Category: Boats

Long Gone

A really neat story posted in the Hydro Racing story section on Les Brown and his Long Gone hydros from crew member, Ray Jackson.

Miss Laval

Hello Vintage Hydroplanes website, I just came across your site as I was looking up information on older hydroplanes. My father (Réal Lavoie) had one for a couple of years and my sister in law just scanned this old pic of him with his boat, dating from 1968. We lived …

Hebe O-60

We are the new owners of HEBE, purchased at the BJ Auction in Scottsdale, AZ. We are ACBS members and plan on running the boat and showing it. We live in Oakhurst, CA, near Bass Lake. Dick and Sandy Wendt

Gay Zephyr

I am part of a small maritime museum down here in Paynesville , Victoria, Australia who are working to record the local maritime heritage before it is all lost. The story is long and interesting as the Gippsland Lakes were well serviced, pre-railways, with a fleet of small ships and …

Andiamo

HAPPY NEW YEAR. The start of a new year signals that all the old vintage hydroplanes and owners, like a very fine wine, are just getting better with age. (Hmm….that sounds good, so I’ll go with that). Every year new year also brings forth a few more vintage hydroplanes that …

Mom’s Worry A-55

Mom’s Worry A-55 has 24 photos posted to their webpage. This is the boat built by “Pops” Weber for his son Ray in 1962. They raced the boat for 5 years then sold it. It was located by Ray’s son, Mark in 2007 and restored by Scott Liddycoat.

Berlin VI

Rolf Gersch found his father’s old boat (that his father originally built) and restored her back to life. Click here to read more of the story on this beautiful boat.