The Gator E34. Brian O Connor Palm City, FL

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1 The Gator E34 Brian O Connor Palm City, FL boconnor@airburners.com

2 Its been a great life of boat racing. I am so grateful for all the friends I have made in the US and Canada and for all the good mes we have had together on the lakes, ponds and rivers. Its been great for our family too, our kids were exposed to foreign languages thanks to boat racing, we visited more of the US and Canada than most people thanks to boat racing. We visited numerous historic sites (and a few amusement parks) thanks to boat racing. It s a great family sport. Unfortunately I have been diagnosed with cancer so I have a new ba le to focus on and to fight. That means it is me to call it quits on a life me of hydroplane racing. Something I will miss dearly. Therefore I am selling off everything which will make an incredible deal for someone. This boat was custom build for me by my close friends Paul Pigeon and Claude Bergeron. We raced together in the Grand Prix class with my hydro GP34 The Gator, also built by Paul and Claude. This is a unique 5 liter and arguably one of the fastest every built by PBHydros. The boat came out of the box fast, we received it late in 2007 and had a great season with my son driving. He was a new driver so we took it slow but even then we could see the poten al of this boat, it was stable and fast. Unfortunately our ming wasn t ideal we barely started dialing the boat in when the recession hit. Out of respect for our employees we had to stop racing from 2009 through 2011, we couldn't be out playing with our race boat when some of our company s families were laid-off. So this boat has low hours. The boat is ready to race. It is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide with a 72 inch tunnel. The sponsons are mul stepped with both anhedral and dihedral running surfaces. It has two forward canard wings that are electrically controlled in the cockpit. The windshield glass is in great shape. The steering wheel is on a can levered arm that swings out of the way if necessary. The cockpit is currently set up for a six foot tall driver. We have an extra engine cowling. The skid fin is the standard PBHydros but we have a new design from Sco Kropfeld that is ready to be installed. We have a new 350 engine built and dyno tested by TEC Engines in Rivera Beach, Florida. The engine meets the 350 rules and is a dry sump motor. We have one weekend of racing on the engine since the dyno. Back from our engine we use a Carter Parish thrust box then to an intermediate pillow block bearing to reduce whip. We have a top of the line RacePak Vnet data acquisi on system. But we never got it set up for the new engine plus it probably should go back for updates anyhow, the vnet is a great system. We have numerous spare parts, travel covers, deck pads, etc. and all of the boat related parts go with the boat in this sale. We have at least two custom props from Paul Pigeon and I believe one more spare Mercury lab wheel. The trailer was custom built by my son. It I the best trailer I have ever used. It has incredible storage and slide out draws plus it is designed to make working on the boat comfortable and easy. The trailer was repainted last year including an amazing non skid topping it is in show room quality. The trailer incudes a 2400 wa quiet Yamaha generator which is wired through the trailer to provide charging sta ons and extension cords on reels for ba ery charging etc. This is a dream set up that will get you to a championship really quick. I am asking $49, for everything. Like most of us in racing I have all most three mes that invested in this rig. I am hopeful we can find a home that will allow this boat to get to the top where it belongs. Please give me a call or send me an if you have any ques ons. Thanks 2

3 3 Dan Grobe and Dan Grobe Jr.

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5 5 We have a rolling stand for off-trailer work

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7 Look at us lined up with the big boys in Detroit Ma hew and Paul loading the trailer 7

8 Patrick ge ng us ready 8

9 Gator Trailer Brian O Connor SW Green Ridge Lane Palm City, FL boconnor@airburners.com

10 Custom built hydroplane trailer currently used for a 5 liter hydroplane Specifica ons Length Width Height Weight Construc on Tilt 31 feet 102 inches see drawing below approx. 10,000lbs unloaded Steel Electric hydraulic degrees approx with boat 49 1/

11 Boat Trailer Features Fuel Storage Twin Torsion axles Slide out drawer Step up to boat deck also works as a stool to sit on when working on back end of boat. Non skid on all flat surfaces Steps, non skid coated 3

12 Grab bar Non skid steps to access front 4

13 3 3 Steps to reach rear work deck. All non skid coated 2 1 5

Forward Bin open across front Second Bin open to tool box door on other side.

14 Bin three has a large pull out drawer. Bin four, five and six all open into one space under the rear deck. We used this for larger items like chairs coolers and tents. Bin six is where we had the generator. Forward Bin open across front Second Bin open to tool box door on other side. This bin has the power outlets and power extension cord. We charge radios and power tools in here. Extension cord reaches on deck for ba ery charger and vacuum. 6

Typical view of the non skid ap plied to all ﬂat surfaces. All the corners are radi us. Looks really sharp. We installed these heavy duty load lev elers.

15 Typical view of the non skid ap plied to all ﬂat surfaces. All the corners are radi us. Looks really sharp. We installed these heavy duty load lev elers. Besides the two arms there is a special adjustable hitch that goes with it. Really improves handling and ride. Bunks will need replacing to ﬁt your boat. 7

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