Belle A-66

Brian Blazer has completed another beautiful reproduction of another famous hydroplanes in stunning detail for Richard Landaiche. Richard told me “You know, my dad has been battling some medical conditions the last few years but when he saw the boat, he lit up. It’s been 3 hrs now and I …

BABY JUNO II

BABY JUNO II in Italy. Is this the same Juno I saw at Dora years ago? If it is…some hydros really get around! Also, I always wonder about the origin of boat names……. Juno has many meanings but probably the most well known is the ancient Roman goddess. Anyone know …

WWII Packard 4M2500

This is the newly rebuilt Packard almost ready to go back in the Antique Boat Museums 48 foot “runabout” Pardon Me.  She simply purrs now at a 400 rpm idle.  About 1650 HP and burns 50 gallons of AVGAS at 2100 rpm.  Look at the camshafts.  Design on this monster …

Dixie

Dixie photo from MotorBoating magazine Oct 1909 p4. Thanks to Dave Richardson for sending in!

PDQ II

1912…Pretty Dam Quick II owned by A. G. Miles testing at speed on the St. Lawrence River just off Alexandria Bay. Winner of the 1912 Gold Cup at 36.8 MPH. I can see his former summer home from my office window. Regards, Dave Richardson

702 GMC cubic inch

My brother is a Powertrain Engineer at GM and forwarded me these pics of a rare 1960’s motor GMC made very few of. Not boat rrelated, but you gearheads might want to check out the spec sheet the owner posted and notice Torque to HP numbers. Interesting. Would of made …

Hydrocart

I HAVE LOOKED AND LOOKED ALL OVER FOR INFO OR ANYTHING ON THIS THING AND HAVE FOUND NOTHING. THE TITLE SAYS IT IS A 1966 8FT. PLEASURE CRAFT POWERED BY A KICKASS 2 STROKE MCCULLOCH MC75 RECREATIONAL ENGINE WITH A GLASSPACK EXHAUST AND FULE CELL BEHIND WHERE YOU SIT I HAVE THE …

Scripps V-12 in a Riva

Dear Friends, Here is our latest and perhaps the last article in our series following the journey of Perlita Too. But please stay tuned as we may have an interesting piece of news. http://www.esse-group.com/LTCB/barn-find-riva/i-love-my-perlita-too/ A special Thank you to all the wonderful friends we made at Riva days ~ please …