Atlas Van Lines U-1 1983

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

 Atlas Van Lines

1983

 

U-00

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

 Dale VanWyk

 

 2004

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

 Dale VanWyk

 

 

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

 Brushless

 

 

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

 Octura 447

 

 

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

 

 

 

’83 Atlas:  We saw this boat hit the water in 2004.  It has shown promise, but Dale is working the kinks out learning about the new brushless gear he's using.  It's a beautiful boat and we look forward to improvement in 2005.

The 1983 Atlas was originally built in 1982 to replace the blue blaster it was designed by Jim Lucero and was the first hull to have a canard wing.  For 1983 the the boat was reconfigured to incorporate another first, the saftey cockpit.  They seat belted Chip Hanuaer down into a much stronger reinforced cockpit.  In 83 the boat repeated as both Gold Cup Champion and National Champion.  At the end of the season the Atlas team sold the hull and went to a new turbine powered hull for 84.  I will send you a photo of the boat soon.