Year the boat in the collection first raced.
HULL SPECS Homeport Seattle, WA Year Built 1956 Powerplant V-12 Allison Length 28 1/2 Feet Beam 11 1/2 Feet Weight 5300 lbs. 1951 SLO-MO-SHUN V VICTORIES: 3 1957 Mapes Mile-High Gold Cup 1959 Presidents Cup 1959 Lake Mead Cup PRESIDENTS…
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…
About the My Sweetie John Francis (Source: The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Collection) The U-17 My Sweetie John Francis competes in Detroit in 1954. The Dodge family of Detroit has a long association with the automobile, but the name also…
About the Slo mo shun III One of the more interesting boats in the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum collection is a hull that, in spite of not seeing any significant competition, acted as a ‘proof-of-concept’ design that changed the sport. …
About the 1982 Atlas Van Lines The off-season between 1981 and 1981 was full of tough choices for Fran Muncey. On Oct. 18, 1981, her husband Bill Muncey was killed when the Atlas Van Lines crashed while leading the final…
About the “Griffon” Budweiser Just how big is the Roll-Royce Griffon engine that powers the 1980 Miss Budweiser? To simply say that it is 2,240 cubic inches is not enough. To get a real feel for the size of this…
About the Circus Circus (Source: Steve Cernich)Steve Reynolds takes the Circus Circus out on the Columbia River during the 1979 Columbia Cup. (From Fred Farley’s “The Steve Reynolds Story) The new MISS CIRCUS CIRCUS was launched on April 26, 1979,…
About the Squire Shop For anyone from the Pacific Northwest, the name Squire Shop brings back images of hanging out at the mall, bell-bottomed painter pants, a hometown hydroplane, and a young driver named Chip with feathered blonde hair. The…
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…