Rudy Nielson sent in a few more photos of the neat Wickens he raced back in the early 1960s to his webpage. Included with those pics is also a news article on the race in Tonawanda on July 1967, some hydro race tidbits, and more pics of his other hydro …
Bob Schroeder and his F-188 hydro winning the Southland Sweepstakes 266 class.(Thanks to Brent McLean for sharing!)
Some good tidbits of information (and a good refresher) on towing a trailer with electric brakes.
Bill DeGlopper send in a couple pics from his family’s long tradition of boat racing. Above photo is from the 1947 CNE races in Toronto. N-39 returning to the pits. N-39 is my Dad’s hydro being driven my his brother Ray DeGlopper. The boat leaving the pits is Bob Chalmers …
John O’Mara (of New York) built this radical design for this hydroplane in the late 1940s in Dayton, Ohio. The boat was built using magnesium sheeting over a wood frame design. We don’t know where the idea for this design came from. It could have well been one of those …
HYDROPLANE RACING BOOKS FOR SALE. First come, first served. Contact Bob Senior at 206-364-7432 for a price list. Reasonable prices and he pays the postage. This offer expires at 9:00 pm on Sunday, May 5th. Four books by David Williams: Hydroplane Racing in Seattle, Turbine Racing in Seattle, Hydroplane Racing …
June 1 & 2. More info at the California Speedboat Association’s facebook page.
