1952 Gold Cup Remembered (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Collection) Stan Dollar drove the Slo-mo-shun IV to victory during the 1952 APBA Gold Cup in Seattle, WA. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The twin-Allison-powered step hydroplane MISS PEPSI…
The Return of the Jones Boy Ted Jones, that is, the Gold Cup designer who has the whole town of Seattle talking about his racing comeback. (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Ted Jones poses for a picture with Carl K…
HULL SPECS Homeport Venice, California Year Built 1948 Powerplant V-12 Allison Length 28 Feet Beam 11 Feet Weight N/A 1948 HURRICANE IV VICTORIES: 0 RACE STATISTICS ‹ of › 1948 SEASON DATE REGATTA SITE Place 8/28 APBA Gold Cup Detroit,…
HULL SPECS Homeport Seattle, WA Year Built 1951 Powerplant V-12 Allison Length 28 Feet Beam 12 Feet Weight 4850 lbs. 1951 SLO-MO-SHUN V VICTORIES: 4 1951 APBA Gold Cup 1951 Seafair Trophy 1953 Presidents Cup 1954 APBA Gold Cup GOLD…
The Hurricane IV Story (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Morlan Visel aboard his G-2 Hurricane IV during the 1952 APBA Gold Cup in Seattle, Washington. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum has chosen as…
The hydros rolled snake eyes on a gambling man’s lake A wild windstorm beached the boats at the Lake Tahoe hydroplane championships, but the gamblers on the shore never felt a breeze. (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Billy Schumacher waits…
The Jack Regas Story (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Jack Regas poses for a photograph during the 1958 APBA Gold Cup in Seattle, Washington. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Most Unlimited hydroplane drivers start in the Limited classes…
The Mark Weber Story (Photo: Ed Krupinski) Mark Weber poses for a photograph during the 1998 season. Weber drove for Ed Cooper Jr for most of the year before getting hired to drive for Kim Gregory. By Fred Farley –…
Hurricane IV Gallery 1948 – 1954 The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum restored one of the more famous Unlimiteds of the post- World War II era–HURRICANE IV. Built in 1948, she is the oldest craft that the museum group has restored…
The Master Speaks – Ron Jones Sr. Interview By Anne McRayde – Reprinted from Skid Fin Magazine, 2003, Vol 1, No. 1 How did you first begin building boats? You could say I was born with it. My father was…