E-40 STORM TROOPER

Double Trouble 48-Y

Randy Mueller adds some more photos to his DOUBLE TROUBLE 48-Y webpage.
“Back in the late 50’s I was able to tour Ted Jones shop in south Seattle and dreamed of owning a Jones 48 someday. Several years later I bought a set of his 48 plans, which I still have. I have been volunteering my time at the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum in restoring some of the old Unlimiteds, and when I got talking about my old 48 days they mentioned they had a Jones 48 in one of their storage warehouses. Boy, did my ears ever perk up then. I kept pestering them to take me over to see it, and finally asked if they ever sold any of their donated boats. Storage space started getting expensive, and they did not have room at the Museum to display her, so the Board of Directors voted to sell her to me. After that I was finally able to see her, and she was in incredible condition for a boat right out of the 1970s. Eventually, when the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum expands their facility, they should have room to display the old outboards and limited class inboards and Double Trouble will end up back there on display.”

Eight Beat S-134

Eight-Beat S-134
Eight Beat S-134, one of only 3(?) Tommy Hill hydroplanes left in existence, and is being restored by new owner George H. Smith of Pleasant Hill, California. This hydro was designed and built in 1946 in Alameda by Tommy Hill. This particular hull turned-out to be one of Hill’s own racers and ran as a 135 to Region II High Points in the late 1940’s. It was later sold to Hart Chan and renamed Ding How II before being campaigned as a 136 called Lil Miss Iodine. Then the boat sat in storage for 15 years, until Don Sea found it and fitted/restored the boat as a 136 hydro, renamed it Eight-Beat S-134, and ran a stock V8-60 engine. The boat raced for several seasons afterwards before Don retired it from racing in the early 1970’s. The new owner, George Smith is completing a full restoration. Click here to go to the webpage and check it out.

Scott Pierce – Mr. Pringles goes airborne at Detroit 1989

1951 YACHTING

Added a Kent Hitchcock newsprint article from 1951 YACHTING magazine with ALL AMERICAN voting results to our OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAMS,
NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE ARTICLES, FIRST HAND EYEWITNESS STORIES section.

I added a magazine article written by Kent Hitchcock for 1951 Yachting magazine which had results for their ALL AMERICAN racers for 1950.
These and other OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAMS, NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE ARTICLES, FIRST HAND EYEWITNESS STORIES can be found here.

2024 Monthly Calendars – Last Quarter

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The last of our Monthly Calendars for 2024 are posted here.
Thanks to Keith Koether for allowing us to use 3 of his photos from 2024 Wheeling, West Virginia. I highly recommend a visit to his website to see many more of his photos he snapped at Wheeling this year as well as many other racing events.

The 100th running for the APBA Gold Cup

The APBA Vintage & Historic group helped with their fleet at the 100th running of The APBA Gold Cup in Detroit in 2004. Phil Kunz captured all these great photos.

100th running for the APBA Gold Cup Detroit 2004

A Phil Kunz photo slideshow of all the Unlimited class hydroplanes running at the 100th Anniversary of the Gold Cup in Detroit 2004
U-10 MISS EMCOR finds the hole in the backstretch at Madison on the Ohio River inboard hydroplane race in 2003. All photos taken by Phil Kunz.