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• Gale V added to the restoration column in the boats.
• 2009 Schedule of Vintage Events posted.
• January 2009 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2009 calendar.

• Merry Christmas Everyone!
• Miss Washington, D.C. historical added to the boats.

• An article titled, "Thoughts on Organizing a Vintage Event" added to the APBA Vintage & Historic section.
• Greg Isaac starts his photo album in the photo album section.
• Lauterbach 2 - seater creation continues with 4 photos added.

• Dave Wagoner becomes a sponsor of The Vintage Hydroplanes. Thanks Dave!
• Laura 3 historical added to the boats.
• Lauterbach 2 - seater creation continues with 3 photos added.

• Lauterbach 2 - seater creation continues with 3 photos added.

• Wheeling 2008 added to past events.
• Technical Articles - Two links added: Fiberglassing a woodstrip hull - Techniques for a perfect clear finish & Inboard Propeller Installation Procedures - Michigan Propellers
• December 2008 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Updated the Instructions for posting photos on the boards in our community center.
• Lauterbach 2 - seater creation continues with 4 photos added.

• Miss America VIIIadded to the boats.

• Added the Fred Farley article, "History of The Calvert Cup" to our new section of the web site titled, racing stories - historical. 
• I broke up "the stories" section on the web site into 2 parts  -  racing stories - current - which will be stories written about the current happenings taking place by vintage & historic folks today....and the other part is racing stories - historical - which will be articles & stories about inboard boat racing from years ago. 

• 2009 APBA Vintage & Historic membership application form posted in the APBA Vintage & Historic section.

• Roger LaPierre becomes a sponsor of The Vintage Hydroplanes. Thanks Roger!
• Mathea VIII added to the boats section.
• Phil Kunz - the new monthly Wanted boat is posted.

• Lauterbach 2 - seater creation continues.

• November 2008 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Gary Todd adds 32 photos of 280 class hydros to his photo album. We tried to make it easier to browse his 169 photos by organizing them by boat classes.
• New boat started at the Lauterbach shop.
• Three photos added to Bill Fisk's Came To Play page.

• I discontinued the old 'vintage mailbox' (it's been over 2 years since I last posted anything to it) and built a new board titled, ".....we get mail." It is linked in our Community Center.
• Phil Kunz - the new monthly Wanted boat is posted.
• Larry Lauterbach restoration & maiden voyage of Nordic GP-25 - 11 photos added. Thanks to Dave Wagoner for bringing us this report!

• October 2008 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Larry Lauterbach restoration of Nordic GP-25 - 12 photos added.

• Savage Racing, LLC becomes a sponsor of The Vintage Hydroplanes. Thanks Bill!
• Three on-the-water photos added to the build of Edelweiss GP-444.

• Mark Weber's Mom's Worry - 7 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• Brent McLean continues his support of the website. Thanks Brent!
• September 2008 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2008 calendar.
• Phil Kunz - the new monthly Wanted boat is posted.

• Larry Lauterbach restoration of Nordic GP-25 - 6 photos added. 'Batman' reports again.

• Thomas "Butch" Kropfeld continues his support of the website. Thanks Butch!
• Mark Weber's Mom's Worry- 12 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• Larry Lauterbach completes the build of Edelweiss GP-444 - last 10 photos added. Thanks to Dave Wagoner for bringing us this report!

• Phil Kunz - Five new photographs added to his home page.

• Sherman Polhamus upgrades his sponsorship of The Vintage Hydroplanes.
• Dave Triano becomes a sponsor of The Vintage Hydroplanes.

• August 2008 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Dave Guetzlaff's Jersey Lightning F-717 historical page.
• Larry Lauterbach builds Edelweiss - 12 photos added.

• Dave Guetzlaff adds some photos to his Proud Mary historical page.

• Phil Kunz - the new monthly Wanted boat is posted.
• June 2008 monthly & July 2008 monthly calendar posted & linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Gary Vore & Ron Synder become sponsor's of the website. Thanks guys, and to all our sponsors!
• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - 7 photos added of the restoration work.
• Larry Lauterbach builds Edelweiss - a new page was started & 11 photos added.

• Larry Lauterbach builds Edelweiss - 10 photos added.

• Butch Dreher's Midnight Special restoration page is added to the boats.
• May 2008 monthly calendar posted and linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Community Center built. This is the headquarters for all the forums, which are freshened up, slight changes made & 3 new ones added.

• Jim Osbourne adds another to his rc fleet, the 1966 Miss Bardahl in the models section.
• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - 10 photos posted of paint & graphic restoration work.

• Larry Lauterbach builds Edelweiss - 13 photos added.

• Larry Lauterbach build - 5 photos added.
• April 2008 monthly calendar posted and linked to the 2008 calendar.
• Phil Kunz - the new monthly Wanted boat is posted.
• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - 5 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.
• Mark Weber's Mom's Worry - 4 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• 2008 Schedule of Vintage Events - additions posted.
• The new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach has 5 photos added.
• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - 3 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.
• Mark Weber's Mom's Worry - 2 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - 3 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.
• Mark Weber's Mom's Worry - 5 photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• 2007 Clear Lake vintage event report by Bob Foley posted in the Past Vintage Events section.

• The new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach has 4 photos added.

• Keith Kossow upgrades his sponsorship of The Vintage Hydroplanes.
• Phil Kunz upgrades his sponsorship of The Vintage Hydroplanes. Thanks Phil & Keith!
• March 2008 monthly calendar posted and linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Gary Todd's photo album has his 10th page added, capturing 24 boats in a Tribute to the 5 & 6 Litres.

• Thomas Chatfield's Viper F-35 page added to the boats section under Historical.
• Mauro Sabbioni's Pesce a razzo (Italian) page added to the boats section under Present.

• The new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach has 5 photos added.

• Today's the birthday of the Phil Kunz Photography website and we changed out all the home page photos, added a new section called Scrapbook (70 photos from the 1940-60's era) and added a section titled Dayton Official Program Covers (33 covers).

• Art Maynard racing biography added to Drivers, Builders & Owners section.
• Forrest & Susan (Sooy) Elkins add pics about Bill Block's Mist Maker to the Sooy Family photo album.

• Mike Tucker once again supports The Vintage Hydroplanes. Thanks Mike!
• Mark Weber's Mom's Worry has a restoration page started.
• Log Book information added to the APBA Vintage & Historic section.
• Official Programs from the Past - added program covers from most of the Southland Regattas from 1972-88, 2 Suncoast and 2 Nationals. Thanks to Phil Kunz.

• The new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach has 6 photos added.
• February 2008 monthly calendar posted and linked to the 2008 calendar.

• Phil Kunz - the new monthly Wanted boat is posted. This one is a little evil.
• Randy Wold rescued the "blackberry" Jones (and it is available). I put the link in the Restoration category of the boats section.

• Mike Reitman's Miss Santa Cruz (aka formerly Miss Windy) - has a page in the boats section.
• The new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach has 5 photos added.

• 15th Marine Derby Regatta & 225 & 7 Litre Eastern Divisionals in 1961 at Louisville, KY added to - Official Programs section.
• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - has 5 more photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• Robert Doerr has his photo album started with 3 photos from 1977.

• Jay Marshall's Tijuana Taxi - has 6 more photos posted of Scott Liddycoats restoration work.

• 25th Annual International Cup Regatta & 280 Nationals (Elizabeth City, NC) added to - Official Programs section.
• The new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach has 9 photos added.

• Work begins on a new vintage hydroplane by Larry Lauterbach.

• 3rd Annual Kentucky Governor's Cup Regatta (Newport, KY 1966) added to - Official Programs section.