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Model Tether Boat Racing at Detroit Water Works Park and Belle Isle
Posted on February 10, 2015 at 9:09am 2 Comments 0 Likes
Hello Hydro Fans,
Before there was RC, you raced your boat on a 52-foot tether cable, one at a time.
The competition was against the clock-Model Tether Boat Racing.
These boats and their gas and steam engines were all homemade, scratch built
by the talented toolmakers and machinists of the 1924-1955 era.
Here in Detroit known as the Detroit Model Power Boat Club, we were the epi-center for
Tether Boat Racing at Detroit's Water Works…
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