“Eastern Competition Boat Builders” was an article written by Jack Sweeney for HOT BOAT QUARTERLY in 1966. If you are on a desktop computer – the best way to view this book is to click the “toggle fullscreen” button, then use your arrow buttons on the keyboard to advance to …
I received this email from Sean 10/1/2023: Hello sir and good day. My name is Sean Zeiders. I am an auctioneer in PA and I had the absolute pleasure of spending a little over a year going through and selling the Lloyd estate after the unfortunate passing of Mike in …
I saw your website and want to share a photo I have of my dad’s hydroplane from 1950-1955. My dad was Dr. Ralph Beare of Celina, Ohio and our driver was Larry Kruger of Neptune, Ohio. Larry died from a swimming accident in August of 1955 at a race in …
It’s been about 7 months since I last updated this Directory (sorry been busy) and we now have another dozen folks who had submitted some tidbits of info on their past racing exploits. We have almost have 200 entries now! A few of the new entries were siblings of former …
Around 25 Race Program covers added to the Race Programs page. I really enjoy looking at these. These covers were usually put together with good-looking artwork, graphics and photos. They truly give a neat historical look into our sport’s past racing regattas. Many thanks to Bob ‘Pappy’ Moore and Bill …
Darryl Monette served as Commodore of Niagara Frontier Boat Racing Association for over 10 years. He also was APBA Region 2 chairman for several years. He was totally dedicated to the sport of competitive boat racing for all of his adult life. Talented in all aspects of boat racing he …
An article written by Bill DeGlopper & Linda Emanuele that recently appeared in APBA Propeller about Howie Benns.
Neat photos and conversation on the team testing ideas out on SloMo IV over at Leslie Fields’ Hydroplane History facebook page.
