In my opinion the Molinari tunnel boats built at the famous Lake Como in the northern part of Italy is a big part of outboard racing history.

I was to young when tunnel boat racing started but have been told that Dieter Schulze was the first tunnel boat builder and Angelo Molinari stared just after.

I am pretty good at Molinari boats in the seventies and the eighty’s but not in the sixties. Pretty sure there is plenty of people that can fill in from the sixties.

Molinari switched from Mercury Outboards to Evinrude Outboards late 1976..but please do not make a big deal if those Molinari boats was powered by a Merc in-line six, V6 or the OMC V-4/V-6/V-8.

There was also plenty of Molinari boats in the OE/F-3 class and other classes.

Here is a link to Boatracingfacts and the 14 pages full of pictures and interesting reading about World Champion Racer/boat builder Renato Molinari

Enjoy