1956
U-7 Miss Skyway (US)
Owner - Lyle Parks (Seattle)
Designer - Frank Taylor or Norm Christiansen
Builder - Lyle Parks (Frank Taylor?)
Length - 25ft 9in (25ft 1in?)
Beam - 11ft 6in (9ft 6in?)
Hull - 3 point
Colour - mahogany
Weight - 2,700 lbs
Power - two Corvettes (Chevy V-8) belt drive
Driver - Frank Taylor
DNQ
[Note: different sources list varying dimensions for this boat --LF]
![Miss Skyway, 1956 [Kirk Pagel photo]](../images/miss_skyway_1956_3.jpg)
![Miss Skyway, 1956 [Pat Dinning photo]](../images/miss_skyway_pd.jpg)
Photo: Alan McDonough
57
U-7 Sunnee
Colours - multi-colour pattern
Power - V12 Allison
Driver - Bob Gilliam DNQ
58
Boat did not race
U-7 Miss Round Table
Colours - multi-color with aqua blue at Diamond. Cup
Driver - Lyle Parks
DNQ
U-7 Miss Sammamish
Colours - aqua. blue, white & red at Gold Cup
Driver - Norm Evans
Boat qualified then W/D
1980's
Boat in barn
Photo: Alan McDonough
1990's
Started to rebuild the hull -- Alan McDonough