• 1966 - The hydro was built in the fall of 1966 in Les Staudacher's shop by Jon Staudacher & Dave Wrzesinski. (At the same time building bird houses while still in high school). This 7 Litre hydroplane was constructed for Jug Kelly. Also of note, Miss Windy is the last of four, conventional 7 litre hydroplanes, built by Staudacher.
• 1967 - Mr. Kelly lived in Chicago, hence the name Miss Windy. She raced in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin. The original racing number on the hull was H-009. Jug’s friends picked numbers, H-007 Long Gone, H-008 Miss Chicago, for their 7 liter Hydros. Numbers were selected during the early 007 craze of James Bond.
• 1971 - New paint, new number, H-909 and raced until the early 1980s. No significant race wins have been found.
• 2001 - Bought and brought to California from New York. My intention was to restore the hull and drive it as much as I can.
• 2002-2007 - Rebuilt hull and reskinned same. Restored and/or rebuilt all hardware, running gear and installed 396 cu in Chevrolet with fuel injection. She was launched in October 2007 with a new name Miss Santa Cruz H-909 (same number).

Dickie Koch:  Crew member. Dickie performed most of the maintenance of the boat. Sometimes he would tow Miss Windy to races that were a ways from Chicago. Also keeping his eye on the entourage of female admirers.

Jack Dolan:  Engine Builder (deceased). Jack was a well known boat engine builder in the Chicago area. He used crutches to get around the shop, but they never hampered his ability to build motors. Many of his engines found homes in member’s boats at the “Chain of Lakes Boat Club”.