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Miss Seattle |
Seattle, Wa. |
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Name used before official launching |
| Owner - Stanley S. Sayres |
| Designer - Ted Jones |
| Builder - Anchor Jensen |
| Length - 28ft |
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Beam - 11ft 6in |
| Power - V12 Allison |
| Weight - 4,750 |
| Hull - 3 Point prop rider hydroplane |
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| 1950 |
Slo-Mo-Shun IV U-27 |
Seattle, Wa. |
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Testing twin rudders |
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Testing on Lake Washington. Still no tail |
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Set World Record At 160.32 Mph. |
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Setting the World Water Speed Record |
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Drivers - Stan Sayres, Ted Jones & Lou Fageol |
| Crew Chief - Mike Welsch |
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At Detroit for the Gold Cup. |
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Won - Gold Cup At 78.2 Mph on the Detroit river |
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Winner - Harmsworth Trophy Race At 95.0 Mph. |
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Mike Welsch and Lou Fageol. Harmsworth Trophy. |
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Drivers - Ted Jones & Lou Fageol |
| Detail - Mobil horse on the deck |
| Best Finish - Second [Seattle Seafair Trophy] |
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Seattle |
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Drivers - Stan Sayres & Lou Fageol |
| Detail - Step-shaped tail in |
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Set World Speed Record Of 178.49 Mph. |
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Won The Gold Cup Race At 79.92 Mph. on Lake Washington |
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Drivers - Joe Taggart & Lou Fageol |
| Detail - Plastic Slab tail fin; red stripes to the bow |
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Won The Gold Cup Race At 92.61 Mph. on Lake Washington |
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Driver - Joe Taggart |
| Detail - At Seattle the 1952 step tail fin |
| Best Finish - Fourth |
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Driver - Joe Taggart |
| Best Finish - Third |
| Power - V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Detail - long nosed cowl, single full windshield |
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Driver - Joe Taggart |
| Detail - Bustle on starboard afterplane, with nose cowl |
| Boat was wrecked at Detroit Gold Cup Race. Joe was injured |
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Early season testing, Seattle |
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Qualifying, Seattle |
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Under the bridge at Seattle |
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Boat was wrecked at Detroit Gold Cup Race. Joe was injured |
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Jim Collier's painting of the crash at Detroit |
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When raised at Detroit |
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On Display in Seattle |
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Hull - Rebuilt with 1953 slab tail fin |
| Boat on display at the old History & Industry Museum in Seattle, Washington |
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Dr. Ken Muscatel & the Hydroplane & Race Boat Museum rebuilt her & ran her again |
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Boat Is In the new History & Industry on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington |
| 1996 |
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At the old HARM site |
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| 2011 |
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Moving into the new MOHAI |
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