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I CAME TO THE END OF THE ROAD, NOW I TURN

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(Continuation of the story "'The Road to a Restart," which ran in t~e Nove~ber 2013 Issue of Propeller Magazine)

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I n an effort to help grow the sport of we were pretty much clueless. We didn't power boat racing, the Hydroplane and know what we were doing. With the help

Race Boat Museum has taken an approach of Dave Williams and everybody else, we that introduces people to the grass roots of slowly figured it out," Salmon said. "For my racing. senior project I was able to build my own

"For a long time we used to kind oflament, 'how do we get kids involved? How do we get new families involved?' My kids at the time were involved in little league baseball and little league soccer and it just seemed that the barriers to entry in power boat racing for young children and families were too high," Hydroplane and Race Boat Museum Director David Williams said.

Recalling that one of the only ways to get into power boat racing was to be in the sport, Williams decided to create a Junior Hydro program at the museum that had the social aspect of Little League Baseball.

Recruiting six families to participate in the program, they built an 8"5' long boat that runs a 13.2 cubic inch Mercury or OMC and it will run about 40mph.

Mter about eight weeks and $650 per family, Williams taught the students how to race, he helped build their boats, he gave them a test and took them out on the water.

to really stay with the sport. Aaron Salmon began his boat racing career at the Hydroplane and Race Boat Museum building a J -Hydro with his dad.

Salmon's love for boat racing began when he attended every Seafair and Tri-Cities race since he can remember with his dad. Mter talking with his dad about getting involved for a couple of years, they decided to finally go for it and start racing.

Over the six years that Salmon has been racing, he has moved up the ranks of the APBA fairly quickly. Today he races in five different classes, across three different categories. He has been a divisional champion, he has set multiple speed and kilo records and he even made the trip last year to Coniston for Coniston Power Boat Records Week where he attempted to set an OSY-400 world record.

"We ended up being really successful that "When my dad and I started this program first year," Williams said. "My son Shane ended up winning the Nationals, kind of on a fluke because everybody jumped the gun, but it was kind of a feather on the cap to say 'not only did we build the boats here but we won some races."

"This is a way that we have found to grow the sport and grow the region in a time when many other Regions and divisions in APBA are struggling to keep their numbers up."

Over the years participants have come and gone, while a select few have decided

boat off of what I learned in that program.

"One thing led to another and at one point I had six boats and my dad just got into it about a years ago. All of the people down there and helping out have been in the sport for quite a while. They are there to help you through every step of the process and show you the ropes."

Over the years, as the program has grown, the museum was unable to meet the needs of space, so boat builder D on Kelsen offered to help out and offer his shop. Also helping out with the J-Hydro Program is boat builder Ed Karlsen. It's not unusual to see Gold Cup champions, Hall of Champions inductees and Honor Squadron members all helping out the Hydroplane and Race Boat Museum's Junior Hydro Program.

Volunteers like Jeff Bernard and Chip Hanauer will stop by from time to time to help out and pass on some of the knowledge they have gained over the years, while Kip Brown and Charlie Marquard are there to buildJ-Hydro boats with their daughters, according to Junior Classes Chairman Patrick Gleason.

"We have a very interesting mix of people all coming together and doing this at the outboard level and getting to experience the grass roots culture of outboard racing at the most basic level of building boats," Gleason said. "Junior Classes Racing is where it all begins. You have to start building from the bottom up and Junior Racing is our foundation in APBA."

Charging through 1993, the Mobil 1 team of owned by Robert Loeffler of Boca Raton, Fla., landed another victory in Cape Coral with an overall win in the Stock class. PHOTO: JIM VOTA

Bob Idoni out of Steamboat Springs, Co., was caught by surprise when the course didn't match the map. He actually doubled back in the Spirit of Numancia to pick up a missed turn buoy on the first day of racing. PHOTO: JIM VOTA

Offshore Drivers Give Thanks In Cape Coral

The relatively calm water conditions concerned the drivers in this combined Super Boat and Open class heat. While some dominated on the resting seas, others craved for the big rolling waves. PHOTO: JIM VOTA

BY JIM VOTA

This was it, the last Offshore race in 1993. It would be several months before most of the racers would be on the race course again. Saving the equipment for a race next week was not a high

priority this time around. The teams on hand could run hard for the dis­tance to see who would be the best at the APBA Avatar World Cup race in Cape Coral, Fla., over Thanksgiving weekend.

While several of the high speed catamarans would be the real stories in the actual race, all of the pre-race hype seemed to be about Well craft and Tom Gentry using Alan Parisier's Scarab Thunder to take back the kilo record from Reggie Fountain. Fountain had set the record earlier in the year at 123+ mph and was playing it up in a big way until the big Wellcraft came along with a speed of 126+ mph. For the last several years you could not go to an APBA race that did not have a powerful showing by the Fountain boats. This was not just in the big Super and Open

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classes, but in all of the classes except Pro and Stock cat classes. In 1993 this seemed to be changing as several hulls like Powerplay,

Sutphen, and especially Wellcraft, made strong headway against the Fountain hordes. INXS was the only Fountain to make a big mark in 1993 as it took the APBA national championship in Superboat V. This was not an easy task, however, as the team was beaten several times in the year by the Scarab Thunder. Bragging rights for the winter were at stake.

While the big vee hulls were waging a verbal war, the water was not cooperating. The seas were flat and the cries of despair could be heard throughout the entire vee fleet that had to race against the cats. Phil lip­schutz and Jack Herrick, who had won the Modified class equivalent at the U.S. Offshore world title race in Fort Lauderdale a few weeks earlier, were not optimistic in Cape Coral. They stated that the water during the first day of racing was flat causing them to lag behind the cats, but on the second day the water got rough and their big Apache vee came into

its own, soundly defeat­ing the cats. They could only hope to keep close enough to Agitator and How Sweet It Is Too in the first race, and for rough water on Sunday, to have a ~hot at the championship.

Steel vee hull was sec­ond in Open and actu­ally finished 15 seconds ahead of INXS.

Something of a mar­vel was the performance of the small 32 ft. How Sweet It Is Too. Myers ran third overall for his seven laps just railing Recovery and Numan­cia. National champion in the Modified class, Agitator, ran a consis-

There were several big powerful catama­rans on hand and the claims of some phe­nomenal speeds were ever-present from these teams. The 1993 APBA

Frank Eiroa and Pepe Pereira from Miami, Fla., and Jorge Arencibia from Hialeah, Fla., combined tent and fast second to their efforts well to bring Frank's Marine an overall victory in Of.fshore A. PHOTO: JIM VOTA Meyer but was still six

Open Class National Champion Stuart Hyam and his 40 ft. Skater hull Recovery were on hand to talk about potential speeds in excess of 150 mph. In all there were probably eight hulls, including two vee's, that were capable of run­ning over 120 mph in the open seas. This was possibly the fas test fleet APBA has seen in quite a while.

minutes back. Most of this discrepancy was due to blowing an engine after rounding the last turn. Allan Dunteman was able to limp home on just one motor. JH Electric with Herrick, Lipschutz and John Tomlinson decided to settle back at an easy pace and save the rig for Sunday's race, hoping the

weather would turn the water more rough and more in their favor.

About two-thirds of the way through the race, the rain hit in patches all over the course. You could hit it at one spot, run out of it and run back in at another point. Many of the racers said they had trouble with visibility. You wo uld be at full throttle one second and then at zero visibility. All you could do was hold on and maybe throttle back, maybe not. It seemed that most of the boats reported periods of this lasting only 30 seconds.

The flat water was cat water which was evident from the start as Gentry and his 40 ft. Skater hull Gentry Eagle and Hyam sprinted to a quick lead. On the short 14 statute mile course, these boats were just finishing their first lap as the last group was starting. A real surprise was Carl My­ers running a close third overall in his Modified boat. These leaders were fol­lowed closely by the Scarab Thunder, Ohio Steel (vee hull), Ohio Steel (CUV cat), and Spirit of Numancia. The Ohio Steel cat which got off to a slow start with electrical trouble made up ground quickly and had the leaders in sight after one lap when one of the drive chains cou­pling the engines to the drives broke. Gentry, who was pulling away slowly from Recovery, broke a propeller on his fifth lap leaving Numancia with Fernando Souza and Bob Idoni with the Superboat win. This was not easy for them as a mix­up in the course at the first turn slowed them greatly.

Battling back from electrical problems at the start of the final race, the Agitator team of Ed Colyer of Boca Raton, Fla., and Allan Dunteman from Oak Brook, III., made up lost ground to take a second place victory for the weekend. PHOTO: JIM VOTA

In the Pro class, the rain had a signifi­cant impact on the results. Spirit of Houston with Bill Westberry and Raja Rodgers was behind Tequila with Pedro Peraza and Jesus Licuout from the start. Spirit had moved up to a position just be­hind Tequila by lap eight when they hit on one of these rain squalls heading to turn one. Tequila was throttled back while Spirit was not. This made all the difference as Spirit sprinted off to win by three minutes. Steele Lightning/High Risk with Allen Steele and Richard Felson The first turn was not set up as it had

been described at the drivers' meeting prior to the race which caused a great deal of confusion. At least a third of the fleet missed the correct first turn marker. Some boats went between the first and second mark­ers while others went around the outside course marker. No penalties were assessed as the course was not set up as described to the racers. The Numancia boat ac­tually stopped, turned around and picked up the correct turn marker before proceeding. They were able to make up this lost time and pass everybody but Recov­ery. Scarab Thunder was able to stay ahead of INXS to finish first in

ran a consistent third. Offshore C provided some close racing as well with Rique Ford, Paul

Whiter, and Jackie Jenkins in Ragamuffin staying just ahead of John Ki ely and Mike Graham in Runnin ' Wild all the way to the wire. These

Super vee and was only two minutes behind Anxious drivers in the Pro class made this championship race more exciting as several boats

jumped ahead of the pace boat. Despite this, Jesus Licuot from Hialeah, Fla., and Pedro Peraza out Numancia. The Ohio of Miami, Fla., still pulled out the overall victory in Tequila to gain the honorable title. PHOTO: JIM VOTA

were both cats. National Champion Mac Seelig with Jason and Jeff Seelig expected Lo ru n well against the cats with improvements made by Richie Sut­phen to get them run­ning over 100 mph in their Sutphen vee hull. They did run well, how­ever, they did it the hard way. As they approached the start/finish line on lap two, the boat's nose dug deep and rolled

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hard on its port chine almost rolling completely. Apparently the star­board side trim tab failed and they ran the .remainder of the race to a third place finish with the tab flopping freely.

As seen by these results, close racing was the order of the day. And the racing continued to get closer. The Stock class was separated by just over three minutes from first to seventh place. National Champion Mobil 1

mancia. Again, the Scarab Thunder took a steady run for the Super vee title as INXS dropped out at the end of lap one. Recovery made it almost four laps before they too lost an engine in the Open class which left the door open for the Ohio Steel cat with John Rebahn and Hurley Stepp to take the flag. Enough repairs were made to Recovery to allow it to con­tinue running until the end of the race which gave it the World Cup Open Championship.

The race in the Modified class was over at the start as Agitator loaded up with electrical problems and started several minutes behind the fleet.

Meyer in How Sweet It Is Too never looked back and was not challenged for the title. Agitator did manage to catch the IH Electric Special to finish second on the day and second overall.

With four boats in the hunt for the Pro title, the racers had itchy throttles. Both Tequila and Patriot were penalized three minutes for racing ahead of the pace boat before the fleet was re­leased for a start. This didn't make any difference in the end as Tequila went on to take the overall title, followed by Spirit of Houston and Steele Light­ning/High Risk.

Travelling from Burlington, Ontario, to match up with the Offshore B drivers from the U.S., Rob and Dennis Bradley and Ray Konicky were successful in their pursuit of an Avatar World Cup title driving Tsunami. PHOTO: JIM VOTA Offshore C saw Ragamuffin

with Robert Loeffler and Jim Bistline beat Conch Attack with Scott Cates and Ed Scheer, Thin Ice with Steve Skorupski and Bill Durham, and Team Florida with Ed Spaeth and Tad Kimes with only nineteen seconds separating first to fourth.

Likewise, the Offshore A results were close. Kilo record holder Archer Marine Special with Nigel Hook and Craig Archer beat Scott Free Rac­ing with Steve Kildahl and Kevin Brown, and Franks Marine with Frank Eiroa, Pepe Pereira and Jorge Arencibia by eight seconds at the wire.

Offshore B was taken by the 1993 National Champion Powerplay with John Lombardi and Ed Thornton. While they cruised to an easy win, sec­ond place was debated between Great Lakes Castor with Jeff Haylet; Brad Myers, and Doug Popma, and Tsunami from Ontario, Canada, with Robert and Dennis Bradley and Ray Konicky. Castor came out on top, at least for Friday.

Sunday turned out to be the day when many of the front run­ners broke. Water conditions de­teriorated, but only to one- to three-footers at the extreme. Again the vee hull racers lamented as the conditions were just right for the cats and still not rough enough to make the vee's competitive.

chase Runnin Wild right down to the last turn. Runnin Wild slowed in the last turn and Ragamuffin sped past for the win. Runnin Wild held on for second and Ramada Inn, by virtue of consistent running, completed the event third.

In Offshore B, Tsunami cruised to first followed by Imagine That with Dan Dyminski, Scott Lansbein and Pete Buntyn running a close second. Great Lakes Castor finished eighth on Sunday but still managed third overall because of consistency.

Mobil 1 was able to hold off Thin Ice and Conch Attack to take the ti-tie in the Stock class.

In Offshore A, Franks Marine made it look easy after making a good start. Scott Free and Archer Marine both broke on the first lap. Archer Marine, by virtue of its finish on Friday, had enough to keep second over-

The Gentry Eagle team and the Ohio Steel cat team made minor repairs and were ready to show what they could do, espe­cially Ohio Steel as they hadn 't

The winner was hard to predict as Ragamuffin battled It out against Runn/n' Wild in Offshore C. They were still in finished a race since they de- competition during the last turn, but Ragamuffin got to the line first. Photo: Jim Vota buted the boat in Galveston. The Agitator team put in a new motor but was still down a couple hundred horsepower from How Sweet It Is Too.

This time the course was checked by the course chairman at the last minute to ensure it was correct. In Superboat the results were somewhat different as the Gentry Eagle held together to finish first. Spirit of Nu­man cia lost an engine about lap four but was still running at the end of the race. The big picture left the overall Super cat title with Spirit of Nu-

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all while Team Hogs Breath finished a consistent third overall. Speed counted on Friday, but consistency was the key to capturing the

World Cup titles on Sunday. If the cats held together, the vee's were no match for them. Fountain was reported to already have some new boats under construction to combat the Wellcraft menace. With a full winter ahead there is no telling what some of the teams have up their sleeves to bring to the Offshore wars in thespring.l-

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As a boy John Peeters wanted nothing more than to follow in his father's footsteps and race boats. Throughout his career Peeters has found a lifetime of memories,from winning National Championships as an adult to getting a nice surprise from his hero as a child. Peeters has accomplished quite a bit in his career so far, and has no plans of slowing down.

Question: How did you first get into boat racing?

John Peeters: I started racing when I was 9-years old, after my family had raced for a while. My dad came from southern California and then we moved up to Washington. When you're a kid, you just want to go race and see what your dad's doing. My dad raced D-Stock Hydro, so growing up I wanted to race D-Stock Hydro. Growing up we lived on a lake. When I was lO-years old, my dad got me a hydro and I got to race around the lake just for fun. I would have a great time just going around the lake at my own pace and we would get calls from the neighbors and they would be like "hey that looks pretty cool." So that was a pretty legit childhood growing up. I raced from the time I was nine until I was 12-years old, then I just decided to take a break from boat racing to go explore other things.

Q: So why did you decide to get back into the sport?

JP: I ended up going off to college and

getting a finance degree. Toward the end of college I realized that you start making some money and after a while, beer drinking really isn't a hobby that someone should have long term. I had to find a hobby to do again. One day I decided to pull out my old J -Hydro and turn it into an A-Hydro. I went racing with some outlaws and had an absolute blast. We went out to Lawrence with a Single Event Membership and actually won a heat without any experience racing with a faster boat. That was probably one of the most fun races I have ever been a part of, just because no one knew who I was, or anything like that, and I went in and blew the doors off. Mter that great experience I got back into boating a little bit

and had a great time. So that was probably 2004 or 2005, and from there we've just been kind of getting back into boating.

Q: What is your favorite race memory?

JP: My favorite race memory is from Moses Lake in 2007 when I won my first National Championship with Jimmy Oberto as the owner and it was just a small course. at Moses Lake and it was just a cluster at Moses Lake, there were big waves everywhere. There was bumping and boats going every which way. there were jumpers and people all over the place and we ended up with the win. It was a great beginning to restarting my career. That was a blast for sure.

Q: What are your goals as far as racing is concerned?

JP: Exactly this time last year I had to realign with what my expectations were with boating. It's a good exercise to have. I didn't necessarily think of it as a job, but I guess with the time you spend with it, it's like a second job taking multiple hours a week and taking time away from other

....................... ............................................ ........ ........................ ........ ........ ......... ..................... ....... PROPELLER -.S '. things. This time last year I had to realize one afternoon, and I get a call fr;;; Chip and tell myself that this is just for fun; we're JP: Here in the northwest, we have a lot himself, which is all kinds of cool. He went doing this just for a hobby. I kind of had to of Unlimited teams and growing up Chip out of his way for this little third grader realign myself with all my expectations. My Hanauer was always my hero. Growing who was writing a report on him and that expectations are not to go race a big boat, up we used to get Propeller Magazines just made my day so many times from then they are to enjoy myself and have fun. Since with Unlimited driver personals in there on out. It was just amazing that our boat last year, this year has been the most fun and it talked about them and what they racing community has the understanding year that I have had ever. When I realigned were doing. It was really cool stuff and I that young kids are the future of this sport my expectations personally, it's hard to have remember reading an old copy of Propeller and it's just that little bit of time, you know any expectations because this is a hobby. Magazine and Chip Hanauer was that Chips time was 10 minutes max, I bet I had

Q: What is one piece of advice that you have received that still holds to this day?

JP: Some real good common sense to know; when you hit a bump you can't turn in the air, so straighten out the steering wheel, come back down and then turn. It is the most common sense advice.

Q: Who was your role model coming up and why?

guy. What really solidified him as my hero really awful questions, but it's just those was, I was in third or fourth grade and I 10 minutes. He just made my day and he had to do a report on a famous person, set the tone for myself with the kids in the dead or alive, and when you're at that age future. you go to something that is cool so you had your Abraham Lincoln, your George Washington, the president or something along those lines but I wanted to do it on Chip Hanauer. I ended up doing research, and this was before the days of the internet, so it was really hard to get information on a boat racing driver. I was writing this report

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It all started innocently when my son Chris said to me "Dad, I saw a really cool old race boat for sale online and I think we should check it out."

While I have always been an avid boater and enjoy going fast on water, I had never raced a boat nor been to a Vintage race boat event; let alone tried to restore one. But the thought of restoring a former race boat seemed intriguing. After all, what is the harm in at least going to look at it; even if it was over five hours away?

It was love at first sight. The boat was a 1970 Switzer wing, UU-16 known as Thunderball, named after the James Bond movie. Owned by Eddy Doy-yat; he bought it directly from Mercury Racing at Fond Du Lac, Wisc. Eddy raced it about eight times in Ontario and Qyebec, Canada from 1971 to 1974. In August 1972 Thunderball appeared on the cover of a Power Boating Magazine.

Thunderball had been in storage for 34 years, untouched, when I purchased it in 2008. It had two things that appealed to me for restoration; 1) it was fiberglass with very little wood, and 2) it was outboard powered. My passion has always been for fast outboards. I set out on a mission; let people see it when restored and don't let it disappear into a private collection never to be seen again. I decided to restore the boat to look like it did in the days it raced.

Restoration of UU-16 included replacing bad wood, some fiberglass repairs and repainting the boat, patiently performed over the next few years by Perry Aabo of Holland River Marine. The rigging and mechanical work was done by Steve Gervais at Riversports Marine. Both companies are located in Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada. The boat was rigged with twin 1975 Mercury 150 short shaft inlines with left and right (i.e., counter rotating) Super Speedmaster lower units. The boat was lettered and decaled to exacting standards to

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Over the years I have attended Offshore boat races, poker runs and tunnel boat races but what I did not realize was the amazing people and boats associated with the Vintage race boat circuit. I now enjoy going too Vintage race boat events with Thunderball and participating in flybys. I wish I had started attending Vintage Race Boat Events years earlier.

The journey for Thunderball came full circle this past August when Eddy Doy-yat, son Randy and his family saw the boat at the Rideau Ferry Regatta for the first time since restoration. I realized that all the hard work had paid off when Eddy paid me the ultimate compliment; "It looks just like when I raced it!"

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RULE PRDPDSALS WRITTEN BY / / DAN KANFOUSH RACE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

I am working on the agenda for the Race Management Committee meeting for this year's APBA Annual Meeting. The Race Management Committee manages the APBA General Racing Rules (not category rules) and some of the General Safety Rules. All APBA Board of Directors, Category chairs, APBA Special Event Chair, APBA Chief Inspector, APBA Chief Referee, and the APBA Chief Scorer are members of this committee.

If you have general racing or safety rule proposals that you would like to submit for consideration at this year's convention please e-mail them to me at dankanfoush@ yahoo. com, with a descriptive subject line so nothing falls through the cracks. I will

always reply with a confirmation so you know I received it.

Please write your proposals in the following format; old rule, new rule, reason for change. How clearly you explain why you think this rule would be a good change for APBA goes a long way giving your rule a chance to pass. Rule proposals that do not have clear explanations to support them have little chance of passing.

As a final suggestion I would ask that you consider how your rule proposal helps all of APBA? Does it help grow our sport, increase the quality of the show, or address a safety issue? If the answer to all these questions is "no" please reconsider if it is

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really in the best interests of APBA to submit it.

I am asking you to submit your proposals to me no later than January 8th. This is to allow time for me to put all the proposals together in a packet and send them to all committee members before the convention so they have time to review and consider your proposal. We want everyone to have time to really think about your idea so they can make an educated vote.

Thank you and see you at the convention in Reno this January.

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Hopefully everyone had a wonderful holiday season and you are getting ready for the 2014 race season. The PRO Category has gone through a lot of transition this past year. Part of the transition includes that after 15 years of selfless service Mr. Steve Greaves has stepped down as the PRO Chairman. On behalf of the Commission and the PRO members we would like to thank Steve for all his time and dedication to the category. He has put in countless hours in email, phone calls, setting the up PRO tech manual and maintaining the website all the while trying to keep his own

equipment running. Steve will continue to help out with the transition which hopefully means that his wife Sheri will be around since they come as a team.

As the new Chairperson of the PRO Commission and I know I have big shoes to fill. I can only hope to be half as organized as your outgoing chairman. I am dedicated to finding working solutions for our current dilemmas and I have tremendous confidence in the Commission to start rebuilding and mending the category and find incentives to bring local PRO racing back. As we get

ready to head to Reno, Nv., for the Annual Meeting; I encourage you to contact your Commissioner with any agenda items or ideas you would like presented. We have great challenges and I am confident we can plow through and make forward progress for 2014.

Congratulations to the 2013 PRO Category Hall of Champion inductees: Mike Thirlby and Jay Walls Jr. Both Mike and Jay had great racing seasons and are first time inductees. They will be honored in Reno at the 40th APBA National Meeting.

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REGION 1 The 2013 racing season officially closed with the Region One annual meeting in Norton, Massachusetts. The meeting was well attended and the 2013 season was discussed at length. Once again the outboard categories were dominant with five weekends of racing throughout New England. All five sites will be returning next season and there is optimism that the Taunton, Massachusetts site will return to the schedule in September.

Region officers elected to carry forward the business of boat racing in the Region were: Chairman David Jones; Vice Chairman Alan Akerstrom, Secretary Mike Akerstrom and Treasurer Richard Currier.

After the business portion of the meeting, the Region Awards were announced. The John and Shirley Crowley Award was presented to Bruce Nichols for his contributions to the Region in a non-racing role. The Castagneto Award for the best race in Region One was presented to the Kingston Fall Classic for the third consecutive year. In addition to three days of racing, the Kingston Race Committee works

closely with the local community involving the Boys Scouts, Miss Kingston and the local Kingston Food Pantry. The event received over 200 units of canned goods and paper products from the drivers and families that were later delivered to the pantry. The race committee has also been invited to participate on the panel for the selection the 2014 Miss Kingston. Our Race Chairman has already submitted his nomination for the position.

Thorn Noury was the recipient of the Region Rookie Award. Thorn attended his first race at the age of three months in 1955. It took him fifty eight years to finally get on the water and he had a very successful first year. Not to be outdone, brother Tim was the winner of the Walter Beale Award for scoring the most points in a runabout at the Region One events.

Immediately following the event was the South Shore Outboard annual banquet and awards ceremony. Commodore Alan Akerstrom presented appreciation awards to the fine crew that makes it all happen on race day. Those receiving SSOA jackets were: Harriet Thompson, Deb Howe, Carole Terry,Joanne Cavanaugh, Annette Weber, Paul Luippold and Annette Woodle.

Manny Dias and Bob Cronin were recipients of the Ken Rosado and Bill Giles Awards respectively. Dias accumulated the most points in a single class with his 7,119 points in ASR. Cronin accumulated the most points in all classes and all categories combined with 13,704 points in 20SSH, CSH, OSY400 and 125CCH, winning twenty four of the thirty eight events he entered. Class hi point winners were; J Hydro - Lily Deware; AXH - Jack Cavanaugh; ASH - Colleen Tweedy; ASR - Jack Cavanaugh; CSH - Bob Howe; CSR - Bill Forster; 25SSR - Tim Noury; 20SSH - Bob Cronin; DSH - Alex Poliakoff and OSY 400 - Bob Cronin.

Mike Akerstrom took home the dubious Saddle Award for the second time for his inability to stay in his boat and on a more serious note, Deb Howe was presented the Joe "FoFo"Travers Award for her tireless efforts in promoting racing at the South Shore events.

With over one hundred members and four solid race sites, SSOA looks forward to another prosperous year 2014.

/ /Lowell Hanson

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R E G I 0 N 2 again host the biannual Race Boat Regatta. to 12-year-olds. This effort is to encourage The date has been changed this year to more children into boat racing, as they are the second weekend in August, the 7th the future of APBA. If you have never seen

The annual Region 2 meeting saw improved attendance this year with both American and Canadian members present. There was much discussion among the attendees as to how to increase membership, as well as member involvement within Region 2. One idea that will be pursued is to start an APBA driving school. A small committee will be set up to investigate locations and accommodations.

Vintage participation continues to grow in Region 2. The Thousand Islands Vintage Race Boat Club will be working with the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton to once

REGION 4 Our Fall Meeting was held November 2,2013. The main purpose to elect new officers for 2014.

Chairman: Steve Barrett - Congratulations to Steve who has been elected as the category chairman for the umpteenth time. We're very confident in Steve's ability to run the region.

Vice Chairman: Patrick McCann. He is fairly new to the political scene. He is very active in the Kent Narrows Racing Club. He takes great photographs. It is nice to see some new blood on the board.

Most Regions and Clubs are running on empty. Too many "old timers" - myself included are filling out the positions. And in our Region's case we have open spots for positions. We do not have a Secretary or a Treasurer. I think Kim Liddycoat is temping as secretary and I will muddle through as Treasurer.

The Region's Category Chairman:

Inboard - Fred Benzinger PoRO - Kate Augustine Stock - Chris Johnson Mod - Jerry Davids J r. Medical/Safety - Ken Smith APBA Commissioners: Inboard - Kim Liddycoat and Bobby Kennedy Stock - John Runne Mod - Jerry Davids Sr. Board of Directors: John Tomey, Shirley

thru the 10th. The theme this year will be a youngster get behind the wheel of one of ''A Celebration of Outboard Racing." In these, you need to. Seeing their enthusiasm addition to all of the great Inboard boats, and excitement is a grati£}ring experience to we will be making a special outreach to be a part of, and fun as well. as many outboards as possible. The entire five-acre campus will be used as an outboard theme park, with many more Vintage boats and motors on static display. On Thursday, August 8th, 2014, Marv Hart will host a driver's school specifically targeted for new Vintage participants. Experienced drivers will be there to assist and involve the attendees.

Vintage members are also working towards a Junior / A -Stock outboard training for 9

Outlaw, Abby Pond, Lisa Adkins, Richard Shaw, Robin Shane and Steve Barrett.

The people (around 30 attendees) decided that is really wasn't necessary to start the meeting at 9 a.m. especially knowing that there will most likely be approximately twice the amount of people at the capsule training session. With that thought in mind it was decided to charge $20 per person for the next capsule training unless you attend the Region meetings. You can get capsule trained for free IF you attend the meeting. To make it even easier we are not going to start our meetings prior to 10:30 a.m. from here on out.

Over all Region IV is on par with the rest of the world and the economic times at hand. There were three Inboard events and five outboard events. Registration was down at the Inboard events. Kent Island did the best because of the championship for the Jersey Speed Skiff class. The Inboard and outboard events are a little different within the Region. The Inboard events are put on by individual clubs. Whereas the Outboard events are put on by one club -The Carolina Virginia Racing Club. This club is headed by Abby Pond. She is one of the most organized and intelligent person that I have ever known. She knows how to get things down - period! The club is strong and knows what the goals are. The goals are to have good races without losing money. Keeping is simple is the game that is working for them.

There was a good discussion on the value of an APBA membership. The benefits are in the value of the voting options and in the

Tonawanda returns as an Inboard race this year in North Tonawanda at Gratwick Park. The planned date is August 16th and 17th. A good attendance of the newest Inboard class SE is expected as we continue to try and help one of the newest APBA classes grow.

/ /John Krebs

insurance. We were told of a story where a non-member was hurt and received no monetary help with the medical bills. There is going to be reviewed by Dave Augustine. The incident report may have been filled out improperly because the injured person normally works on the start finish line. She should have been listed as a volunteer with the conducting club. The point here - we have to emphasis that the membership to APBA has value for really little investment. When we see people who volunteer at multiple races we should try to get them to invest in the sport by getting a membership.

There was also a big discussion on the value of an awards banquet. To have or not have one. The time it takes to arrange it. The awards expense. The return on someone's investment in the sport. At the end of the discussion Steve Barrett volunteered to head up a committee to say yes or no for an awards banquet / dinner for the spring meeting. He will also look into where the meeting will be held. The date for the meeting will be March 15,2014.

Now you know who your commissioners and board of directors are. It is up to you to get your suggestions, beefs and compliments to your commissioners before the national meeting. Remember if you have a beef -you better have a solution or idea to counter the beef or it shouldn't be heard.

It 's been a pleasure to serve as your Region Chairman. Let's see what we can also do on a national level. I hope they are ready for me!

/ /Robin Shane //33

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R E G I 0 N 1 DAna Cappelletti, TIRA Commodore, gives the issue for you. us an update on the goings-on of Pierce County's "premiere" APBA club: Second matter is a reminder tying together

Unfortunately, racing for our Region 10 family started off with a terrible blow, as we lost one of the best and brightest of our young drivers. Jim Codling fills us in:

''A long cold and very tough weekend in the Northwest saw the racing accident we never like to see. Kyle Bement was killed in Parker Ariz. On Saturday the 30th of November. The young driver from Idaho was completing a successful rookie season in which he finished second in the nation in High Points in the very competitive Super Stock Class. He was racing in the final when the accident occurred. Our thoughts go out to his entire large family including three small children. Just 2 weeks ago, he accepted the Region 10 High Point awards for the S.S. Class, Pro Stock and GP 95 classes that he and his brother shared the ride in the 550 boat. A great loss to the Region 10 family.

"Other news includes the repairing of boats, motors and trailers all getting set up for the 2014 season. Most of our races are getting firmed up as I write this on December 1st. New officers are in place for all the clubs in the Region and some new boats are being groomed, some without the wife knowing about them. Sorry to hear of the U-57 losing the Fedco deal, owner John Walcker and Mark Evans are the major guys behind the Chelan event in the Inboard category. Meanwhile, John keeps smiling. This stings, but the show goes on.

Oak Harbor continues to work on their new race site next to the Naval Air Base on Whidbey Island. A promising new area for the guys to race on: dead flat salt water, huge ramps, all paved and wash water. A new sponsor coming to Black Lake this coming year as the great folks at Squaxin Island are changing management personal and tribal goals, so we shall see what shapes up for the future.

Time to start working on the referee test and scorers and inspectors who all need the new papers for the exams, you can expect them just after the Annual Meeting in Reno, Nv., See you all soon."

"We hope that everyone has had a wonderful holiday season thus far. Tacoma Inboard held their elections for the 2014 season and have almost a whole new board starting off with the officers. With a new Commodore- Ana Cappelletti, Vice Commodore- Dorie Ross, Treasurer- Sue Troxell, Secretary- Kim Bussmeir and board members- Jeff Schneider, Karl Fortner, Tim Hamilton, Sharon Strain and David Dodge. We look forward to the 2014 race season with another year of putting on great races and coming up with new ideas. In writing this we just learned this past weekend that we lost a fellow racer, Kyle Bement. It deeply saddens all of us in the racing community, but please keep his wife and three young children (two girls and a boy) as well as his brother Dan and the rest of his family in your thoughts and prayers. RIP Kyle, you will be deeply missed." Over with our Vintage group, the folks who keep the old iron rolling are having a busy winter. Here's Ron Morrison's report of Region 10 Vintage news:

"First Vintage item is an informational one. The category meeting at the APBA 2014 Annual Meeting in Reno, Nv., is tentatively scheduled for Saturday morning, January 25th. Region 10 Vintage Category Coordinator Jim Olson says that likely topics include:

1. A new inspector's test; 2. Reorganizing Vintage Category leadership so the category is managed by the category chair and Region representatives rather than by an advisory board; 3. Considering a "non-racing" Vintage membership for individuals associated with Vintage boats/teams but not owning or driving a Vintage boat. Currently the only membership is the full APBA one.

Persons interested in and/or participating in the Vintage Category are invited to register for the Annual Meeting and attend this category meeting. If you have matters that merit consideration by Vintage Representatives and members from around the country bring them to the meeting yourself or ask one of the Region 10 Vintage folks who plan to be there to raise

two thoughts. It begins with giving a "thanks guys and gals" shout out to all of the volunteers whose work and travel make it possible for those in the Vintage racers to shine their roostertails on the water and make the show. I recorded a list: race officials on the tower, in course judge boats, in the pits and as inspectors; individuals working safety/diver and pick up boats; the ones who organize, pack and transport the regatta gear (those buoys don't transport themselves) and those who set up and take down that equipment including the actual race course. I likely missed some but they are volunteers all, their numbers are impressive and we can't do it without them.

This said, it is also true that we struggle to get and keep the good qualified volunteers needed for the regatta support work. Too often, lacking alternatives, we stretch these volunteer's good will and over use them. The answer is more volunteers and the obvious candidates are those of us who are already there with our race boats. Many already do double duty but others should consider doing it more often. Planning for a race weekend needs to include how my race team and I can volunteer to help and who to contact to do so. Among the qualified positions needed in Vintage are inspectors and referees. Become a trainee in 2014, talk to Jim Olson."

Things are also chilly and dark down in southern Oregon, as the Cal Ore River Racers are in the planning phase of their 2014 season. Larry Darneille brings us up to speed:

The Fall Cal-Ore meeting was held a Lucky Seven Casino in Smith River, Calif., November 10, 2013. The elections for the 2014 season were held. Jeff Lewis is re-elected as president. Justin Hood was elected as vice president. Jodi Hood was elected as secretary. Larry Darneille was re­elected as treasurer while Matt Richardson was elected as sergeant at arms/drivers rep. The 2013 year end awards were handed out and proposed rule changes and additions were discussed and listed giving member's time to formulate ideas and opinions for the Jan. 12,2014 rules meeting.

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Which leaves us with our outboard group: Seattle Outboard at the time of this writing is about to embark on another class of J-Hydros to be built with our HARM J-Hydro Project. You can see more detail in another article in this month's Propeller,

REGION 11 We ended 2013 with our Region Meeting in the rustic barn at Lake Minden where all discussion was accompanied by the creaks, moans and groans of the aged wooden planks and roof as they attempted to hold up the structure against a pounding wind storm. The election of officers for 2014 was confirmed with the following slate:

Board of Directors: Chairman - Bill Boyes Vice Chairman - Gloria Crim Secretary/Treasurer - Bob Burrell Stock - Pam Wilde Publicity - Frank Banducci J Class - Daniel Wilde Officiating Chair - Jean Mackay-Schwartz Pro - Richard Fucshlin

Activities Chairs: Stock - Pam Wilde J Class - Daniel Wilde Pro - Richard Fucshlin Inboard - Julian Rucki

Commissioners: Inboard - Julian Rucki Stock - Steve Wilde OPC - Jean Mackay-Schwartz Inboard - Julian Rucki

The race schedule is in progress and it looks like some of the traditional sites will be targeted for 2014 activity. Northern California Outboard Association (NCOA) will schedule races for the Lake Minden site for at least two events. East Bay Boat Club (EBBC) will secure the Salt Springs Valley

to assemble than previous year's boats. We're really excited to see the outcome of this year's class.

Finally, a hearty Congratulations and Region 10 Salute to our own Charlie Marquard, who will be inducted in

Reservoir and Campground for a minimum of two events. The Delta Boat Racing Association (DBRA) will be working to reprise the Isleton site which went away upon the passing to the site owner Ron Sweptson. Ron's son, Eric is anxious to have the race back in town.

A focus set for the coming years is that of generating new members. The costs of racing are rising and the addition of new members in the Region is an absolute necessity according to Chairman Bill Boyes. Some feel that "more races" are necessary

to attract new members. "We need new members and we need veteran members to step up to take the test(s) to become officials in our region", stated Jean MacKay­Schwartz. Young racers are asked to step up and help as well; not ... "just get in the boat and have fun."

Gloria Crim, Commodore ofDBRA, has appointed a three man committee to pursue race venues in Stockton, Antioch, Brannan Island State Park and Isleton. Committee member, Rex "Rocket" Bothell has already made contact with the principals in Antioch and says things are "looking good" there. ''All we need is the money." Steve Walde will also be working with Bothell, Banducci and Crim to work out the details once we secure the other sites. Again, all we need is money and, of course, new hardworking members to join with the veterans on these projects.

EBBC will be working with Craig and Brett Williams to carry the ball for the Sparks Race, which was revived in 2012 thanks to Craig and Brett and a bunch of hard

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working volunteers.

Region 11 clubs, NCOA, EBBC and DBRA, included Vintage and Historic on all of their sanctions, but none of the Vintage drivers/owners chose to take advantage of those gracious invitations. Some Vintage and Historic guys did participate in the Big Wake Weekend at Folsom Lake. Hopefully, the Folsom event will return in 2014. Stay tuned for further information on this one folks. Bob Richards Jr. did a heck of a job on the 2013 event and hopefully will bring the Unlimiteds back this summer for another Big Wake Weekend.

The word is that Mike Breslin of Black Widow Customs in Lakeport, Calif., has four "Minis" on two separate trailers ready to be launched onto the race course. The class is also known as the GT Pro Class and is designed to attract those racers who have a limited budget with which to work. Breslin is quite excited about the positive aspects of such a class and hopes for added participation when the boats hit the water to do their stuff.

Julian Rucki the new Inboard Commissioner and Activities Chair, will be doing what he can to bring Inboards back to Region 11. Frank Banducci will only be too happy to help in this endeavor. Rucki also proposed a rather novel plan (for Region 11, that is) to train the members of Bill Holman's dive and rescue team to serve as turn judges while on duty as safety and rescue divers Mter all, they are already stationed in position to be ready for any action on the course. Not a bad idea,

..... ___ PROPELLER 0 " "", """"""""""""""""""",,,,,·,,,,,,,,·,,,,,,,,,,·,,,,,,,,· /IREGION ROUNDUPII Julian. Again, it's that darn money monster Canfield's P-5 Cracker Box, "Pandora's looming over your (our) shoulders. Box." Incidentally, Canfield, after a long Kudos, accolades and congratulations all and illustrious career, marks 2013 as his go out to the APBA Hall of Champions swan song having retired at the end of this Inductees RJ West and Tony Lombardo. past season. West, driving for the Chuck Skelton Race Team is a back to back repeater coming off his finishes at the OPC Nationals at Kankakee, Ill.

Lombardo, now a two-time Hall of Champions Inductee, drives anything he can. His recent emphasis has been in John

REGION 12 While the rest of the country is facing the cold of winter Region 12 starts racing for the new season at Thanksgiving weekend. Friday was a perfect day for racing all day long and the committee got through almost

Other record setters on the "left coast" included Steve Walde who captured the Sport C % mile straightaway record at D-Lake in Ore.; thereby bringing it back out west after it was taken away from Banducci (the first to set the % mile record) by a speedster from the east. (That would be

the entire schedule. Racing started early on Saturday with the promise of another beautiful day. Dean Comer was the winner for the weekend. This was his first real win and he has worked long and hard for this day. Congratulations Dean.

Later in the day Inboard driver Kyle Bement was involved in a single boat

Alyssa Petroni from Kankakee, Ill.) Daniel Wilde brought home a three-lap, one-mile course record driving his dad's (Steve Wilde) equipment.

We look forward to seeing all of you at the Annual Meeting in Reno, Nv., later this month. You can check out the race sight in Sparks when you get here.

/ /Frank Banducci

accident that took his life. Our thoughts and our prayers go out to Kyle's family and the crew and families of SS-550. It's a sad day in our sport when we lose someone in such a tragic accident.

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