About the 1958 Miss Bardahl (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Collection) The 1958 Miss Bardhal makes its debut at the Apple Cup in Chelan, WA. After Ole Bardahl dabbled in unlimited hydroplanes racing in 1957, sponsoring the U-4 built by…
About the Miss Wahoo (Source: Chuck Cole) Miss Wahoo prop riding during racing action with Mira Slovak at the wheel. Unlimited racing in the 1940s and early 1950s was dominated by wealthy sportsmen who raced for fun. Boats with names…
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…