The Vintage Hydroplanes

Fat Chance N-52

Royce Richards's beautiful 225 cu. in. Lauterbach hydro was displayed for the first time at the "Quake On The Lake" regatta in Waterford, Michigan. It has been restored perfectly to the exact way it was when last raced in the mid 1960's. Royce was the owner/driver in the late 1950's. The restoration was done by Dave & Scott Wresinski at their business "Marine Services Unlimited" in Houghton Lake, Michigan.

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The Vintage Hydroplanes
This web site is devoted to the limited class, antique, vintage & historic hydroplanes & race boats.
Our website has many pages filled with photographs & boat racing stories. We are much more than just inboard hydroplanes. All vintage race boat owners & fans are encouraged to participate on this website and our sport!
The site navigation is full of history. Be prepared to travel back with us in time.

boats - filled with lots of photos on these racing hulls as they appeared years ago & today. Detailed restoration work from the boat owners as they bring these beautiful vintage race boats back to life. We even feature model vintage raceboats.
2 Directory's - One is the owners directory of vintage raceboats that have survived to today. The other is the racing members directory listing some of the great people who made all this great history.
vintage events - reports - from past vintage regattas, as well as our schedule for upcoming events.
race programs - historical - coverage from past racing events. Boat racing history from old race programs & newsprint articles as well as photographic reports from folks who attended boat racing events.
viewer's photo albums is the place to share old racing photographs.
Our past photos from a moment features all the incredible photographs that have graced this home page.
racing stories - current - stories written recently about the happenings taking place by vintage & historic.
racing stories - historical - historical articles & stories about inboard boat racing.
where are they now? - features old racing boats that folks are wondering where they ended up.
Community Center - Our boards keeps the lines of communication flowing.
Official web site of the American Power Boat Association - Vintage & Historic division - membership forms, contact information, bylaws, past V & H Propeller articles, speed records and other fun things. I am also slowly posting articles & photos from old APBA Propeller magazines.
Official web site of the newly formed Canadian Boating Federation - Vintage Division.

Our spot on the internet is basically an accumulation of contributed information from all of our visitors.
Thanks to all the folks who have sent me info and our sponsors. We hope you enjoy your stay.