"Tin Can" Beach has been rename Bolsa Chica State Beach (Small Bag is a Bolsa Chica). Anyway, across the street from "Tin Can" beach was a "PERFECT" Marine Stadium, when the tide was high, when it was low there was no water. Ted loved boat racing more than he loved anything, about once a month, when the tide was high, he's have "The Cheater's Sweepstakes" as Ted bet on the horse often, he liked the name "Sweepstakes". Ted would set a course out with nickel balloons, There was a short course for "A", (We didn't have a "B" course as 20-h's were noisy and broke often), a "C" Course and a "D" Course. Ted would make trophies out of old junk he found like ATV sets and antenna's. We'd practice more of the day and as we'd start to lose the tide we'd race. Of course, Ted not really being a "CHEATER" would always win. (Of course he set of the course).

Two things I remember, Ted got John Landon's "C" Hydro running almost as fast as Ted's "D" using a "D" Hydro Cary prop. John never won a Nationals with this set up, but he was always very fast. The low port 30 blocks could pull some pitch. Joe Schulte ran one of Ted may's D"D" Hydro cary props on his C Runabout at the 1963 Boston Nationals, and came within and inch of winning the race.

The other thing, hundreds of cars would stop to watch us race and because there was so much traffic on Pacific Coast Highway, we would cause about three wrecks everything we had a "Cheater's Sweepstakes". They finally posted NO PARKING SINGS and kicked us out.

We never had an accident in the boats, but we did get stuck in the mud several times.......