MLive

Mott Lake Regatta is coming back with hydroplane boats that fly on water

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – Hydroplane boat enthusiasts are coming back to Mott Lake during a two-day competition this summer that aims to grow the audience organizers have built up after two years of racing ...
MLive

Hydroplane race could be a rare super-fast event at no-wake Mott Lake

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- A sleepy 684-acre impoundment of the Flint River could be temporarily turned into a high-speed race site for light, super-fast hydroplane boats later this summer. The county ...
komonews

Bellevue team hopes to defend Seafair unlimited lights hydroplane title

Seven days after winning the 2008 Seafair Unlimited Lights Hydroplane racing, "Miss Critical Logic" crashed while racing in Silverdale, Wash., breaking in half and leaving the driver with a broken ...
Seattle Times

Ever wanted to ride in a hydroplane? Here’s what it’s like

When the vintage hydroplane’s engine powers on, it sounds like I’m sitting right on top of a giant airplane turbine. Even through my ear plugs and clunky helmet, the rumble takes over my senses. I’m ...
Seattle Times

What’s the big deal? A longtime Seattleite finally catches hydro fever

AFTER TWO HOURS this spring at Stan Sayres Memorial Park on Lake Washington, I finally flipped for the hydros. The impossibly sleek, brightly colored, vintage unlimited hydroplanes streaking across ...