Reply With QuoteCB, I know of a Barron Sprint, however it is not green, I cannot comment on the v-drive angle, but it is unique in that it is driven from the right side. If you have any info on this boat I am sure the owner would love to talk to you.
John
I am looking for a Boat I sold a while back. It was a Barron Sprint but it had a "Funky" number since it was not a "Hallett" but one of about 4-6 Boats that Tommy Barron did with a different bottom design and a "twist" in the Hull. When I sold it, it was Green and had about seven colors in the paint job. It was on a Yellow Dual Axle Trailer. The Boat was Unique in that it had an 8 Degree Casale Box in it. I am curious if anyone knows where it is or if it might be for sale? If you are the owner of it, I can fill you in on it's history and rigging.
Thanks,
Cowboy Bob
CB, I know of a Barron Sprint, however it is not green, I cannot comment on the v-drive angle, but it is unique in that it is driven from the right side. If you have any info on this boat I am sure the owner would love to talk to you.
John
Do you mean it has the Steering Wheel on the Right?
Or did you mean that it is set up for the motor to drive off the front of the Crank (Right Hand Propellor Rotation).
When I last saw mine it was set up "Circle Boat Style" with the Motor driving the Boat from the nose of the Crank.
CB it steers from the right and is snout driven like most or all circle boats. The original name was "Orca"
Hmmmmmmm,
That's kind of bizarre! Although changing the Steering is really just a matter of rigging, what I would be curious about is the Cav. Plate controls??? If the Boat Steered from the Right Side, then The Cav. Plate Control would be on the Left Side of the Right Hand Stringer? That would interfere with the V-Drive I would think? In any case, that does not sound like my old Boat unless someone did a Ton of work to it.
Thanks for the info!
Anyone have any info?
I would be interested in buying a Hull, even damaged, if there is one available out there. A Barron Sprint would be great,a Kelron would as well, but any Circle Boat Hull would be of interest to me.
Last I spoke to the folks at Barron/Hallett, they had the mold for this Boat still. Anybody know anything about that?
What did you mean by a "twist in the hull" ? Also did Hallet say if they were interested in laying up some more of the hulls?
Here's the scoop as it was told to me:
Tommy Barron layed up and built some Boats on his own. These were purpose built specials that had a twist in the Hull. When viewed from behind, the left rear corner was lower than the right to compensate for the Motor Torque. These particular Hulls also had 4 Lapstrakes on the bottom. Again, these were built for racing and the one I had, as well as the others I suppose, had a serial Number different than a normal Hallett-Barron Serial Number which was confirmed to me by Tommy's brother who's name I cannot recall. These Serial Numbers started with "TBRB" which I surmise is for "Tommy Barron Race Boats"
The feeling I got was that they were not really excited about building any more Boats. Before you ask, NO, the mold was not for sale (I Asked). The Next Boat at the time that would come out of the Mold was for Gordon Jennings I think, or at least that was the rumor.
glad to see interest shown in Barron sprint's! considering this is pretty much Biesemeyer country! BUT.........Anyone and everyone I have ever talked to that has or ever had a BARRON/HALLET and some copies has been VERY happy with it! when set up properly
they can run with the best of them!and they make one hell of a play boat for smooth water of rough, it don"t matter they take it all! It seems to me that barron's may even hold a few records still?
V-DRIVE VIDEO may know more about this than I?
Jerry ,You out there?
p.s and yes I have one too!
Cowboy,
I know where there is a Barron Sprint for sale. It isn't your old boat, but, it can be had right. It is an ex-raceboat that was crashed and bought by a friend of mine. The boat comes complete with all the rigging, less motor. I have seen the parts and they are the real deal. Here's the catch, when the boat was crashed it split the cap about midway back on the deck. The guy that bought the boat wanted to do a wood deck anyway, so it was perfect for his use. The boat has been strengthened and repaired and is ready for a wood deck. He has the old deck as well. It was cutoff in a way so it could be reattached. I think a wood deck Barron would be pretty cool! The whole thing could be had for about 3000. PM me if you have some interest.
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