Margaret Myers catching some serious air in Phil Kunz’s Helter Skelter Sunday afternoon at Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta.
Photo by Keith Koether.
Monthly Calendars
The rest of the 2017 Monthly Calendars are posted. Thanks to Phil Kunz for submitting photos to use!
Bill Pearson
In case anyone hasn’t heard or read, Bill Pearson was tragically killed running his Edelweiss GP-444 last weekend at Rideau Ferry vintage event. Bill was from Minnesota.
Bill had Larry Lauterbach build him the Edelweiss hull a few years back. Click on the Edelweiss name above to see pics as the hull was being built.
The opening pic on the website was taken in 1975 of Bill by Phil Kunz.
Bill also owned 2 different Walter Milosovich built hulls that he campaigned for many years under the name – Bull Of The Woods.
RIP Bill Pearson
Regatta Program Covers
With thanks to David Guetzlaff, 16 more Regatta Program covers have been added to our place on the website that has all the “OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAMS, plus other publications, news reports & articles” in our database. Stop in, click on some covers and reminisce when you have time.
Three More Vintage Inspectors
Three more Vintage Inspectors have joined the APBA V&H Inspector’s List. Thank you inspectors for stepping up to help.
2017 Vintage – Regates de Valleyfield
https://www.facebook.com/regatesvalleyfield/videos/966136143526165/
1979 Squire Shop – Tom D’Eath
1979 Squire Shop – Unlimited Hydroplane Restoration Project
The Squire Shop “exclusive” interview series:
Volume I, 25 Questions and Answers from a neat interview with Tom D’Eath (June 30, 2017)
79th Valleyfield Regatta
These 2 pics (above and the opening pic) are from photos of the vintage hydros and flatbottoms taken and posted by Ross McCracken on the Vintage Hydroplanes – Skiffs & Outboards – Canada’s Facebook page. The photos are from the 79th running of the Valleyfield Regatta this last weekend. Ross posted he will be posting more as the week progresses. Very cool and worth checking out!
What’s Up Front S-68
New Wanted Poster over at Phil Kunz Photography features a driver who went on to win just about everything.
UNLIMITED NewsJournal
The July issue of the UNLIMITED NewsJournal is now online
https://www. unlimitednewsjournal.net/ current-issue.html
July Edition of the NewsJournal Is Jam Packed
- Start with our exclusive in-depth reports from the Guntersville Testing session and the Tri-Cities session
- Chairman’s Comments from H1’s Doug Bernstein
- Remembering Chuck Lyford and Jim Hendrick
- 2017 H1 Boat Roster – What & Who’s Running and Who’s Not
- Watching the Hydros On the Radio by Lon Erickson
- Branding Done Right by Chris Tracy
- HydroFile by Lon Erickson
The pre-season testing sessions are wrapped up and the Madison Regatta is in the books now. We have a quick recap and will feature an in-depth race report from Madison in the next issue.
Later this month brings the start of competition towards the National Points Title race. See you at the races in the Tri-Cities and the HAPO Columbia Cup!