The flipbook starts out with an interesting 3-page interview from October 1998 with Robert Stack. Other info: From Wikipedia: By the time he was 20, Stack had achieved minor fame as a sportsman. He was an avid polo player and shooter. His brother and him won the International Outboard Motor …
“Eastern Competition Boat Builders” was an article written by Jack Sweeney for HOT BOAT QUARTERLY in 1966. If you are on a desktop computer – the best way to view this book is to click the “toggle fullscreen” button, then use your arrow buttons on the keyboard to advance to …
The Farmer family send me a copy of the scrapbook that Will, Jr. made as a X-Mas present for his father. This was right after they built their last hydro in 1974. It was updated last in 2000. I received it soon after. My apologies to the Farmer family for …
I received this email from Sean 10/1/2023: Hello sir and good day. My name is Sean Zeiders. I am an auctioneer in PA and I had the absolute pleasure of spending a little over a year going through and selling the Lloyd estate after the unfortunate passing of Mike in …
Neat interview over at the APBA Historical Society’s website with the man who finessed a lot of racing props in his day .
Ted Jones in SLOMO. Photos by Leo Livingston 1951. Posted by Finn Livingston on Hydroplane History (facebook)
Don Buddo posted this on Vintage Hydroplanes – Skiffs & Outboards (facebook), “My father testing his hydroplane on the Thames River in London, Ontario around 1948”
Randy Wold sent me the link and noted, “Ron Jones Sr. told me at San Diego the Thriftway Too used a borrowed propeller from Bernie Little to qualify and the boat set a real fast time and when it returned to the dock Bernie wanted the propeller back right away.” …
Jim Jabczenski, son of Mitchell Jabczenski, sent in some pics from the family’s scrap book of his father’s and grandfather’s hydroplanes that they campaigned in the 1950s to 60s. Bud James is also mentioned (my father’s mechanic) and drove F-89 sometimes. The Vintage Hydroplanes has stories of both boats authored …
I saw your website and want to share a photo I have of my dad’s hydroplane from 1950-1955. My dad was Dr. Ralph Beare of Celina, Ohio and our driver was Larry Kruger of Neptune, Ohio. Larry died from a swimming accident in August of 1955 at a race in …
