Miss America IX
First Boat in the World to Exceed 100 MPH March 20, 1931 102.256 MPH Indian River, Florida Visit the website.
Category: Boats
Miss DeSoto – 9 hour enduance race – 1959
Phil Kunz and I were discussing the Miss DeSoto boats (pic further down this page) and Phil mentioned he had a crazy photo that he got (from somewhere) showing when one of the iconic Miss Desoto hydros was put to the endurance test by racing in one of the 9 …
1962 Shepherd
I found this great pic of the two-seater that got into “some trouble with the law one night” and hit a buoy and sunk. Article below. I remember folks talking about the hydro on our old message board.
Racing returns to the Miami Marine Stadium
April will see the Miami Marine Stadium open its doors to powerboat racing action for the first time since its closure in 1992. Click here to read more. According to APBA Oct 1963 Propeller: The new stadium will be used for the first time for the APBA sanctioned Orange Bowl …
Largest Wood Structure in the World
Does the guy who built this thing know something we don’t? Anyways he built the Ark (510′ length x 80′ high, sorry don’t know what that is in cubics) from lumber sourced and treated by Accoya (google it). We made samples for this company years ago and it is impressive …
UNLIMITED NewsJournal
The FEBRUARY issue of the UNLIMITED NewsJournal is now online It may be February, and cold and wet in most places but we have a jam-packed winter issue for fans of the unlimiteds everywhere. The complicated business of funding a race and the boats by Andy Muntz. Acting H1 Unlimited …