Category: Boats

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.

This 1972 photo, taken by Phil Kunz in St. Pete, is of the Henry Lauterbach built hydro, Kitty B. Phil was told back then that the decks were Cherry. Editor note: If it is Cherry veneer on the decks, it is quarter-sliced. If it was the typical plain-sliced cut most …

A neat write up by Hagerty Insurance on the beginnings and evolution of the Buick aluminum V-8. A few of these motors ended up in the modified class hydroplanes. I had heard from a couple of former drivers that those Buick V8s could became almost a grenade motor when used …

One of the best onboard video runs I’ve ever seen. Kirk Rodgers and his Miss Merion Bluegrass “wrings out the laundry” in this run. I also recommend viewing in full screen mode (or better yet, on your big screen TV) and crank up the stereo speakers as well.