Vintage Outboard Motor Boat Racing

Author : Bernie Van Osdale
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583882987

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Vintage Outboard Motor Boat Racing by Bernie Van Osdale Pdf

Rev up your engines for this Outboard Motorboat Racing story from the early years of marathon racing to the development into alky burners. Covers famous Drivers like Marshall Eldridge, Fred Jacoby, Paul Wearly, Hilda Mueller, Walter Widegren, Bud Widget, Dick Neal, Bill Tenny, Stan McDonald, Randoph Hubble, Frank Vincent, Westerman Jones, Boots Kaye Murphy, and Gar Wood Jr., and many more. Boat and Engine builders include Elsinor, Crandal, Cenruy, Penn Yan, Hooton, Ludington, Flower, Kelley-Baby Whales, Jacoby, DeSilva; Evinrude, Johnson, Lockewood, Caille, KR, SR, PR, C-Service, 4-60, X and others. Follow the evolution of the fastest boats on water through the use of vintage racing scenes, postcards, and old advertisements from prewar through postwar.

Author : Peter Hunn
Publisher : Devereux Books (MA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Motorboat racing
ISBN : 1928862063

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The Vintage Culture of Outboard Racing by Peter Hunn Pdf

Offering a compelling and personal look at both famous and little-known men and women who participated in an immensely colorful and rewarding sport, this book looks at the period of vintage outboard racing from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. Today, the American Powerboat Association oversees motorboat racing in America. This book takes racing enthusiasts behind the scenes to tell how the organization grew and describes its highly visible struggles. Also covered is the life of the great journalist of the sport, Hank Bowman, and the increasingly popular hobby of collecting racing paraphernalia, motors, accessories, toys, and games. This is a book for those who lived the postwar story of American outboard boat racing and for those nostalgic enthusiasts and collectors who wish they could.

Author : Peter Hunn
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780071811026

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The Old Outboard Book by Peter Hunn Pdf

"Incredible amount of detail about all those kickers from the past, including an appendix with comprehensive model-year information." WoodenBoat "This book is the one to buy if you are interested in collecting antique outboard motors." Boating

Author : Ralph Desilva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0989617246

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Boat Racing: The Second Heat by Ralph Desilva Pdf

This is about speed on water. Man and water are Absolute - Man cannot live without it. Swimming, the paddle, oars, sails, propellers, and mechanical engines are the result of need for speed on water. The legends and heroes of Boat Racing are depicted through the vision of one of Boat Racing's foremost Boat Builders / Designers. Edited by: Bernie Van Osdale, author of Vintage Outboard Motorboat Racing With contributions from: Alan Ishii, Claude Fox - 20 Year President: National Outboard Association, and the Quincy Group.

Author : Peter Hunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Motorboat racing
ISBN : 0964007096

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The Golden Age of the Racing Outboard by Peter Hunn Pdf

This bygone age of outboard motor racing--the late 1920s to the early 1960s--is vividly captured in this all-encompassing reference. The origin of outboarding's great popularity--including its heyday race down the Hudson River to New York City--is featured, in addition to an in-depth look at Mercury Marine’s racing efforts and the company’s famous boss, Carl Kiekhaefer, and his "green onions.” Also included are lists of kit boats and plans and a glossary of terms to help enthusiasts new to the field.

Author : Richard Walbrun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1432728296

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The Great Boat Race by Richard Walbrun Pdf

The Great Outboard Race is the history of the Winnebagoland Outboard Marathon. Hundreds of boats started and few finished. The grind was 88 miles of rough water through 4 different lakes in central Wisconsin. Drivers came from 27 different states with some as far away as California. The best of the nations outboard pilots came to the Winnebagoland which had the best prizes. Hundreds of boats would start the race providing a spectacular sight for the large crowd. Over 100,000 people witnessed the last race in 1961. The Mercury Thunderbolt engine provided speeds of over 60 MPH in 1949 when outboard racing was most popular. Outboarders would race from Lake Winnebago up the Fox River and into Lake Butte des Morts. From there it was on to Lakes Winneconne and Poygan. Navigating the cut-off they entered the Wolf River and proceeded to Fremont where they turned raced back to Lake Winnebago. The cities of Neenah and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were hosts for this race. Media coverage of the race had a national flavor. The Milwaukee Sentinel, Boston Globe, Look Magazine Lakeland Yachting Magazine, Boat Sport Magazine, Outboard Magazine, New York Times, The International News Service, United Press, Associated Press, Radio Stations and Television covered the event. This book covers the thrills and spills of the roughest and toughest outboard race in the country. Boats crashed, flipped, and broke. Motors failed and drivers were injured. Exhausted drivers were happy to just finish the race. The book has all the finishers with their model of boat and engine. The people behind the scenes are included. The organizers, the prizes and the officials are all listed along with 31 Photosof this great outboard event. Today this race is stilled talked about among the outboard racing circles.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Boats and boating
ISBN : UOM:39015018276041

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Lakeland Boating by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Miklos Frank Miklos Trudi Miklos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Motorboats
ISBN : 1610606213

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Classic Century Powerboats by Paul Miklos Frank Miklos Trudi Miklos Pdf

Century is a renowned manufacturer of runabout, utility, and water ski boats. Starting out in Milwaukee in 1926, Century continues to be a leader in the powerboat industry today. This book traces the company's humble beginnings to market prominence, focusing on the wooden-hulled inboard and outboard boats built from 1930 to 1968. In the wood era, the company offered utilities, triple cockpit speedboats, and streamlined runabouts that performed exceptionally well against the competition.

Author : Michael Hauenstein
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766034852

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Speedboat Racers by Michael Hauenstein Pdf

An exciting new series of high interest books that will appeal to even the most reluctant readers contains action-packed photographs and stories of the hottest racing vehicles and races for kids.

Author : Peter Hunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Spark ignition engines
ISBN : 1610592174

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The Small-Engine Handbook by Peter Hunn Pdf

Peter Hunn. It's common for homeowners to have 2- or 4-cycle small engines in their lawn and garden equipment, utility vehicles, recreational vehicles, generators and other machines. With this easy-to-follow, richly illustrated handbook, homeowners will be able to understanding small engines, troubleshooting them and working on them. The book has a brief history of significant and popular small engines and a guide to setting up a home workshop in which to work on them. It also includes case studies on the disassembly, maintenance, repair and/or rebuilding of: a 2-stroke lawnmower engine, a 4-stroke utility motor, a 2-stroke chainsaw engine, and a curbside junker. The writing is lively and entertaining and the color photos clearly show how to work on these useful engines.

Author : David Levinson,Karen Christensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195131956

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Encyclopedia of World Sport by David Levinson,Karen Christensen Pdf

Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.

Author : United States. National Park Service. United States Travel Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127864572

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National Calendar of Events by United States. National Park Service. United States Travel Division Pdf

Author : Bradford Burnham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Boatbuilding
ISBN : UOM:39015054477826

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Outboard Motor Boats and Engines by Bradford Burnham Pdf

Author : Joel Stone
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442279094

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Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites by Joel Stone Pdf

Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites lays the groundwork for keeping this heritage alive in museums and historic sites. It provides the broadest spectrum of discussion and direction for those approaching new installations, projects and programming. Highlights of its wide-range include: •Historic vessels and shipbuilding •Freshwater maritime history, including a focus on regionalism •Maritime archaeology, including shipwrecks •Scientific history, including the environment •Recreational history, including rowing, fishing, racing, and cruising •Lighthouses and lifesaving stations

Author : Gérald Guétat
Publisher : MBI Publishing Company
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Motorboats
ISBN : 9780760304648

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Classic Speedboats, 1916-1939 by Gérald Guétat Pdf

Readers can relive the true golden age of high-performance classic speedboats in this book that covers these mighty wooden-hulled craft from around World War I until just before the second World War. This was an era when speed was still a new plaything, and speedboats and aircraft were raced as passionately as were automobiles; when massive mahogany speedboats powered by engines from suppliers such as Rolls-Royce competed fiercely against rivals from around the world. Classic speedboat enthusiasts will relish the cutaway drawings of these craft, as well as the choice archival photography and the modern color photography of these now-impeccably restored beauties.