Advanced United Kankakee mid 1970's Built by Wally Milosivich. Driven by Kent MacPhail. Photo provided by Dick Harris.	Double Eagle E-78 Forrest & Susan Elkins' restored Double Eagle is lowered into the water at the 2007 Wolfeboro Vintage Race Boat Regatta in New Hampshire. This was the debut of the last hydro built by Dick Sooy, for his daughter Susan.	MY SIN It wasn't long before the Gold Cup Class-together with its counterpart, the 725 Cubic Inch Class-likewise embraced the new-fangled three-pointers. The first Gold Cup boat with a three-point design to achieve record-breaking results was Jack Rutherfurd's Juno, which set a mile straightaway record for 625 cubic inch unsupercharged Gold Cup Class boats at 84.606 miles per hour in 1937. This bettered the previous mark (established by El Lagarto) by nearly 12 miles per hour! There could be no doubt that the era of the sponson boats had arrived. The days of the step hydroplanes, which had held sway for a quarter century, were numbered. (Although, the fast-steppers continued to be a factor for another twenty years.) The first three-point Gold Cuppers to follow Juno's lead were Miss Golden Gate, Excuse Me, and My Sin, built in 1938. My Sin was a Ventnor product and a larger edition of the company's 225 Class hulls. Built of mahogany, My Sin had a slightly concave underbody. The Zumbach/Miller engine had previously been owned by John Shibe (of Miss Philaadelphia) and been used in Gold Cup boats since as far back as 1924. From Fred Farley's - Some Early Three-Pointers Photo from Mr. Crawford
Joe Gimbrone in E-111 goes for a wild ride at the start of the race in Valleyfield. The race was stopped and Ed Schroder, Jr. in E-387 is okay. Germain Broissoit is driving CE-83 Rebel, a Schroeder hull. Inside is Jules Leboeuf in CE-155 Boomerang. Photo from the Ken Helwig collection	Three Staudacher stock 7 Litres L to R: Wheeler Baker - Baker's Dozen, Earle Hall - Bluewater Special, Stover Hire in Jerry Waldecker's Hot Stuff This is the heat after the Bluewater Special broke the 1-2/3 mile record St. Petersburg, Florida  October, 1982
Happy Hooker J-717 & Edilweiss J-444 Gary Todd photo	'The Sheriff' Butch Kropfeld Photo by Phil Kunz - about 38 years ago - Hillsdale, Michigan.	"...The high altitude record for Maggiore flips was set by Wesley Nickens in the 1st heat of the 48's.  It was a real skyrocket trip..." This excerpt was taken from the St. Pete Times, February 15, 1968. That weekend was a mixed bag of highs and lows for the Bayou Blasters from Louisiana.  Wild Bill Buntin set the 266 record in the Miss Peg with Jerry Silva in the Plata Rey second. Bill also took the Southland, Joe Siracusa (Country Boy) took overall 1st in the 225's while Roy Wilson (Intruder) won the final heat to claim 2nd overall in the 280's. On the flip side (pardon the pun), Joe Johnson suffered a broken shoulder when he flipped his 145 Lil' Jewel, Roy Wilson suffered a nose cut and severe cuts to his leg when he flipped the Intruder in the Sweet Sixteen and Wesley had his flip in the first heat of the day. Though the photo tends to make you believe things are not going to turn out well for Wesley or the boat, Wesley was uninjured and Caribe, landing right side up only suffered a 6-8 inch hole in the non-trip. Joey Nolan

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