Editor’s note: I received this email and pics from Roy Cooper. If someone has any knowledge, please respond here or let Roy know.
I was wondering if anyone might know anything about a British hydroplane class dating from the 1930s known as Whippet Class racing. Please see pic of magazine article from that period.
Also, an engine known as the Whippet from the same period (please see other two pics courtesy of Time and Tide Boats). We have been offered to purchase the Whippet engine but have little idea of its rarity or value.
Any assistance you can give on this would be much appreciated.
Kind regards, Roy Cooper
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My Father was much involved with the Whippetts and I have an article about them called the Whippets of Bulls Pull……………….He raced these boats, also my sister Beryl was keen too.
My Fathers name was Percy Pritchard and he raced in Poole Harbour and also on the river at Newnham on Severn, Worcestershire.this was before the second world war. He was commodore of the British Hydroplane racing Club