Four Hydroplanes Hit Water in Pre-Season Exhibition

These four will run full season

The Unlimited Hydroplane Season gets underway in Guntersville Alabama with the running of the APBA Gold Cup June 24-26 and then the following weekend at Madison for the Indiana Governor's Cup during the Fourth of July Weekend these four boats will be on hand along with the other hometown boat U-1 Miss Homestreet All regatta festival events kickoff June 26th. 

Fast laps for the Visit Vancouver, WA exhibition on the Columbia River. Each boat had 2 runs on the 2 mile course, except the U-8. On its first run, the boat had problems and was towed back. U-40 Dave Villwock U-91 Jeff Bernard U-11 Jamie Nilsen U-8 J. Michael Kelly

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