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1946 G13 Tempo VI : One of the most significant boats in Gold Cup racing history was bandleader Guy Lombardo's TEMPO VI from Freeport, New York. A product of the famed Ventnor Boat Works of Ventnor, New Jersey, TEMPO VI won the 1946 APBA Gold Cup at Detroit, Michigan, and went on to generate a lot of favorable press for the sport of boat racing in the years following World War II.

1946 G13 Tempo VI

One of the most significant boats in Gold Cup racing history was bandl ...

Updated: Nov 08, 2006 8:47pm PST

1950 U-27 Slo-mo-shun IV : In the years before the Seahawks, Mariners and other local big league sports teams, Seattle had the Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane - “Slo-mo” for short. This speedy vessel’s designers, builders and racers, Anchor Jensen, Ted Jones, Stan Sayers and Lou Fageol became household names when they set the world water speed record on Lake Washington and won the coveted Gold Cup in Detroit in 1950.

1950 U-27 Slo-mo-shun IV

In the years before the Seahawks, Mariners and other local big league ...

Updated: Oct 03, 2006 5:39pm PST