Bill Pearson

In case anyone hasn’t heard or read, Bill Pearson was tragically killed running his Edelweiss GP-444 last weekend at Rideau Ferry vintage event. Bill was from Minnesota. Bill had Larry Lauterbach build him the Edelweiss hull a few years back. Click on the Edelweiss name above to see pics as …

79th Valleyfield Regatta

These 2 pics (above and the opening pic) are from photos of the vintage hydros and flatbottoms taken and posted by Ross McCracken on the Vintage Hydroplanes – Skiffs & Outboards – Canada’s Facebook page. The photos are from the 79th running of the Valleyfield Regatta this last weekend. Ross …

UNLIMITED NewsJournal

The July issue of the UNLIMITED NewsJournal is now online https://www. unlimitednewsjournal.net/ current-issue.html July Edition of the NewsJournal Is Jam Packed Start with our exclusive in-depth reports from the Guntersville Testing session and the Tri-Cities session Chairman’s Comments from H1’s Doug Bernstein Remembering Chuck Lyford and Jim Hendrick 2017 H1 …

Whippet Class (from the 1930s)

Editor’s note: I received this email and pics from Roy Cooper. If someone has any knowledge, please respond here or let Roy know.  I was wondering if anyone might know anything about a British hydroplane class dating from the 1930s known as Whippet Class racing. Please see pic of magazine …