown engine in this Crapshooter

Christer Gustafsson

Ellert Ohlzon & Dart 45

Roland Jansson & Wing Ding

Jörgen Andersson @ Hacksjön

Jörgen Andersson @ Hacksjön

Jörgen Andersson's fleet of riggers @ Hacksjön. Two Crapshooters and his "Svarten" SAW boat

Jörgen Andersson & Crapshooter

I think this is Kalle Schenning's Daffy 21 SAW rigger

I think this is Kalle Schenning's Daffy 21 SAW rigger


I think this is Kalle Schenning's Daffy 21 SAW rigger

 Kenneth and other rigger dudes @ Hacksjön

Bengt Loryd & Dart 45

 Bengt Loryd & Dart 45

Anders Ydergård & Daffy 45

 Fred Brighagen

 Benny Lindholm

Crapshooters

Crapshooter action

Jörgen Andersson & Crapshooter 21

 Jörgen Andersson & Crapshooter 45

 Jörgen Andersson & Crapshooter 21

Jörgen Andersson fleet

Tasteful graphics

I do believe this is Mr Sunken himself (Mikael Sundgren) with his Daffy 21

André Holster Westerberg's Scorpion 46 drawings

Jörgen Andersson's Crapshooter 21 from Hacksjön (it's most likely me also in the background to the left)

Jörgen Andersson and Anders Ydergård (Daffy designer) @ Hacksjön

Jörgen Andersson launching Anders Ydergård's Daffy 21 @ Hacksjön

Daffy outriggers from the 80's

The Daffy outrigger hydroplane RC boats where hot in the early 80's in Scandinavia. They where designed by Anders Ydergård from Göteborg and the drawings where made by Fred Brihagen in Oxelösund. The Daffy's where never sold as a kit - only as a DYI drawing. Personally I never built a Daffy but they where really light and fast. Maybe not the best handling boats when cornering though but at that time not many where... But if one would re-design the driveline to a flex shaft & strut set-up and also a hooked turn fin it might be up to speed... ;)

Thanks to Fred Brihagen that supplied the new Daffy 20 & 40 drawings and Swedish hobby magazine Allt om Hobby that supplied the old magazine scans.

Visit Allt om Hobby's website - HERE.

If you have any pictures of a Daffy rigger - please feel free and mail it to me and I'll upload it here! E-mail


Daffy 20 Racing Outrigger
Motor: 3.5 cc
Overall length: 740 mm
Tub length: 700 mm
Width: 355 mm
Afterplane: 430 mm (from transom to sponson RE)
Tub width: 100 mm


If you want this Daffy 20 drawing as a printable full scale PDF - e-mail me and I'll send them 2 U. E-mail


Daffy 40 Racing Outrigger
Motor: 6.5-7.5 cc
Length: 880 mm
Width: 410 mm
Afterplane: 570 mm (from transom to sponson RE)
Tub width: 98 mm


If you want this Daffy 40 drawing as a printable full scale PDF - e-mail me and I'll send them 2 U. E-mail

Here below is a couple of Allt om Hobby magazine articles from 1982 and 1984.