Help w/ ID of boat

I have 2 pics. from my grandfather's Miss Wahoo album. I am hoping someone can help me identify the boat. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Phil Lampman on July 4, 2012 at 12:49pm

The boat appears to be Ezio Selva's MOSCHETTIERE (Musketeer) V. Fitted with a supercharged Alfa Romeo Tipo 159 Grand Prix race engine the boat crashed at Miami in 1957. taking Selva's life.

Following his death, Selva's widow returned the engine to Alfa Romeo (I suspect it was loaned to the boat anyway) and had the hull destroyed.

The photo would appear to be taken at Lake Mead, judging by the row boat and the background, though I can no history of the boat at that event.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Shepperd on August 29, 2022 at 7:01pm

The photo was actually taken just prior to the last of Ezio Selva's tests of the Moschettiere V near Milan before it left for the United States in 1957. In early October, it was reported that Selva had entered his boat in a special race to be held on October 13 during the Sahara Cup on Lake Mead. Details were sparse, but a news release indicated that Bill Stead and Maverick were also entrants for the special race. The boat arrived in New York on October 5 and was towed out to Nevada by trailer. I found a reference to the fact that the boat competed in one of the Sahara Cup races for smaller boats the same weekend that the Unlimited ran, but I was unable to find any details as to how it actually performed.

The record does show that Selva then took the boat to the Salton Sea and entered it in the October 19 and 20 U.S. Desert Regatta, where it turned in the fastest time during Saturday’s heat races against six competitors. The boat was declared the winner of the event after Sunday’s racing was canceled due to strong winds.