Boat Race Day By: Pete DeVito We all remember race days on Memorial Day, the 4th of July and Labor Day, but how big was it in Florida? It started me thinking about the rich history of boat racing throughout our state. I researched the State of Florida archives just to see how far back…
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CONWAY BOATING CRUISE EVENT JULY 12, 2019 Submitted by: Bruce Kester The event took place on Friday starting at the Hoffner Ave boat ramp with a group of 8 boats and 14 people from Sunnyland and AOMCI participating. The outboard club was invited in the continuing effort to promote dual participation of the two clubs.…
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Tom D’Eath Living Legendary Driver, Designer and Builder Where were you when all of America celebrated its bicentennial on the 4th of July 1976? Tom D’Eath was not only celebrating the 4th of July, he was celebrating a huge milestone in what would become a long winning career in Unlimited Class Hydroplane racing. On June…
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Highlights From The Adult Restoration Workshop Held At The SCAMPY Shop June 20, 2019 There were thirteen people in attendance for the next phase of the Adult Restoration Clinic series. The last session demonstrated the application of the wood bleaching process prior to stain and varnish. This session provided a discussion of the basics of…
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Our SCAMPY Program Is A Family Affair Meet some of our SCAMPY kids working on their boats this summer. It is exciting to see the parents working side by side on the boats with their kids. This program would not be successful with out the many volunteers and mentors that give countless hours of their…
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A Chance In A Lifetime To Own A Cruiser One of our long time very generous SCAMPY donors just donated a 1962 28’ Constellation to our program. This model was only built for two years (1961 – 1962) and came with twin 283’s. There were a total of 710 hulls built (410 in 1961 and…
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Highlights From The Second Adult Restoration Workshop Held At The SCAMPY Shop May 30, 2019 Karl Weinart led the clinic which dealt with wood bleaching techniques prior to stain and varnish application. There were a total of 12 members attending the session which lasted about two hours on Thursday morning. Karl and Lou mixing up…
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26′ Gentlemen’s Racer “Biscayne Baby” Bill Robbins May 21, 2019 Owners Story Building My Dream Boat During the time I was restoring Sparkle, a 22’ Chris-Craft Utility, the thought kept nagging me “boy, it would be so much easier to build a boat from scratch”. With that thought in mind in the fall of 2013…
DetailsMeet Our “Tech Talk” Author Bill Hancock BIO From Mopar Hall of Fame One of Chrysler’s premier racing engineers, Bill worked for Chrysler Corporation for just over ten years, perhaps most importantly on their aero war NASCAR program. Bill grew up in Virginia racing cars. He went to Vanderbilt, where he got a degree in…
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