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The Last Updates for 2000
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for 2001 Last Updates.
Dec 31 A former crew member
of the Moonshine Baby team has located this site and has
been kind enough to share some of his experiences with me. I have since
redone my History page of Moonshine Baby
with new info and added 4 photos
from Phil Kunz.
Dec 21 Bill John (who
owns the vintage raceboat Obsession) has become the new
Webmaster for the New Hampshire Antique & Classic Boat Museum.
Check out the featured raceboats!!
Dec 12 The Schedule
of Events has been updated. Inboard Testing at the HydroBowl
in Dayton, Ohio has been put on the calendar.
Dec 8 Hang In There Y-55 has a page in the yesterday section.
Dec 6 Full
House Mouse Y-116 has a page in the yesterday section.
Skedaddle S-68 has a page in the restoration
section.
Dec 4 I have been
working on finishing up my hydroplane, Moonshine Baby.
Water pickups and cooling lines are installed. The foot/gas pedals,
and steering wheel and linkage are installed. I am currently working
the linkage rods for the thottle, painting the dashboard, and next
is the installation of gauges and all wiring.
I will be putting another restoration page together as soon time permits.
In the meantime, It would be great to feature more vintage raceboats on
the website.
I also know there is lots of restoration projects happening,
so send in some photos to show.
We are up to 30 raceboats now included in the directory.
Also, started compiling video footage for the Vintage Raceboat Videotape
2000. Stay tuned and this VHS tape should be available soon.
And also, thanks to Chuck over at the UHRA site for all the great
mentions
on their site. We have received lots of new visitors from his Webwatch
feature page on the site. This is always my first stop, before I start
surfin' looking for all the latest on the raceboat websites.
Nov 23 Agitator
has a page in the hydroplanes yesterday section.
2001 Schedule of Events is posted.
Nov 22 'Lil Northern Star N-56 sends in 5 new photos.
Nov 19 Stolen Hydroplane in Toronto area.
Nov 18 Mr. Trophy and Mai Tai added to the Where are they now page.
Nov 15 Seems like most
raceboat owners can't live with owning only one raceboat.
Jack Hines (Miss Peg), just took delivery of his second, a Roberts hull,
S class hydro with a 2000 Pinto motor and was built in the 80's. Hope to
see
some pictures. Hull is called Skedaddle.
More raceboats added to the directory bringing the total to 23 now.
Nov 11 Who
Cares A-104 has a page in the restoration section.
Tru-Jen has a page in the vintage hydroplanes
from yesterday section.
Nov 8 Ken Grzesiak
is the new owner of the boat Lil'Northern Star.
Crew Chief Pete Silfven informed me they are prepping the hull for the
Vintage
Regattas next summer. Another raceboat to add to the ranks. Congrats!!
I am building a page for all the Vintage Raceboat Regattas
for next summer.
So send in any information you may have: Show name, date, and place....even
if it is only tentative...
Oct 31 Miss September has a new motor.
Oct 11 Wild Card has a page in the restoration section.
Oct 7 Bachelor One has a page in the yesterday section.
Oct 4 Directory
of Owners page gets cleaned up. Currently 18 famous raceboats have
registered, with lot's of history to read about. Send an owner an email,
if you have a story, pictures, or info about their raceboat!
Sept 29 2000 Ontario Place Show Bill DeGlopper sends in a photo and info from Toronto
Sept 28 The Irishman has a page in the yesterday section.
Sept 25 Our good friend and
historian/photographer Phil Kunz has identified alot of
hydroplanes in the 2000 Antique Raceboat Regatta pages and also added some
info in the Where are
they now? page.
Sept 22 A interesting question:
what makes a hydro a "vintage".....go to the library
to see what some thoughts were.
I am still going to put video together on Clayton/2000 and hope we can
get some
other video to edit with what we have so far. contribute
video?
I am also looking to add some captions/info to some of the raceboat photos
from
the Antique Raceboat Regatta 2000 pages on this site.
Sept.12 Nathan Mills sent in
photos of old raceboats from the Steamboat
Museum, England.
Joe Johnson sent in 3 photos of 2 raceboats added to the Where
are they now?
Sept. 7 Speedvision is airing
a 1-hour special on the Antique Boat Show & The Antique
Raceboat Regatta Sept 17.
Miss September Nathan
Mills is getting ready to start restoration.
Sept. 5 Miss Close Shave II N-73 has a page in the restoration section
Sept. 1 Antique
Raceboat Regatta 2000 Hydroplanes Part 4
Antique Raceboat Regatta 2000 Raceboats
Part1
Antique
Raceboat Regatta 2000 Raceboats Part 2
I am sorry if I missed your raceboat at the show or if I have misinformation
or no information regarding a photo on this site.
August 31 2nd & 3rd installment:
Antique Raceboat Regatta 2000 Hydroplanes
Part 2
Antique Raceboat Regatta 2000 Hydroplanes
Part 3
August 30 First installment of The Antique Raceboat Regatta 2000 Hydroplanes Part 1
August 27 The rebuild of Miss Peg has 6 new photos.
August 23 The "New Hampshire Navy" at The
Gold Cup July 2000.
Restoration Part III of Moonshine Baby,
added more photos.
August 22 Just back from Clayton, New York.
What another great Antique Raceboat Regatta!
Weather was cool, but dry. Winds were low Friday and Sunday so the hydro's
were
able to get some good running time. Saturday's winds gave the Gold-Cuppers,
the vintage raceboats, and Jersey Speed Skiffs a bumpy ride, but made for
an
exciting, out of the water, fly-bys for the spectators! Tons of photos
to post
and about 90 minutes of video-tape to copy. Stay tuned!!
August 6 Added a directory.
If any vintage raceboat owner would like to be added to the
directory, please take 1 minute and register
your hull with this website.
August 5 Alan Radue has a page on
his Agitator
More information on "Frankies Boy" on the Antique
Raceboat Regatta III page.
August 3 I have added a messageboard!
Post your questions on the messageboard and all us vintage raceboaters
will
try to get you an answer!
July 23 The start of the webpage Moonshine Baby H-54 Restoration Part III.
July 18 Bill John sends a photo of Obsession at The 2000 Gold Cup Race in Detroit.
June 1 2 new photos on the Miss Peg site.
May 22 Nathan Mills has
acquired a vintage hydroplane
in Australia.
No vintage display in Dayton, Ohio this year as the Hydrobowl is cancelled.
May 18 The Antique Race
Boat Regatta in Toronto has cancelled the June event and is
concentrating on the August event. Make sure to update your vintage calendars!
May 16 More Links added
May 13 Biography on Wa Wa too
May 8
Bill Sine sends in an invitation to all vintage raceboaters for the
Antique Race Boat Regatta in Toronto.
May 7 Tom and Judy D'Eath have a page for Wa Wa Too
May 6 Jack Hines
owner/restorer of Miss Peg with history and
restoration.
A new photo for the Vintage
Hydroplanes Where are they now?
Vintage Hydroplane Links page has
been added.
April 29 Ted Lee sent in a picture of H-54. History of H-54
April 23 Tom D'Eath emailed a photo from Madison 1964 of Moonshine Baby.
April 7/8 Bill Fisk had a R/C Model made
from blueprints of his vintage hydroplane GP-317.
See the building of this model with step-by-step
photos and details
Short story on the design of hydroplanes in the library.
April 6 information
(basically a library for us). I'll make this an ongoing
collection of information where we can post anything that pertain's to
the
history of our sport. Please feel free to send me any information, newspaper
articles, records, stories, etc. you would consider informative and enjoyable
April 2 1998
Antique Raceboat Regatta Part 4
Vintage Hydroplanes
Where are they now?
April 1 The
Vintage Raceboats featuring a Gar Wood Speedster named Obsession owned
by
William John III
March 28 1998 Antique Raceboat Regatta Part 3
March 24 The
Vintage Hydroplanes/The Vintage Raceboats files are uploaded to the host
and website is launched on the Internet.