1948-02G
1948 | Hurricane IV 2-G | (California) |
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Owner - Morlan Visel | |
Designer & Builder - Fred Wickens | ||
Length - 28ft | ||
Beam - 11ft | ||
Hull - Whaleback | ||
Driver - Morlan Visel | ||
Power - V12cyl Allison | ||
Colors - White with Blue trim | ||
DNF | ||
1949 | ||
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Drivers - Morlan Visel & Al D'Eath | |
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1951 | ||
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Drivers - Morlan Visel & Stanley Dollar | |
Hull - Rebuilt flatter deck & added white tail fin | ||
Colors - Blue & White | ||
1952 | ||
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Driver - Morlan Visel | |
Detail - Lettering higher up on the hull | ||
Colors - Red & White | ||
Best finish - Third | ||
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1953 | Hurricane IV G-2 | (Reno, Nevada) |
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Owner - Bill Stead | |
Drivers - Bill Stead & Morlan Visel | ||
Detail - Burgee on tail fin | ||
Best finish - Second | ||
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Bill Stead (new owner), Morlan Visel, Charles Mapes | |
1954 | ||
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Driver - Bill Stead | |
Best finish - second | ||
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1955 to April 1986 | ||
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Boat sat in Bill Stead's barn on the Stead's ranch. In | |
1986 | ||
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Boat was in the Hydroplane Museum in Seattle, Wa. | |
1990's | ||
Boat was in the Hydroplane & Race Boat Museum in Seattle, Wa. | ||
2006 | ||
Boat was rebuilt in the Hydroplane & Race Boat Museum in Kent, Wa. | ||
2007 | ||
2008 | ||
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Boat ran at both Seattle Wa. & San Diego, Ca. | |
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2013 | ||
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2014 | ||
Deck of the boat was rebuilt in the Museum in Kent, Wa. Then the Boat made a trip to Lake Tahoe. |