HANK’S PRANK
A new historical web page added to the boats section on HANK’S PRANK series of Sooy hulls that Henry (Hank) J. Evans Jr. campaigned for years along the Eastern US.
Category: Boats
New Year, New Look
I saw this new website look and thought this would be a nice one to freshen up our website with. If you have a REALLY neat photo and think it is “cover material” for The Vintage Hydroplanes (like the old “Photo From A Moment” we used to do a few years …
2007 Antique Race Boat Regatta at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Filmed by Steve Drucker’s “Don’t Tell Mom E-87” crew while running his Jones E-class vintage inboard hydroplane at the event.
1998 Antique Race Boat Regatta at Clayton, New York
1998 Antique Race Boat Regatta is held at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York. The event is held every 2 years. Please excuse my poor use of a borrowed camcorder. Also, I always like to watch YouTube videos on YouTube. After you click on the “play” button, click …
Early Air Boats
Interesting boats and hull designs to say the least… The Author of the article states, “Information on the airboats was hard to find, but everything I found indicated they were used solely for racing (at that time in Italy)”. Some of these early Italian design hulls (due to the sponsons) …
2017 Monthly Calendars
Welcome 2017. The 2017 monthly calendars are, once again, posted. Well, I have posted January & February. If you have a neat vintage-related photo and would like to see it featured, please email it to me. If no pics come in, I will rely on ‘borrowing pics’ from Facebook as well …
BLACK MAGIC
Hey Folks – I r’cd the following below from Chris who just acquired this beautiful hydro. It is always great to read about another hydro that survived just enough to be restored. Interesting that it appears to have water-cooled headers running on-board. Perhaps a cool lake racer in it’s last version, …
Looking for Justa Pest
Does anybody know anything about boat Justa Pest. Ive tried a number of times to contact Bill McTague in attempt to determine status of the boat. I cannot get a good phone # or email . I’ve been trying for over a year / perhaps they are all gone. Thank-you …
Looking for 95-S
Hello, I’m trying to find an S class boat or anything on it, that my dad raced and owned in Seattle from 1958-1960. Ford Flathead V8. His name is Ted Van Decar. Here’s a few pics, not the greatest but all I have. Thank you Callaway Van Decar