SEAFAIR 2010
The 61st running of the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair.


The final heat...




...and the winner is
U-1/U-6 Oh Boy!, Oberto/Miss Madison!

MISS BUD'S FOR YOU!

Commonly referred as the "Juggernaut", the 1980 - 1984 Griffon Bud has quite a storied history. This happens to be the hull that Dean Chenoweth was lost in a "blow-over" accident during qualification at the Tri-Cities.

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SPECIFICATIONS:

Width: 14' 3"

Length: 29' 6"

Weight: over 7,000 pounds

Poweplant: Roll-Royce Griffon

Builder: Ron Jones, Jr.

Drivers: Dean Chenoweth, Jim Kropfeld

Original Owner: Bernie Little

Current Owner: Unlimited Excitement

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PRIZED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

1980 Gold Cup

1980 National Championship

1981 Gold Cup

1981 World Cup

1981 National Championship

1984 National Championship

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If you would like to see the second Griffon-Bud up close, visit the The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum in Kent, WA.

Power Struggle

A scene reminiscent of the early 80's...

The famous duals of Bernie Little's Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered Miss Budweiser and David Heerensperger's turbine-powered Pay 'n Pak.

Then and Now

What a beautiful sight!

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The piston powered U-77 Miss Wahoo leads the turbine powered U-787 in an exhibition run at Seafair 2009.

Wahoo, we're up and running...

This photo was taken at Seafair 2009 of the recently completed Miss Wahoo replica.

She is being hoisted out of the water in the Stan Sayers Memorial Pits after an exhibition run on the Ted Jones race course.

Lake Washington, Seattle, WA

There's nothing like the sound and feel of a piston-powered unlimited hydroplane!