Scooter Too / Tri-Tomic / Adios / Miss Moses Lake / Miss Tri-Cities (1)

1955

Owner - Henry Kaiser
Designer / Builder - Bart Carter
Length - 28 ft
Beam - 12 ft 4 in
Hull - 3 pointer
Colours - mahogany with white tail
Weight - 5,200
Power - W 24 cyl Allison
Driver - Jack Regas

Best finish - 3rd

Sank at Seattle after hitting milk bottle

	Scooter Too / Tri-Tomic / Adios / Miss Moses Lake / Miss Tri-Cities (1)
	Hydro Fan Restoring Tri-City Landmark
	The Construction [1955] and Reconstruction [2001] of Scooter Too
	History of Scooter Too

1956

Colours - Kai-styled, orange & white persimmon
Driver - Jack Regas

Best finish - 3rd

Sank at Seattle (again)

1957

U-10 Tri-Tomic

Owner - Stan Adams.
Detail - High rounded tail fin with circle.

[Note: I believe that the boat was named Tri-Tomic when she sank at Tri-Cities, as shown here. If anyone has further information on this event please contact me. --LF]

1957-
1958

U-10 Adios

Colours - white with black angular tail fin
Driver - George McKernan

Best finish - DNF

1958

U-26 Miss Moses Lake

Owner - George Gilham
Colours - white with red
Driver - Norm Evans

Best finish - 3rd

1959

U-26 Miss Tri-Cities (1)

Driver - Red Loomis

Displayed on pedestal at Columbia Park

1960's

Colour - white with gold trim

1970's

Colour - all gold

1980's

Colour - all light blue

2001

Under restoration in Tri-Cities as Scooter Too

Competition Record
Scooter Too	DNC	1955 APBA Gold Cup	Seattle, WA
	3	1955 Mapes Mile-High Gold Cup	Tahoe City, CA
	3	1956 Mapes Mile-High Gold Cup	Tahoe City, CA
	DNF	1956 Seafair Trophy	Seattle, WA
Tri-Tomic
Adios	DNF	1957 Mapes Mile-High Gold Cup	Tahoe City, CA
	8	1958 Diamond Cup	Coeur D'Alene, ID
Miss Moses Lake	3	1958 Sahara Cup	Las Vegas, CA
Miss Tri-Cities (1)	DNQ	1959 APBA Gold Cup	Seattle, WA

"As Scooter Too, Adios had a reputation as a 'submarine,' having sunk six times in her career. Built by Bart Carter in 1954 after considerable study of Slo-mo-shun IV, Adios measures 28 feet, has a 12-foot-4-inch beam and weighs 7,200 [?-LF] pounds. Her engine is a W-24 Allison. As Adios she was sponsored by a Tri-Cities syndicate in Eastern Washington. In 1958 she was bought by George Gilham of Oregon and raced as Miss Moses Lake. Adios' colors are black and white and she flies the burgee of the Tri-Cities Yacht Club. As Scooter Too she won the Lake Tahoe Mapes Trophy in 1954 [sic]."

(Reprinted from This is Hydroplaning by Paul Lowney [1959])

[Note: It was not Scooter Too, but rather the original Scooter, a converted pleasure craft, that won the 1954 Mapes Trophy. —LF]

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