I always liked the idea of a engine cowling that opens like a race car hood for easy access to the engine bay. Pulling off these engine cowlings can be a bit tricky (especially when the boat is in the water) and then one needs to find a place to …
Astonishing moment powerboat racer cheats death at 130mph in spectacular crash on same lake where Bluebird pilot Donald Campbell was killed Keith Whittle had just set a new record for Formula 2 class in 200hp boat But his boat flipped one and a half times through the air in Lake …
Worth a read & reflection – page 17 in the Nov issue of Propeller magazine: – 50 Years of Boat Racing History – by W. Melvin Crook. The article was written in 1953(?) for the 50th Anniversary of the American Power Boat Association (born 1903).
Greg and I bought the Buccaneer from Tom Bock in 1995 and was our first UL. We sold that to Paul Becker about 2002 and he ran as UL. He sold to Greg Walden from Atomic Screen Printing. He ran as a UL around 2006-2007? I actually drove it a …
Friends of Miami Marine Stadium Newsletter #67 October 9, 2013 In This Issue Marine Stadium Exhibit News If Seats Could Talk Dade Heritage Trust Dade Heritage Trust (DHT) is the foremost organization in Miami Dade County devoted to historic preservation Formerly, DHT was the parent organization …
Phil Kunz has this photo in his Scrapbook section of his website of the boat, dated 1952. The boat was built by Don & Bruce Smith in the mid or late 1940s and Bruce campaigned it for a few years from the late 40s through the early 50s. The above …
Hello, I have recently purchased a “1950’s” lay down hydro (you drive ’em laying down on your belly laying over the gas tank?) with identification number S 25. The story I got was at one time it raced around Springfield lake in Ohio. It was bought at a yard sale …
After weighing the Miss Peg F-90 on race car scales they found that it was light on transom weight and O/D/B Jack Hines moved the battery back approx two feet. This made it easier to get up on plane and as you can see from the photos, the reports from …
