4th Quarter of Monthly Calendars

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The 4th Qtr of Monthly Calendars are posted.

Vintage hydroplanes return to Entiat and the Columbia River

ENTIAT — Vintage hydroplanes lined the Entiat City Park parking lot, each customized and tailored to an owner’s or driver’s preference. One by one, a crane lifted them high into the air and gently set them onto the water, similar to a toddler playing with a toy. 
Late in the morning Saturday, when the competition got underway, the boats announced their presence with their roaring engines as spectators watched from boats on the Columbia River, and the shoreline or the nearby sandbar, with a sense of excitement in the air.

Hydroplane races date back to the early 20th century and, over the weekend, returned to the Columbia River. Around 24 boats took place in the weekend races, each participating in two heats a day.

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1959 Reno Unlimited Race

MAVERICK wins the 1959 Reno race and that gives the team US-1. The race was photographed by George Little and yous truly did the captions from info from various sources.

1976 St Pete

Our next race film posted is from 1976 St Pete.

Monthly Calendar – 2nd Qtr

The 2nd quarter of pics added to our monthly calendars. Thanks to Phil Kunz for supplying us with great photos to use.

1958-59 Stockton Boat Racing

George Little attended the Stockton, CA boat races in 1958 & 1959 and photographed some dandy pics. George passed away some years ago, but his son Robert decided to have some of them digitized and he had a couple of them posted in the ACBS newsletter. I thought they were really neat and asked the ACBS director to contact Robert and asked if he could send them to us to make a web page on in our Visitor’s Photo Albums section. I asked Bob Silva (our west coast author/historian of APBA’s “From the Vintage Notebook” news articles) to research / write the photo captions.
I think you will enjoy this one folks. Some great boat racing photographs, a neat boat race course / setting and some neat info and stories to read through as you look at the photographs.

1971 Miami

1971 Miami Eastern Divisional Inboard Hydroplane & speed boat races

Someone sent me a copy of this film a few years ago. My apologies for forgetting who did. The only notes I have on it said, “1971 Miami Eastern Divisionals”.
I have no notes on who made / produced the film. I hope we are not stepping on anybody’s toes but thought we should get this on YouTube for all to enjoy.