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Hydro always campaigned under Happy
Buddha name as originally dubbed by first owner/driver Harry Alaire
of New Jersy. Harry ran the boat very successfully primarily on the east
coast during the period of 1968-1975 winning several important races. After
retirement and storage for several years the hydro was picked up by Bob
Moore of New Jersey with the intention of running it but unfortunately
it was not to be due to other committments. Later purchased from Bob by
Jerry Field of NY who performed a four-year complete restoration aided
by Weeks Boat Yard of Long Island. Acquired by JERT Racing of St. Joseph,
Michigan in the fall of 2003, it had it's first post-restoration run at
the Wolfesboro, New Hampshire Vintage Boat Regatta in September of that
year. |
