1958 construction (note no 'Bardahl' on deck)

1958

Owner - Ole Bardahl (Seattle)
Designer -Ted Jones
Builder - Ted & Ron Jones
Length - 30ft 
Beam - 12ft
Hull - 3 pointer
Detail - Queen City Yacht Club burgee; Bardahl oil can in fluted circle on tail
 'Bardahl' on deck after Chelan
Colours - metallic green deck with black scallops, yellow sides, black lettering with white piping, white deck lettering
Power - V-12 Allison 
Weight - 6,170
Crew Chief - Del Gould
Drivers- Norm Evans & Mira Slovak

Winner of Apple Cup (maiden race); National S/S races
Winner of the National Championship

Construction photos: Recipe for a Hydroplane -- First You Take $30,000 See also: The Miss Bardahl Story by Fred Farley

1959 Seattle (early season)

59

Rebuilt by Jensen Motor Boat Company before beginning of 1959 season
Detail - High Point Badge; Queen City Yacht Club burgee moved ahead of cockpit before Seattle [and would remain there at least through 1961]; slant firewall
B/F - 2nd
Power – V-12 Rolls-Royce Merlin
Drivers - Jack Regas, Bill Brow & George McKernan
Jack Regas injured at Diamond Cup in Idaho

60

Detail - back to plastic tail fin
Drivers - Jim McGuire & Bill Brow

B/F - 2nd

1961 Seattle

61

Crew Chief - Leo Van Den Berg
Driver - Ron Musson

Winner of World Championship - 106.02 mph Seattle

Winner of Silver Cup race in Detroit

Mid 1960's

Boat was used as display

Colours - green with yellow tail fin

1970's to 1990's

Boat at the Goodwill Industries in Seattle

Colours - green, tail yellow with olive green trim; squared boat numbers

2000