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.
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
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.
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…..
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.
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’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.
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 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 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
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.
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😂😂😂
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 grew up in the Seattle area in the 60’s, love seeing miss bardahl again.😊
Yep, miss bardhal is the one I recall, I prob still can't spell it tho
@@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp Close enough.
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.
I can remember watching these boats on the Detroit river in the late 40s and thought they were awesome.
I used to watch these piston boats as a kid during Seattle Seafair days in the 60s. Miss Bardahl was my fav.
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
I also watched those races on b/w tv up in Bellingham Wash. the Allison sound is captivating!
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.
Thanks for that ! I grew up listening to these boats practice on the Detroit River , I love the sound.
I used to go down to Belle Isle and watch the boats too, I loved it.
Foot of Parkview.
I remember the race at Sand Point. Budweiser in the corners, Pay-n-Pak in the straights. What a heat!
Grew up in Seattle, 50s and 60s, I saw some absolutely fantastic Hydro races back then.
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…..
Growing up in Detroit we would go to Belle Isle swimming and watch the practicing for the Gold Cup race. On the Detroit River it was awesome.
loved watching wide world of sports in60s &70S TKU 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing
Dad took me too lake washington as a kid, fondest memories of atlas and bud battleing. A great memory and upbringing, thans dad (rip).
“Wild”Bill Muncey…what a dynamic driver during this era of UNLIMITEDS
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.
Oh, you meant the velocity stacks? lol.
If this sound wasn't heard all over the world, there would b no freedom, none!!!
Hey Miss Wahoo! Come to Wahoo, Nebraska and show us your stuff in Lake Wanahoo!
My aunt and uncle lived on Spanaway Lake and their dock was used for setting up the timing light for the finish line.
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.
Turbines ruined hydro racing 😢
Just aint the same...
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 😎👍
Naw, don't think that way amigo. LOVE the old v12 boats!! ...but the turbine boats are spectacularly fast. :) ...and admittedly TOO quiet!! xD
Have you ever watched EV dragsters? Almost no sound. Just not the same without that pounding noise.
@@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.
Miss the ALLISON..MERLIN ..and GRIFFIN motors..❤️🤔
Squireman flooded it out. Love the shovelnose boats best. Thanks for posting
But God, is there anything like em' ....🇺🇲💪
Love the v12
"The Green Dragon." I went to the Madison Regatta every year for decades.
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!
I love thunder boats. Turbine boats just don't have the same visceral appeal.
I used to watch these guys race on the Detroit River it was great
Dam sounds like a Merlin too.
Yes-but do believe most are V-1710 Allison engines.
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 saw the Bardahl P-51 at the Reno Air Races last year.
Thank you for sharing magnificent machines, and thank you for recording video in landscape mode. Im alergic to portrait video
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
so cool, love those old boats. i didn't realize that some of them run with an open pontoon. not sure why, i'm going to do some reading.😁
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
Miss Madison too!
luv madison.
Madison indiana on Ohio river were huge in the day.
That has to be one unhappy starter!
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.
Beauty ❤❤❤❤
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It's too bad this could have been a great video if the camera wasn't shaking all the time especially on the running boats far out on the water.
Forgot to bring my monopod, sorry. Next time . . .
Check out Miss Supertest 3 she set a few records in 1960 she was a. Canadian boat won the Harmsworth 3 times😊
I think the cameraman‘s name is shaky
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 .🤷🏼♂️
Did you ever see "Dipsy Doodle"? It might have been before your time.
@@BobbyTucker not for sure on that one. 66 old
New hydroplanes run turbine engines. These are vintage boats they run Merlin v12s same motor that's in p51 spitfire planes.
@@matthewsmith5109 thanks, pretty fun stuff
Im not sure but it looks like some them had the Rolls Royce Merlin in them ,The same engine in the P51they look like it anyway
That's what they are 👍
Are these just direct drives?
Yep 100%
Wasn't the Squire Shop the ex-Atlas Van Lines?
Who was driving the Miss Bardahl?
I'm not sure, sorry.
@@jamie_trigg Several years ago it was owned by Dixon Smith and he regularly drove it
3000 HP Roll-Royce Merlin aircraft engine
Nothing better. Turbines don't compare. 3000 hp!
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😂😂😂
Shouldn't he at least allow the oil to circulate first?
Gotta try to hold the camera more steady man
Over regulation of all types of boat racing has ruined the sport. Thank you APBA
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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 ???
Shaky... cam.
Redo, keying on subject. Crop the rest.
Kids 😂 fighter plane engines ww2
Chrysler Crew used two Hemi s coupled together.
Omg great boats!! Lowsy camera action. Gave me a huge migraine watching this crappy video.
I lost interest when turbines came around.
Terrible camera work. Get you a gimble bud.
Some of the worst camera work I've ever seen!!!
Bad camera handling / focus.
Sad waste of a Merlin.
TERRIBLE camera work!
How about a tripod.