My Father took me to the New York boat show one year so long ago. Miss Bardahl was on display. She sat on an angle port side low. I was just a squirt but could see everything. Thanks for the seeing her in action again. Thank you Dad. You made day.
Also growing up there . . . I remember in the goodwill there on Dearborn (?) They had a vintage plywood Miss Bardahl in the store. I LOVED THAT THING . . . and, It was a KILLER Goodwill !! That said, "Oh Boy O'berta" still owns my heart !
Growing up off the Puget Sound, waiting for Seafair and the thunder boats racing on lake Washington and at the Tri Cities was the big events for us back in the 70's and 80's.
So good hearing these hydros, I grew up around them as my dad built and raced them in the 50's and 60's. Such a pity about the video quality, I accept it is what it is. Thanks for bringing these back.
my dad had a spot on the boo on Lake Washington and I remember Miss Thriftway and the Thriftway 2 along with SloMo4 and 5 and of course Miss Bardahl . Thos were some great days
in 69, I lived 1 door down in Santee Calf/ to U5EEEE, the finish in spired me all my life I was grade 3 at the time. so many valve cover nuts, the carb opening was bigger than my fist.
Love these! Nearly fifty years ago we watched the Madison Regatta in Madison Indiana. Always remember seeing Miss Madison and Miss Budweiser duke it out !!
Watching these bring back so many memories….i lived near the Niagara river growing up…. One year in the 70,s they raced there it was on wide world of sports…. It was so cool…..
Thanks for the memories i helped out on a hydro in the sixties the owner had 2 boats one with a Ferrari the second a Maserati water had to be dead flat i saw speed of around 120mph with a huge rooster tail bit of wind and rough water ment trouble.
I remember when we lived in San Diego we were in the Pacific Beach area. We watched Miss Budwiser and Miss Bardahl duking it out on Mission Bay in the mid 1960's. One race Miss Budwiser got taken out by a beer can in the water. Beer ca s were made of steel back then.
Oh yeah ! Was a wee lad then-Dad was on the San Diego Fire Department & he'd usually volunteer for duty during the races. So the whole fam damily would get into the pits for free ! Remember vividly Miss Bardahl, Bill Harrah's Tahoe Miss, Miss Budwiser to name a few.
I was at the gold cup the year the miss Madison won the gold cup hear in Washington .Years later i was the semi driver that took the Miss Madison and the Miss Budweiser back to Madison to start the Filming of the movie Miss Madison .I still go to the Hydro plane museum here
When i was just a young fella around 1971, 72 we were at the boat races quite often. Aggressor was my favourite she was amazing to watch, All the smaller boat would Shanghai around the boys. And Aggressor and Stampede would take the whole lake up skimming across the surface, It was mined blowing for a kid to watch. Im really happy to see the new owners looking after her. Peace ✌🏻
Why would anyone ,go to an event , with fast moving objects , and video these objects , WITHOUT A DAMND TRIPOD OR SOME FORM OF STABILISATION? IS THE IDEA ,TO GJVE THE VIEWER A HEADACHE ???
I had a friend from work who drove the super Salami Miss Oberto for a few years and quit after a turbine replaced the piston engine. He said he felt unsafe in the boat.
First unlimited race i saw was back when miss Budweiser first started playing with turbine engines. It was in Miami marine stadium. Dean Chenowith driving. If i can recall that same year , Muncie blew over Atlas Vanlines trying for a new speed record,and passed away in the crash. The following year Dean blew the Budweiser over doing the same damn thing and killed him also. We lost two fantastic world champion drivers back to back trying to break straight away speed records. God be with them always. RIP 💜💜💜💯💪💪🏆🏆🏆🏆🌍
REAL THUNDERBOATS!!! I grew up loving these monsters. Neck deep in the water these things would pound your ribs to dust while your ears flapped in the breeze!
The Atomic Cup on the Columbia River in the 60s. When they came by close enough to see tne driver's face at 100 mph your whole body vibrated from the roar.
I remember actually seeing Miss Bardahl in Wisconsin when I was a kid. I wish I could remember exactly where. She may have been there on display for the racing fans, as I don't remember her racing. That was a hell of a long time ago.
I remember a race in the UK of these types of boats. The funny thing was that in the lunch break there was a demonstration of 'scuba diving'. Yep, nothing to see here folks.
I can remember similar boats in this class racing, as a lil kid in 1978-1981 when my dad was in charge of outboard racing at OMC Johnson Evinrude with driver Terry Leatherby. Outboards seemed so slow after watching these monsters
I’m an old fart now at 64 years of age & 40 plus years ago can still recall those monsters racing around & around Mission Bay here in San Diego California. When the show came to town we camped for 3 days out on Fiesta Island each year and had some awesome times with friends & family. Chuck Muncie in the “ Miss Budweiser” was THE Man Back then. There were unfortunately some pretty horrendous crashes sometimes when they would catch air underneath and flip way up in the air before crashing back down again. That was when racing in those took a REAL PAIR OF BALLS. Cool video here , thanks for posting 😎👍
@@dcolb121 Yes, I watched Don Garlits try to get to 200mph with an electric dragster. Love the big sound of the top fuel cars, but the biggest difference is that the EV dragsters are hopelessly slow. None the less it is interesting to see them push the limits of battery technology. It's just a different thing.
I always thought unlimited hydroplane boats were run with jet engines? I can't recall seeing a V8 or whatever that engine is . I also thought the names of the boats were MISS , something or other. I.e miss budwieser .🤷🏼♂️
Look in the sky😂😂😂i mean water it a airoboat😊these beast are true dinosaurs now but back in the late 40s 50 60s they had some powerful hydros ,then the put engines in the back of the boat and said damm these things are really fast niw😂😂😂
