I saw your website and want to share a photo I have of my dad’s hydroplane from 1950-1955. My dad was Dr. Ralph Beare of Celina, Ohio and our driver was Larry Kruger of Neptune, Ohio. Larry died from a swimming accident in August of 1955 at a race in Petoskey, Michigan. This is a class D hydroplane, Lou-Jan II, named for my mother, Lucinda, and me, Jan. Larry was a very talented driver and many of the young drivers we knew, went on to make brilliant careers, ie Dean Chenoweth.
We also had Lou-Jan I but it was not the big winner that II was. I do not know what happened to it, as we sold it in 1955 after Larry died.
Jan Jones guitarjan@att.net
