Category: Boats

Pat Curran is the new owner of BAD NEWS which is a a 44 cu in hydro. Bad News set a T class record in 1963 and Pat just sent in this pic of the record. Pat is trying to get in contact with Jeffrey Bupp. If anyone has his …

New webpage on this unlimited class hull built by Henry Lauterbach.

Tom D’Eath is finalizing the restoration of Miss Washington DC F-999. You can read on some of the great history on the famous hydro courtesy of Carl Henderson.

From Mike Green: Here at Maritime Classics were almost ready to finalize the decks on the 1947 135 class Ventnor Hydro. We are working on the steering and drive line parts then we’ll install the Ford Flathead.

I saw this cool pic on Facebook. Guido Ermanno Romani stated, “the hydro arrived in GERMANY in 1946 and owner was a USA military man. Probably the first 3 point hydroplane that arrived in Europe. Collected for many years in ITALY. Today it resides in France”.  

From the UK website of Longbow, their October update talks about the wood and epoxy being used in the build. We thought it is an interesting article we think most will enjoy reading. Longbow is a jet engine powered hydroplane being built in the UK.  The British Team, which some …

Hi there, my name is Julianne. I’m doing some internet searching for a friend who just acquired a boat last week. It’s completely aluminum, and we were told it was built in 1953, but we don’t know for sure. By any chance would anyone have any clues for me? Julianne