Wildcat

Wildcat E-20
mid 1960's
St. Pete?


Andrew Lemeshewsky
 


Andrew & Carol Lemeshewsky
 


 

From 1963 Propeller Magazine:
Lemeshewsky, a Navy flier in his first season of boat racing, piloted Wildcat around the course at a speed of 72.757 mph  to better the previous record of 72.493 set at St. Petersburg by Ron Hearn driving Miss Peaches.

1963 member of Gulf Oil 100 MPH club

National Championship - 1964

From July 1966 Propeller
FOR SALE-280 Hydro Wildcat. Hull overhauled during winter. Five firsts, two seconds in seven heats this season. Boat has never run better. Complete rig with engine that has won two National High Point Championships and one National Championship and with propeller that has set two competition records. $2,500 firm. Want to watch for a while. Andy Lemeshewsky.

From the 1972 Red Bank Regatta program
Two weeks prior to the Red Bank Regatta, Andy Lemeshewsky unleashed his new Jones Wildcat on the 280 pack and it mauled everything in sight.
  

© Andrew Seville


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