Category: Boats

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

I had one of Phil Kunz’s 8×10 photos that I bought from him hanging up next to my hydro. He photographed this at Newport, KY in 1966 of my Moonshine Baby battling Briar Hopper. The 8×10 always looked so small next to the 19′ hydro. I sent in the digital …