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 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…
HULL SPECS Homeport Seattle, WA Year Built 1958 Powerplant Rolls Royce Merlin Length 30 Feet Beam 12 Feet Weight 6,170 lbs. 1958 MISS BARDAHL VICTORIES: 4 1958 Apple Cup 1958 Conners Memorial 1958 Rogers Memorial 1961 World Championships HIGH POINT CHAMPIONSHIPS:…
About the Miss University District Unlimited hydroplane racing has had its share of unusual boats. Some have proved to be trend setters — innovations that bettered the breed. Others found fleeting fame as curiosity pieces — total failures in the…
About the Slo mo shun IV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKEvP49Rxys&list=PLuC1Vv0-e3duhks-hlqqscShpibnN-hAQ&index=5 In the years before the Mariners and other local big league sports teams, Seattle had the Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane – “Slo-mo” for short. This speedy vessel’s designers, builders and racers, Anchor Jensen, Ted…