Articles about boats
The Lilac Lady Remembered (Source: HARM Collection) Rex Manchester and the U-25 Miss Spokane during the 1961 Seafair Trophy Race. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian An early example of a community-owned boat, MISS SPOKANE raced from 1958 to…
Miss Madison: A 49 Year Timeline (1961-2009) (Photo: T. Bugeja) Madison team celebrating the 1971 APBA Gold Cup win held on their hometown race course. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The community-owned MISS MADISON from Madison, Indiana, is…
The Slo-Mo’s Days Are O’er (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Collection) The damaged hull of Slo Mo Shun IV in Seattle following an accident in Detroit that injured driver Joe Taggert. By Royal Brougham (Reprinted from THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER) A…
The Smirnoff Saga (Photo: Sandy Ross) The Miss Smirnoff with driver Bill Cantrell in 1964. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Three Unlimited hydroplanes carried the SMIRNOFF name into competition between 1964 and 1968. (The MISS was dropped from…
1968, The Checkerboard Comet and the “Year that Changed the World” By David D. Williams 2008 marks the 40th Anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1968. To those of us that lived through it, it was a long hot summer…
Miss Chrysler Crew Remembered By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian In power boat racing, radical ideas have a bad habit of going nowhere. For every SLO-MO-SHUN IV that made it, there’s a ZEPHYR-FURY, a MISS LIBERTY, a LION BAR…
The Notre Dame Story (Photo: Patrick Gleason) The restored 1962 Notre Dame makes an exhibition run on Lake Chelan during Mahogany & Merlot. By: Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Between the years 1935 and 1973, one of APBA racing’s…
The Return of the Hurricane (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Ken Muscatel drives the newly restored Hurricane IV on Mission Bay in San Diego. By: Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian At the 2008 San Diego Bayfair, Unlimited hydroplane fans…
The Return of the Hurricane (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Ken Muscatel drives the newly restored Hurricane IV on Mission Bay in San Diego. By: Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian At the 2008 San Diego Bayfair, Unlimited hydroplane fans…
A Brief History of Miss Spokane (Photo: Mark Douty) Miss Spokane on tilt. By: Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The saga of Miss Spokane began in the fall of 1957 when a small group of Spokane, Washington hydroplane enthusiasts formed first…