The 10th annual Gull Lake Classic Boat Show was held at Bar Harbor on Gull Lake, MN. The 2018 show, presented by the BSLOL Chapter of the ACBS and hosted by the Bar Harbor Supper Club, was titled, “Gold Cup & Race Boat Regatta” and featured many of the famous Gold Cup race boats. The show offered a great opportunity to see first hand the craftsmanship that was used to construct some of the world’s fastest racing wood boats that campaigned back in the day.
Tunnel Raceboat appears at St Paul Winter Carnival
…as seen on facebook
Tom Klug carved a GT pro Tunnel Boat in his very first solo ice carving for the St Paul Winter Carnival. It even has the TCPBA logo on the back (Twin Cities Power Boat Association). It won’t be melting anytime soon, as the forecast is for breaking low temps on Weds and Thursday mornings (-30F)..It might even make it to their Forest lake race this summer.
C.O.R.A. Tommy Johnson Memorial Award trophy
I have this very nice Sterling Silver Speedboat Racing Trophy and am trying to get some information about it.
Winners in the past inscribed below:
Winner 1956 Wm. W. Franklin “Poop Deck Pappy”
Winner 1957 Donald Christy “A Devil”
Winner 1967 Dusty Rhodes
Thanks,
Vincent Callahan
Ed’s Notes: R’cd this email and pic from Vincent and he is looking for history.
Very interesting concept for a trophy — as it shows three winner’s names in the plaques on bottom. Boats appear to be outboards, but you never know. Three boats that have the boat number on the side and one boat has the name and number, 2-E SHO-NUFF. Appears there is 4 more “wakes in the water” for future winner’s boats to be placed on top, with the others. The other interesting thing is a 10 year gap from 1957 to 1967.
I did quick search for C.O.R.A. — and it brought up 3 Boat Racing Associations:
C.O.R.A. – Charleston Ocean Racing Association — ( sailboat racing series)
C.O.R.A. – Canadian Outrigger Racing Association – (outrigger canoe racing)
C.O.R.A. – Central Ontario Rowing Association – (classic row boating)
There sure is a lot of other boat racing out there besides the ones we all typically think about (ya know what I mean – the really fast ones, powered by internal combustion engines).
If you know anything about this trophy, please post here or send Vincent an email.
2019 APBA V&H Committee members announced
Click here to visit the APBA V&H website and find out who is on the V&H committee for 2019. Also take note – the American Power Boat Association has altered the Regions in the USA. Many folks who have been members of one particular region for many years may now find out that they are now in a different region. The 2019 Committee member’s contact list will include the new map.
Directory of Former & Current Vintage Raceboat Members
It’s been about 7 months since I last updated this Directory (sorry been busy) and we now have another dozen folks who had submitted some tidbits of info on their past racing exploits. We have almost have 200 entries now! A few of the new entries were siblings of former race boat owner / drivers who are no longer with us. If you were connected to the sport of boat racing, please consider adding a few notes about yourself into our Directory. It’s a great way to connect with past friends you raced with and against. Google’s search robots are constantly scouring this web site and if you don’t have a unique name (like Bob Smith), chances are, your name will appear on the search listings and folks might find your story there, and can contact you via email (and/or phone if you included that in your post). If you want to add some info, there is a link to a form on the bottom of that webpage. You can also just email with your story as well or you need me to update your story, edit contact info, etc.
APBA Vintage & Historic
If you’re curious and want to know what the latest and greatest news going on within the ranks of the APBA Vintage & Historic — minutes from their conference calls are posted. The minutes show an outline for their discussions that take place during these conference calls. Thanks to all APBA V&H folks who step up to work on the committees and keeping the the V&H group heading forward and on an even keel!
2019 Monthly Calendars
I have the first 4 months posted. I’ll add event dates to the monthly calendars after the APBA V&H folks make the event schedule public.
Happy 2019 (BAD NEWS….jk)
Pat Curran is the new owner of BAD NEWS which is a a 44 cu in hydro. Bad News set a T class record in 1963 and Pat just sent in this pic of the record.
Pat is trying to get in contact with Jeffrey Bupp. If anyone has his contact info, please send Pat an email.
