Detroit Steals Seattle’s Pride (Photo: Bugeja) Lee Schoenith drove the Gale V to a Gold Cup victory, ending the city of Seattle’s five year run of winning boat racing’s crown jewel. By Paul O’Neil – Sports Illustrated, August 15, 1955…
Slo-mo-shun IV Wins 1953 Gold Cup (Photo: Bugeja) Joe Taggart steers the Slo-mo-shun IV through the first turn during the 1953 APBA Gold Cup on Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington. By W. Melvin Crook – Reprinted from Yachting Magazine When…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
Jones Launches Seattle Tradition By David Eskenazi and Steve Rudman Engineer Ted Jones harbored a lot of creative (even radical) ideas about boat design, which spawned one of Seattle’s most storied traditions — unlimited hydroplane racing. Every summer thousands of…