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Bill Stead Remembered

Bill Stead Seattle

Bill Stead Remembered (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Collection) Bill Stead poses for a picture in his life vest in the pits during an Unlimited Hydroplane race in Seattle, Washington. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The decade of…

The Jack Regas Story

1958 Jack Regas Seattle

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…

1958 Gold Cup Remembered

1958 Hawaii Kai Jack Regas-gold-cup2

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,…