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Search Sign Up Sign In Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum We're racing through history! Museum Mission Leadership Visit Join Rent the Museum News Events Programs J-Hydro Victory Education Warriors on the Water History Restorations Video Vault Multimedia Photos Videos Shop Museum Store eBay Store Donate Download Donation Form The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum is the nation's only public museum dedicated solely to powerboat racing. Welcome Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum 5917 South 196th Street Kent, WA 98032 Phone: (206) 764-9453 Email us Hours Open: 10am - 4pm Tuesday through Saturday. Open till 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Admission General Admission: $10 Seniors (60+) & Students under 16: $5 Members & Children under 6: Free Events St. Patrick's Day Party March 14, 2020 from 6pm to 9pm – Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Add an Event View All Groups 1979 Squire Shop 19 members 1973 Pay 'N Pak 38 members Hydroplanes of the 80's 7 members Detroit Hydro Fans 6 members Video Vault 213 members 1962-65 Miss Bardahl 29 members 1977 Atlas Van Lines 66 members 1967 Miss Budweiser 30 members 1958 Miss Bardahl 42 members 1955 Miss Thriftway 27 members 1975 OH BOY! OBERTO 21 members View All Non Discrimination Policy News Posts Putting the “Unlimited” into Hydroplanes Posted by David D. Williams on January 11, 2020 at 12:50pm 0 Comments 0 Likes Putting the “Unlimited” into Hydroplanes by Kirsten N. Johnson Gar Wood's great niece When the calendar recently turned from 2019 to 2020, it marked the centurial of a truly epic year in speedboat racing history. 1920 was a year of speedboat glory for America, and for two men in particular. Gar Wood and Chris Smith - working out of a small boat shop in Algonac, Michigan - had now built the fastest speedboat in the world. With this boat, they had won the world’s supreme, Unlimited-class speedboat racing championship - the Harmsworth Trophy. The boat was the Miss America – a sleek hydroplane made of Philippine mahogany and driven by two converted 12-cylinder, 500 hp Liberty airplane powerplants.1 The powerplants that characterized “Unlimited” – the term used to describe a class of racing boats that have no restrictions on the displacement size of their piston engines – began a radical reformulation in 1918. Gar Wood, an auto mechanic turned newly-minted millionaire from his invention of the hydraulic hoist, was now indulging the boat-racing passion that he had developed in childhood. Outwardly personable and unassuming, Wood’s underlying fiercely competitive nature compelled his involvement in virtually every aspect of the design and building of his raceboats. Applying the innovative thinking that had inspired his hoist invention, Wood saw a new potential solution to the problem of weight vs horsepower and speed. Marine engines were much heavier than the airplane engines of the… Continue Add a News Post View All Photos Add Photos View All The Video Vault - Where History Comes Alive The Video Vault is a private Group, on our web site, that provides Museum members access to hundreds of hours of hydroplane video footage. Some of the footage is very rare, not seen in public for decades. Here is how you can join! Welcome to Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum Sign Up or Sign In Or sign in with: Latest Activity Jon Osterberg commented on Tom DeLisle's photo Smirnoff,FirstDebris Feb 21 Steve Cernich posted photos 22 more… Feb 12 Steve Cernich posted photos 11 more… Feb 11 Steve Cernich posted photos 8 more… Feb 9 More... RSS © 2020 Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Powered by Badges | Report an Issue | Terms of Service Hello, you need to enable JavaScript to use Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum. Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator....