Quote Originally Posted by Gene East View Post
I enjoy reading about the Quinault Canoe racers. If any of the Quinault people remember Jim Jackson, Please contact me.

We built a lot of motors for the Quinaults and Jim was Tribal Chairman at the time. Jim made several trips to Quincy and we developed a strong friendship.

Gene, if you want to know about the canoe racing, which is alive and well, contact Ric Montoya on the HR site. Ric races the canoes himself, and confirms that they are pretty squirrelly. He has a couple of really fun videos on HR entitled (roughly), "Original North American Runabout:" go to the General Hydroplane & Runabout Discussion, Page 6. An old pal and fellow BSH/AOH/BOH driver from the Sixties and Seventies, Gene Laes, used to help tune the engines for the canoes in those days when the engines were alky-burning 20H's. Gene is still racing, mostly C Service I believe. I don't think he's on-line, though.