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"Missed the Boat" is a song by American indie rock band Modest Mouse and is the sixth track on their 2007 album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. The song was released as the second single from that album and peaked at #24 in Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. [1] James Mercer of The Shins sings backup vocals on "Missed the Boat". [2]
However, mechanical problems would lead Thompson to abandon Miss Supertest I and set his sights on designing and building a new boat. In 1954, he and his team built Miss Supertest II . She was 31 feet (9.4 m) long, 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, and equipped with a 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) Rolls-Royce Griffon motor.
Dean Alan Chenoweth (August 27, 1937 – July 31, 1982) was an American hydroplane racing pilot. Known for piloting the famous Miss Budweiser boat and the winner of four American Power Boat Association Gold Cups, he was killed at age 44 in a racing accident on the Columbia River.
He is best known for driving the Unlimited Hydroplane Miss Bardahl to three American Power Boat Association Gold Cup championships in 1963, 1964 and 1965. [2] Musson died on Sunday, June 19, 1966 on what became known as "Black Sunday", when three unlimited drivers were killed during the President's Cup race on the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
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Muncey's first attempt to drive in an American Power Boat Association (APBA) Gold Cup event began by blowing up the engine. Muncey went to Gar Wood’s riverfront mansion, and asked Wood for help. Muncey got an engine from Wood, but the bottom of the boat fell out during the next race. Muncey had his first win at the Gold Cup in 1956 in Miss ...
The other two boats — the U-11 Miss Joker’s Casino (with driver Jamie Nilsen), and the U-91 Goodman Real Estate (with driver Jeff Bernard) — were disqualified for driving under 80 mph during ...
Robert D. Hayward (October 28, 1927 - September 10, 1961) was a Canadian powerboat racer who was a three-time winner of the Harmsworth Cup as the pilot of Miss Supertest III. [ 1 ] From Embro, Ontario , Hayward was raised on his family's chicken farm and joined the Supertest racing team as a mechanic in 1957.