Full House Mouse Y-116

This is Full House Mouse Y-116 winning the 4th of July race in 1971 at Long Beach Marine Stadium.
This 48 cubic inch class vintage hydroplane is a DeSilva hull that is Crosley powered. It was originally built in 1953.
photo by Elladine Foley

This is the cockpit as it appeared in 1967. I quickly added a scatter shield over the drive coupling and propeller shaft. I would really like to find out more about the early history of this boat. I remember Mick telling me that he crashed it the boat on Green Lake in Seattle, repaired "Mouse", and made the 1960 Nationals in Florida where he won a heat and took third overall. Even today you can see that the framing is different on one side compared to the other side.
Mick said that the first owner was "Sonny" Meyer, Lou Meyer's son. Mickey Remund was very instrumental in my acquiring the boat in the first place. I was trying to design and build a boat, build my own engine, etc. Mickey told me to buy a good used boat and just go racing. He told me that the "Mouse" was for sale even though it was not advertised for sale. At the races he always came around to check out his old boat and compliment me on its appearance. A really nice guy.

FORMER OWNERS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Sonny Meyer - Mickey Remund - John Lyle. Set World Speed Record for 48 cubic inch hydroplanes, Five Miles in Competition, 67.720 mph at Salton Sea, CA on Novenber 6, 1954 (Meyer) 3rd in 1960 Nationals (Remund) 4th at 1961 Nationals in San Diego (Remund) 2nd at 1975 Winternationals West (Foley) 5th at 1977 Nationals (Foley)


This is a photo taken in late 1970 or 1971 or maybe even early 1972. I had a warm shirt on under my Gentex so it must have been late fall or early spring. Parker maybe? This is from an SCSC regatta program.

Here is a poor photo of 69-Y with Mickey Remund at the wheel - circa 1960. According to Sonny Meyer, the hull is an Ingram design built by De Silva for Sonny Meyer in 1953 or 1954. Go figure. It is the only photo I have come up with from the Mickey Remund era. This photo is from an old Champion Boats catalog. For some reason, they used a retouched photo of the "Mouse" in their catalog of plans back in the mid 1960s. It is the only photo that I have seen of the boat with the 69-Y number on it.


Here's a photo of Sonny Meyer driving Y-99 Lou-Kay setting the 5 Miles in Competition speed record for 48 cu in hydroplanes, way back in 1954. The photo was taken by Kent Hitchcock, who was a well-known APBA official. Among other responsibilities, Mr. Hitchcock supervised the course setup and timing of the Slo-mo-shun IV record mile run in 1950 (160.323 mph). As you can guess, I was very pleased to receive a copy of this photo from Sonny Meyer, who was gracious enough to autograph it for me.

This photo on the right was taken on July 4, 1967, the day I passed my driver's test at Long Beach Marine Stadium.

This was taken by Al Bond in late 1972 or 1973. I changed the trim paint in June 1972. Still using the Gentex in this photo. I bought a Lifeline knee jockey jacket somewhere along the line.

Some folks may wonder "What does a Crosley engine look like, anyway?"
I built this racing Crosley in 1969-70 and raced it from mid-1970 to mid-1973. In 41 heats - we took 20 first place finishes, 10 seconds, and 3 thirds. I've had more powerful engines but none as reliable as this baby.

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