Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum
We're racing through history!
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Warren Avis, the rental car mogul and Unlimited hydroplane pioneer, died April 24, 2007, of natural causes at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 9… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Motorized boats first appeared around 1887 in Europe. The phenomenon quickly spread to America where, by the turn of the century, quite a fleet existed… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian For some unexplained reason, very few books on Unlimited hydroplane racing have ever found their way into print. SPEEDBOAT KINGS, published in 1939, is… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian (5 or more wins) 1-BERNIE LITTLE (134)* 1966-2002 2-BILL MUNCEY (29) 1976-1981 3-OLE BARDAHL (27) 1958-1968 4-JOE & LEE SCHOENITH (27) 1952-1972 5-… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian No one can deny that Unlimited hydroplane racing has had its share of ups and downs in recent years. For a sport that, two years ago, was administrativ… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian For four decades, the Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington have played host to "Water Racing's Greatest Show," the Unlimited hydroplanes--the Thunderboats… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Afterplane: 1) the bottom surface aft of the break, normally flat and Parallel to the water surface; 2) the entire main hull aft of the sponsons; the "… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian (5 or more wins) 1-BILL MUNCEY (62) 1956-1981 2-CHIP HANAUER (61) 1979-1999 3-DAVE VILLWOCK (46) 1992-2004 4-DEAN CHENOWETH (25) 1969-1982 5-JIM KROPFE… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian If the legendary Gar Wood of Unlimited hydroplane fame were alive and racing today, he would probably be an Offshore competitor. Indeed, Wood's fleet o… View »
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The following is a partial list of Unlimited hydroplanes that have had names associated with--if not sponsored by--cities. And no, MISS SKYWAY was not… View »