Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum
We're racing through history!
By Fred Farley
H1 Unlimited Historian
Between 1975 and 2010, the father-and-son team of Art and Larry Oberto has sponsored a total of 11 Unlimited hydroplanes under the banner of Oh…
News Obertos long supporters of hydro racing 3 LikesJohn Skube for many years was involved in unlimited Hydros.
He died at Yakima on 21 December just a few days short of his 95th birthday.
A couple of years ago he dictated his…
News Vale John Skube aged 94 6 Likes Miss Bud VS 22 1/6 scale hydroBy Fred Farley - H1 Unlimited Historian
As a whole, automotive power in the Unlimited Class has so far failed to achieve competitive results. Only one auto-powered boat (MISS CHRYSLER CREW…
News A History of Automotive-Powered Unlimiteds 2 Likes Remembering Danny FosterUnlimited hydroplane racing has lost another of its all-time greats. ”The Old Pro” Danny Foster of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, passed away on November 2, 2013. He was 95.…
News Remembering Danny Foster 1 LikeWas in St. Louis on Monday and Tuesday and found a 1/4 scale Turbine powered RC replica of the Winston Eagle. All scratch built, it was perfection in every detail. Check it out: …
News 1/4 Scale Turbine Powered RC Hydro! 1 LikeDorothy Oberto passed away peacefully on April 1st, 2013…
News Dorothy Oberto Remembered 5 LikesIn a ceremony on Friday, October 26, 2012 at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum near Seattle, Bill Boeing, Jr. was inducted into the Unlimited Hydroplane Hall of Fame, just short of his 90th…
News Hall of Fame Inducts Bill Boeing, Jr. 1 Like