We’ll win the Gold Cup
We’ll win the Gold Cup So says Bill Muncey, twice victor in the nation’s biggest hydro race, and a man who despises the idea of finishing second. (Source: HARM Collection) Bill Muncey poses for a picture during the 1958 Apple…
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1979 Jack-in-the-Box Regatta
Steve Reynolds claimed his first victory in the Unlimited category by outlasting his competition on Mission Bay during the 1979 Jack-in-the-Box Regatta. Mechanical failures ended the Final Heat early for race favorites Atlas Van Lines and Miss Budweiser. Chip Hanauer’s…
1958 Gold Cup Remembered
1958 Gold Cup Remembered By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Edgar Kaiser’s HAWAII KAI III, designed by Ted Jones and maintained by the former SLO-MO crew, was arguably the greatest race boat of the 1950s. With Jack Regas driving,…
1977 U-1 Atlas Van Lines
About the “Blue Blaster” On Thursday, January 7th, the 1977 Atlas Van Lines unlimited hydroplane began a long journey back to glory in the restoration shop of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent, Washington. The first small step was…